Print awareness is: recognizing written language and understanding how it's used understanding that print is made with a pen or pencil analyzing students' printed handwriting none of the above Print awareness: develops faster in girls than in boys develops through child/adult interaction with various forms of print is present at the time of a child's birth none of the above Which of the following is NOT an example of print awareness? knowing that print proceeds from top to bottom on a page knowing that print proceeds from left to right on a page knowing that print is easier than cursive handwriting for most children knowing that print is an expression of written language Children's performance on print awareness tasks: cannot predict future reading achievement can be a predictor of future reading achievement is a way of measuring how fast they can read none of the above Activities that help children become aware of print include: being read to by adults playing with magnetic letters pretend reading all of the above Children with print awareness are able to: count the number of words in a sentence distinguish between a word and a letter on a page recognize the logo for McDonald's on a billboard all of the above _______ does NOT encourage development of print awareness: teaching a lesson about the parts of a book (cover, title page, author, illustrator) using a "big book" to read a story aloud leading the song, Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star helping a student write his name Activities that help promote print awareness in children include: labeling objects in a classroom reading aloud to students pointing out punctuation marks at the end of sentences all of the above Children who begin school without print awareness: tend to be better readers than other students will never learn to read may be at risk for reading difficulty none of the above Pretending to write a shopping list: can help a child develop print awareness may be bad if the child does not know the alphabet has no effect on learning none of the above Print Awareness In Depth
