Shared Reading

Book Handling and Print Concepts

Concepts of Print refers to the awareness of 'how print works'. This includes the knowledge of the concept of what books, print, and written language are, and how they function. It encompasses a number of understandings that allow the reading process to take place including: understanding that print conveys a message. Jun 16, 2020 Google

• Letters and words hold meaning

• Print is what we read

• Illustrations correspond to the print

• We read from left to right

• We read from top to bottom

• Return sweep – when we get to the end of a line on a page we return to the next line and begin reading on the left again

• Books have a front, back, and an author

• Difference between a letter and a word

• Spaces between words

• Where to start reading

• One-to-One Correspondence – Print matches spoken words

• Punctuation

Video lesson supports

• Learn How Books Work

• How to Read Words in a Book

• Spaces Between Words

• Sentence Song

Readers Anchor Chart