What every teacher should know Reading 101: A Guide to Teaching Reading and Writing Introduction: How Children Learn to ReadCourse ModulesPrint AwarenessPre-TestIn DepthIn PracticeAssignmentsPost-TestPhonological and Phonemic AwarenessPre-TestIn DepthIn PracticeAssignmentsPost-TestPhonicsPre-TestIn DepthIn PracticeAssignmentsPost-TestFluencyPre-TestIn DepthIn PracticeAssignmentsPost-TestVocabularyPre-TestIn DepthIn PracticeAssignmentsPost-TestSpellingPre-TestIn DepthIn PracticeAssignmentsPost-TestComprehensionPre-TestIn DepthIn PracticeAssignmentsPost-TestWritingPre-TestIn DepthIn PracticeAssignmentsPost-TestAssessmentPre-TestIn DepthIn PracticeAssignmentsPost-TestBecoming a Certified Literacy Teacher Print Awareness: Pre-Test Print awareness is: a. recognizing written language and understanding how it's used b. understanding that print is made with a pen or pencil c. analyzing students' printed handwriting d. none of the above Print awareness: a. develops faster in girls than in boys b. develops through child/adult interaction with various forms of print c. is present at the time of a child's birth d. none of the above Which of the following is NOT an example of print awareness? a. knowing that print proceeds from top to bottom on a page b. knowing that print proceeds from left to right on a page c. knowing that print is easier than cursive handwriting for most children d. knowing that print is an expression of written language Children's performance on print awareness tasks: a. cannot predict future reading achievement b. can be a predictor of future reading achievement c. is a way of measuring how fast they can read d. none of the above Activities that help children become aware of print include: a. being read to by adults b. playing with magnetic letters c. pretend reading d. all of the above Children with print awareness are able to: a. count the number of words in a sentence b. distinguish between a word and a letter on a page c. recognize the logo for McDonald's on a billboard d. all of the above _______ does NOT encourage development of print awareness: a. teaching a lesson about the parts of a book (cover, title page, author, illustrator) b. using a "big book" to read a story aloud c. leading the song, Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star d. helping a student write his name Activities that help promote print awareness in children include: a. labeling objects in a classroom b. reading aloud to students c. pointing out punctuation marks at the end of sentences d. all of the above Children who begin school without print awareness: a. tend to be better readers than other students b. will never learn to read c. may be at risk for reading difficulty d. none of the above Pretending to write a shopping list: a. can help a child develop print awareness b. may be bad if the child does not know the alphabet c. has no effect on learning d. none of the above Next: Print Awareness In Depth > Reading 101 is a collaboration with the Center for Effective Reading Instruction and The International Dyslexia Association.