Primary Handbook - International School Moshi

ReadingReading in EC involves daily story reading to develop a love of literature. A picturestory book or author is selected each week as the focus for related activities. ECchildren will be exposed to many reading situations such as books, stories, chartsand songs. Children will read and be read to daily with support and guidance throughindependent, small groups and whole class situations. Through these experienceschildren will gain an understanding of concepts about print.Students will be encouraged to join in discussions and answer questions related tothe stories.They will be introduced to letter sounds through songs in the Letterland Program.In reading some of the content covered will be: Through the use of big and small books reading-like behaviours are modeled. Develop word identification strategies. Comprehension of simple text. Retell text and make connections tothemselves. (E.g. “I have a dog too”). Develop a list of words they can read. Recognition of some letter names and sounds. Begin to form an awareness of letter and sound recognition. Develop an understanding that text carries a constant message. Join letters together to form simple spoken words.