The

Importanc
e of
Concepts
of Print
EPR 2603

Name: Zainab Ahmad

ID: H00272705
Section: 12B4EPR01

Zainab Ahmad

H00272705
12B4EPR01

Rationale
Teaching concepts of print:
Concepts of print important to show children how books work (Bishop,
Yopp, & Yopp, 2014). Bingeing readers need to know book orientation,
additionality, how to deal with a books and read from it. Its important
for them to acquire these skills at the early ages to be prepared for
reading process.
Concepts of print develop children to read fluently and success in
reading in the future. (Texas Education Agency, 2002). Beginning
readers find these concepts strangers but when know the concepts and
develop more in reading, they'll find them natural.
Its important for children to know that verbal words can be written and
read from left to right, top to bottom (The Ontario Ministry of
Education, 2003). Especially for Arabic students who used to read and
write from right to left.
Concepts of print help children to know the concepts of letters and
words in meaningful reading. Alphabetic principle is the understanding
that words are made up by letters that have sounds (Knighten, 2010).
Its to understand that we make words by putting letters together.
According to Stahl & McKenna, Teachers have to teach the child the
concept of print and alphabetical principle (Hoffman & Showerman).

Assessing the child:

Assessing is important for teacher to help students in their reading
development. When the teacher evaluate the child, she/he will know
the childs level. So, the teacher will use the information that she
gather from examine the student to think for next step in childs
literacy. For example: if the result shows that the child get 0 point in
understanding the function of question mark, the next step for the
childs literacy is to teach him/her the purpose of using question mark.
So, concepts of print assessment help student to be prepared for
further reading instructions.

Zainab Ahmad

H00272705
12B4EPR01

References
Bishop, A., Yopp, H. K., & Yopp, R. H. (2014, May. 5). Concepts About Print.
Retrieved Apr. 26, 2016, from education.com:
http://www.education.com/reference/article/concepts-about-printreading/
Hoffman, K., & Showerman, A. (n.d.). What are Concepts of Print? Retrieved
Apr. 14, 2016, from http://legitliteracy.weebly.com/:
http://legitliteracy.weebly.com/concepts-of-print.html
Knighten, D. J. (2010, May 18). Concepts of Print and Genre. Retrieved Apr.
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http://domsteachingexperience.weebly.com/uploads/7/4/9/5/7495337/li
t_ref_concepts_of_print.pdf
Texas Education Agency. (2002). Print Awareness: An Introduction. Retrieved
Apr. 7, 2016, from readingrockets.org:
http://www.readingrockets.org/article/print-awareness-introduction
The Ontario Ministry of Education. (2003). A Guide to Effective Instruction in
Reading, Kindergarten to Grade 3. Retrieved Apr. 26, 2016, from
eworkshop.on.ca:
http://www.eworkshop.on.ca/edu/resources/guides/Reading_K_3_Englis
h.pdf

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