Which of the following strategies would be most effective in promoting preschool children's ability to recognize and name letters of the alphabet?
A) The teacher says the name of a letter while the children each trace its shape on a cutout letter.
B) The teacher posts the entire alphabet around the room in several different formats.
C) The teacher emphasizes the initial sounds of words when reading to the children.
D) The teacher reads aloud to the children from books that contain mostly words that follow regular phonics patterns.
Question 2
While reading a big book to his preschool class Mr. Raymond holds the book so the children can see the words and pictures while his finger follows the line of print. This activity would contribute to the children's reading development primarily by
A) developing their awareness of left-to-right directionality.
B) promoting their development of letter recognition skills.
C) helping them recognize phonemes that occur frequently in print.
D) promoting their understanding of letter-sound correspondence.
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