Entry #3

The relationship between oral language and the reading process is high importance to become a proficient reader. Emergent readers must have oral language in place before they are able to read. Oral language translates to the learning of sounds to letters(phonics), words to phrases, then to sentences to compose meaning. Just in the reading process itself there is a multitude of oral interactions to gain knowledge from reading. In pre-reading, talks about background knowledge, purpose and predictions are first at hand. Next, reading the text involves reading out loud with the teacher first, partners, and then choral reading. Responding includes asking questions, monitoring of understanding and critical thinking. Extending the reading can be having grand conversations and rereading for deeper meaning and discussing how vocabulary words. It is exciting to see my first graders talking and writing about new texts, and reading their writing Oral language is spoken words that is written to be read.