Home Language Literacy

Pretend to read text in home language (e.g., tell the things seen in pictures to read a picture book to a friend in home language). Use knowledge of stories read in home language to answer simple questions in English or the home language (e.g., after completing a picture walk of a book in home language, the child answers questions about characters in the book). Dictate information that includes some details or sequence of events to be written on a piece of work in the home language (e.g., could dictate to a family member, classroom volunteer, or another person who speaks the child’s home language).