Mcdonald's Letter

Print is what you read and write (Cunningham, 2013, p 4). Children are starting to know that print carries a message. Through daily experiences with print materials, children delight in beginning to understand the connection between spoken and written words. They begin to follow print as it is read aloud and discover that reading and writing are ways to communicate information

Concepts of print involve both the practices involved in reading and awareness of how print works; such as knowledge of the front and back of a book, left-to-right, top-to-bottom reading and left-to-right page turning, recognition that printed words relay a message and are read the same way every time, knowledge of what words and letters are and understanding of the functions of capital letters and punctuation and how they affect meaning (Hill, 2012). It is easy to assume that when children begin school they will have had some experience with books and will consequently have a basic understanding of concepts of print. In actuality individual student experience will be diverse, with significant variance in skill and understanding, meaning that explicit teaching of these concepts should be a priority in early reading instruction (Feeley, 1984). Emerging knowledge of concepts of print can be supported when children experience a variety of texts through modelled reading and shared reading activities involving demonstration of correct book handling, repeated reading of favourite books to highlight the functions of print and rich discussions about the meaning conveyed through print, punctuation, illustrations and page layout (Feeley, 1984). Shared and guided reading exercises are effective opportunities for assessing individual student ability and determining future teaching plans (Hill, 2012, p.164). As concepts of print encompass essential pre-requisite skills for learning to read, their importance as part of cohesive reading instruction cannot be

Clay, M. M. (2005). Finding and Using the Information in the Print'. In Literacy lessons

McDonalds is one of the biggest fast food companies in the market share today. It has been running in over 119 countries, as well as they have acquired over 31,000 restaurants in the world now. McDonald’s brand mission is to be customers’ favourite place and way to eat, they are aligned around a global strategy called the ‘Plan to Win’, they also committed to continuously improving their operations and enhancing their customers’ experience. As we all know that McDonald’s had successfully achieved their goal through out the years. (aboutmcdonald’s, 2012) Apart from this, as McDonald’s is a worldwide company, they also had the social responsibility to return the community; therefore, the ‘Ronald McDonald House Charities’ was

As a child, reading and writing always came with craft activities or competition. In Kindergarten, we studied a letter a week, so this consisted of learning its sound, location in the alphabet, and the written form of the letter. Each letter had a craft activity which grabbed my attention because I love arts and crafts. Because it was something I was interested in, I soon began catching on to simple words which lead to bigger words, and then eventually to books. Competition for “Top Reader” was also a great way to grab the students’ attention because this caused every student to compete for a prize even if the prize was just an eraser. These activities may seem simple and small but I guarantee you that I am still thankful for them each day, because those simple activities got me involved in a world of reading and writing

Another area is Cognitive Development where the children can learn from books, songs and sequence and finger plays. The books we use can be wordless, have minimum words to help them become familiar with print. These books should be available to the children every day since it is very important to help the build their vocabulary and become successful learners.

Even before recognizing print on a page we introduced read-aloud through familiar songs, Old MacDonald, The Itsy Bitsy Spider and so on. There is clear evidence that the earlier a child is introduced to reading, the earlier children write. “There is no better way to create a love for books in children of all ages than by reading” (Vacca, 2015, p. 102)

After reading Tim Cook's letter, I thought he did an excellent job of exemplifying ethical communications. He was honest with the apple customers about the accusations that are going on over in Europe with the European Union, but he also explains that Apple has been paying the legal measure of taxes due to Ireland. Tim Cook also is very professional throughout the whole letter and doesn't bash the European Union.

Inspire the children to create! Read The Dot or Ish by Peter H. Reynolds to them. Show them pictures of relief prints that might peak their interest. Draw inspiration from the outdoor: explore the colours, flowers, bugs, birds, and bees of springtime, basks in the gloomy colours of rain or the bright whiteness of the snow. Present them with actual articles to look at, like flowers, leaves, branches, fruit, and vegetables. I suggest demonstrating the final step of the activity to get the children excited, as pulling the paper away to reveal a print seems to be the most appealing for young children.

Literacy is important for young children. It’s so much a child has to know before entering kindergarten. The Essentials of Early Literacy Instruction stressed the importance of teaching literacy. Early literacy is an emerging g set of relationships between reading and writing. Today a lot of terms have been referred to for literacy development for preschoolers the term that’s mostly used is early literacy. The term was chosen because the earliest forms of literacy development are forming reading and writing concepts. Linking early literacy to play is the most effective way to for young children to learn. There are many ways educators can teach literacy activities such as rich teacher talk, storybook reading, phonologic awareness activities, alphabet activities, support for emergent writing, shared book experience, integrated, and content-focused activities, Young children understand print by oral and written language. Asking students to help read a book and turn the page help them understand the basics of a book. There are at least three critical content categories in early literacy: oral language comprehension, phonological awareness, and print knowledge. Children need to learn phonological awareness, alphabet letter knowledge, the function of written language, a sense of meaning making texts, and vocabulary. Alphabetic writing is quite difficult once children understand the language of their community they learn which words stand for which concepts in that language.

Creating a literacy-rich environment is one of the key elements of supporting children’s literacy development. Literacy-rich classrooms tend to look quite different than the traditional classroom, covered in pre-made posters and arranged with individual desks in rows, and instead, allow for teachers to design their classrooms with their students’ needs in mind. According to an article on the Sadlier School’s blog, all elements in a classroom must be meaningful, intentional, purposeful, and engaging when creating a literacy-rich classroom. This means that classroom design is created in a way that it provides frequent opportunities to be exposed to text via environmental print, instruction, and hands-on learning as well as encouraging communication and collaboration (Sadlier School, 2017).

McDonald's is the world’s leading food service retailer with more than 30,000 local restaurants in 121 countries serving 45 million customers each day.

Children start to learn about and experience reading and writing in infancy, particularly when they start familiarising themselves with print media. From an early age children are able to read and recognise signs such as fast food logos, ect. (Alleyne, n.d. p.2) In addition, when young

McDonald’s development from its first drive-in restaurant in San Bernardino, California, to the famous fast

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