Pragmatics - the social use of language. Here I come, I did this. Children whose first language is other than English may be a minority or a majority in a classroom. Reading and writing are complicated skills Children must understand that reading is something that people do. Early attempts at reading are governed by picture Don't realize that print conveys the message Early reading involves pointing at objects and naming them.
Later children are able to tell the story.
Finally the child can use book-like language for the story. The story is in the print - there are more words than pictures The words that the reader says comes from the print Stories often have predictable segments and features It is possible to write messages using letters and words Written words exist and are made up of letters Letters have sounds and can be used in different sequences. There are makes to show the beginning and ending of a sentence or text. Conventional spelling as accepted by society.