Comparison of children's early literacy skills in preschool period and reading skills in primary school period

In this study, it was aimed to compare children's early literacy skills in preschool period with their reading skills in primary school period. The study was conducted with 99 second grade primary school students who had previously received preschool education and were studying in public primary schools affiliated to the Directorate of National Education in Edirne province in the autumn term of the 2022-2023 academic year. As a data collection tool in the study, the fluent reading and reading comprehension skills of the students studying in the second grade of primary school were determined with the "Informal Reading Inventory" and "Error Analysis Inventory". "Classroom Teacher Questionnaire Form" was used to evaluate the reading performance (fluent reading and reading comprehension) of the students. "Early Literacy Skills Assessment Tool Teacher Form" was used to obtain the opinions of the preschool teachers of the second grade primary school students about their early literacy skills in the preschool period. In the study, the relationship between the reading performance of the students and the retrospective opinions of their teachers in the second grade of primary school and the preschool teachers of the children in the study group was analysed. According to the results obtained from the research findings, it was concluded that there was a significant positive relationship between the early literacy skills of students with good early literacy skills in preschool period and reading and reading comprehension skills in the second grade of primary school. It was concluded that there was a significant negative relationship between students' early literacy skills in the preschool period and reading time and reading errors in the second grade of primary school. In addition, it was concluded that there was a positive and high level relationship between the views of classroom teachers on the reading skills, general academic achievement and performance in the Turkish lesson of the second grade students and the views of preschool teachers on children's early literacy skills. It was concluded that there was a significant positive relationship between reading, reading comprehension and reading time of second grade primary school students. It was found that there was a significant negative relationship between reading time and reading comprehension performance. In addition, it was determined that there is a significant negative relationship between reading error and reading comprehension performance, and there is a high positive relationship between reading error and reading time.