The document discusses characteristics of emergent readers and writers as well as instruction for emergent readers. It describes how emergent readers progress from lacking directionality and print awareness to recognizing environmental print. Emergent writers progress from scribbles to approximated writing without spaces between words. Instruction for emergent readers focuses on developing phonemic awareness, concepts of print, fluency, and comprehension through activities involving rhyming, alliteration, retelling stories, and alphabet knowledge.