Print Rich Classrooms
A quiet, comfortable place in the classroom full of print rich and related instructional materials are kept.
What is the language arts center?
These can be used to display materials while also providing boundaries to separate the space.
What are bookshelves?
White boards and chalk boards can make a great addition to this center.
What is the writing center?
A place where families can go with their children to borrow books for free outside of school?
What is the library?
An action or event marking a significant change or stage in development
What is a milestone?
A teacher can add these to everyday items so students can associate the name to the item.
What is a label?
Children can use these to become reporters and record the days events.
What is a tape recorder?
A type of play that can include costumes or puppets.
What is dramatic play?
Families can send these in to be displayed with the children's names to represent each student.
What are family photos?
Patty Cake or Wheels on the bus
What are baby games?
They type of correlation found between print rich classrooms and literary development
What is a positive correlation?
A recording that can be made to accompany books.
What is a read along?
A teacher can help a student bring their own story to life on paper through this activity.
What is bookmaking?
Teachers can send these home to encourage positive and educational parent/child interaction.
Those who adhere to the theory that children are born with biological dispositions for learning that unfold or mature in a natural way.
A bulletin board where children and teachers can give/receive messages to each other
A place where children can check themselves in an out of the classroom.
What is attendance board?
A place where cds, tapes, recordings, headphones, and other audio media can be found.
What is the listening center?
An attempt to break the cycle of intergenerational illiteracy.
What is Family Literacy Program?
Light listening when enjoyment or pleasure is paramount.
What is appreciative listening?
Teachers can use a variety of pictures, musical instruments from different cultures, and other means of representation to promote this.
Collections of pictures and photographs to assist the teacher in language development.
What are picture files?
This center can be a great addition to the classroom but needs to be monitored and used appropriately.
More than 10 hours of weekly screentime.
What is excessive viewing?
Used to discern whether a sound or sound pattern is the same or different.
What is discriminative listening?