Print Rich Classrooms
Classrooms with labels, signs, and environmental print help children recognize that print carries meaning and builds early literacy skills. This type of classroom environment is called a _________.
What is a print-rich classroom?
A classroom area where children read books, tell stories, and explore writing tools is called the __________.
What is the Language Arts Center?
Teachers plan center activities based on children’s interests and what they need to learn. This is called __________ planning.
What is intentional planning?
Sending home simple activities helps families support learning. This is called __________.
What is home–school connection?
The letters and prints children see around the room are called __________.
What is environmental print?
Putting labels on shelves and materials helps children learn that words match objects. This is called ______.
What is environmental print?
This material is essential in the Language Arts Center because it lets children explore writing on their own.
What are writing tools (markers, pencils, paper)?
Centers should have enough materials so children don’t fight over supplies. This is called having __________ materials.
What are ample materials?
Teachers share children’s progress with families through notes or photos. This is called __________.
What is family communication?
A spot in the classroom designed for a specific activity is called a __________.
What is a learning center?
A classroom with books, posters, signs, and writing materials everywhere is supporting early reading by creating a ______ environment.
What is a print-rich environment?
Teachers add puppets, flannel boards, and story props to encourage children to develop this important skill.
What is storytelling?
Teachers rotate new materials into centers to keep children interested. This practice is called __________.
What is material rotation?
Inviting families to join class events helps build trust. This practice is called __________.
What is family involvement?
Talking with children to build vocabulary is called __________.
What is conversation scaffolding?
Labels on shelves and pictures with words help children connect print to real objects. This supports early ______ skills.
What are literacy skills?
Children build new vocabulary and comprehension by listening to teachers read aloud in this center.
What is the read-aloud area of the Language Arts Center?
Teachers observe children at centers to adjust activities and support learning. This is an example of using __________.
What is observation-based planning?
Teachers respect family cultures and include them in the classroom. This is called being __________.
What is culturally responsive?
Letting children choose materials that interest them supports __________ learning.
What is child-centered?
When teachers model using signs, charts, and written messages during routines, they are showing children the real-life purpose of ______.
If you want, I can move to Language Arts Center, Planning for Centers, Family Connections, or Vocabulary next.
When children pretend to read books by retelling stories from pictures, they are showing this early literacy skill.
What is emergent reading
Centers must be organized so children can work independently. Teachers do this by giving clear rules and labeled areas called __________.
What are center expectations?
When teachers and families work together to support a child’s learning, this is called a strong __________.
What is partnership
A classroom that supports reading, writing, speaking, and listening is called a __________ environment.
What is a literacy-rich environment?