Print Rich Classroom
The two types of print you can find in a print-rich classroom.
What is books and labels?
This area focuses on reading, writing and listening activities.
What is the language arts center?
Teachers use this type of classroom tool to guide students in rotating between centers in an organized matter.
What is center rotation schedule?
These events are held for families to see the classroom and their child's work.
What is family nights or open house?
Parentese
What is a high-pitched, rhythmic, singsong, crooning style of speech, also known as baby talk?
This term refers to print found in everyday surroundings such as signs, and logos that help children connect print to meaning.
What is environmental print?
Activities in the language art center often include journals, alphabet supplies, and magnetic letters to help support a certain development.
What is phonemic awareness?
When teachers plan centers, they think about what kids should be learning and center can help.
What is planning with a purpose?
Ways teachers can communicate with families.
What is through email, letters home, and by phone.
Phonology
What is the sound system of a language and how it is represented with an alphabetic code?
These are used throughout the classroom to identify areas and supplies, promoting word recognition.
What are labels?
You provide differentiated materials that align with students' individual needs, promoting this type of instruction.
What is differentiated instruction?
Teachers must consider both academic goals and how to keep kids calm and use materials correctly.
What is classroom management?
When teachers and families work together it helps the children do better in what?
What is learning and school?
Expressive Vocabulary
What is the vocabulary a person uses in speaking and writing?
Teachers create print-rich environment by integrating this into daily routines and classroom design to support early literacy development.
What is meaningful print exposure?
The students build vocabulary by engaging in this teacher guided activity.
What are read-alouds?
To help build this skill the centers let the students talk, work together and listen.
What is communication skills?
Teachers find out more about each child by asking families about their culture and home life. This shows what?
What is respect for families or building relationships?
Story map
What is a timeline showing an ordered sequence of events?
By including these in the classroom it helps children see that print is important and is used for different purposes.
What is print materials?
When students retell a story using puppets or drawings they are demonstrating this language skill.
What is narrative comprehension or story retelling?
To create this play, teachers should model turn-taking, setting group goals, and guiding peer interactions.
What is cooperative play?
Ways to promote literacy at home.
What is sending books home, offering ideas like bedtime stories?
child-initiated curricula
What is belief that true growth occurs when children are free to develop and explore intrinsic interests naturally?