PRINT-RICH CLASSROOMS
Q: What is the term for classrooms where children are surrounded with accessible written language like labels, signs, and charts?
What is a print-rich environment?
What is the main purpose of the Language Arts Center in early childhood classrooms?
What is promoting reading, writing, listening, and speaking?
Teachers design centers so children can work independently. This allows teachers to focus on what?
What is small group or individual instruction?
Sending home book bags or reading folders is an example of strengthening what?
What is school/home literacy connection?
The understanding that letters represent sounds is known as what?
What is phonics?
Labeling shelves with both words and pictures supports which early literacy skill?
What is print awareness?
Including puppets and storytelling props in the Language Arts Center supports what skill?
What is oral language development?
The process of changing or adapting center materials to fit children's developmental levels is called what?
What is differentiation?
Asking families to share stories or songs from their culture supports what classroom value?
What is cultural responsiveness?
The ability to hear and manipulate sounds in words is called what?
What is phonological awareness?
Including children’s names on cubbies, charts, and attendance lists helps develop what literacy concept?
What is name recognition and letter-sound awareness?
Providing a variety of writing tools, markers, crayons, and clipboards encourages what type of early literacy behavior?
What is emergent writing?
Teachers observe children in centers primarily to gather what type of classroom information?
What is authentic assessment data?
When teachers ask families about children’s interests and routines, they are practicing what partnership strategy?
What is two-way communication?
Vocabulary words that are new but important for understanding academic topics are called what?
What are tier-two words?
Posting environmental print such as menus, grocery labels, and logos helps children understand what?
What is the functional purpose of print?
Soft seating, good lighting, and cozy spaces in the Language Arts Center support which literacy related habit?
What is creating a love of books and reading?
Displaying clear visual instructions in centers helps promote what type of classroom behavior?
What is self directed learning?
Providing families with simple literacy activities to do at home reflects what supportive practice?
What is family engagement in literacy development?
The skill of using pictures, context clues, and prior knowledge to understand words is known as what?
What is contextual comprehension?
Teachers intentionally creating opportunities for children to encounter familiar and unfamiliar vocabulary in print is an example of what instructional strategy?
What is intentional literacy scaffolding?
Rotating materials in the Language Arts Center based on current themes reflects what planning principle?
What is curriculum integration?
Planning centers so they support all five language arts domains (reading, writing, speaking, listening, and viewing) reflects what educational approach?
What is holistic literacy instruction?
Involving families in decision making about classroom events and materials demonstrates what type of partnership?
What is shared responsibility between educators and families?
The process by which children learn language through interactions, modeling, and meaningful experiences is called what?
What is language acquisition?