Definitions
Definition of Literacy
involves complex cognitive interactions between readers and their texts and between background knowledge and new information. It involves both skill and knowledge and varies by task and setting. Different types of literacy are described-- prose, document, quantitative, academic, workplace, and functional.
Give two types of literacy.
Social Media, Books, Numbers, Recipes, etc.
Give a pre-reading goal.
Goals listed on pg. 176
Definition of visual literacy
the ability to interpret and communicate with respect to visual symbols in media other than print
Give an example of how you could use visual literacy in your classroom.
Using a picture to tell a story, etc.
Give a sociocultural language goal.
Listed on Pg. 176
What is early literacy?
speaking, listening, print awareness and writing behaviors, reading of alphabet letters and words, and other skills that evolve and change over time, culminating in conventional literacy.
What skill might a preschooler know during early literacy?
speaking, listening, print awareness, reading alphabet letters, etc.
What are two factors that determine if program goals are met?
Listed on pg. 186.
What is cultural literacy?
literacy that reflects a culture's knowledge of significant ideas, events, values, and the essence of that culture's identity.
How can a teacher incorporate cultural literacy in their classroom?
Read a book that represents another culture, etc.
Definition of curriculum?
an overall plan for the content of instruction to be offered in a program.
What are the two basic approaches used when developing curriculum?
1. a unit, or thematic approach emerges from identified child interest and teacher-selected areas such as families, seasons, animals, and so on.
2. traditional preschool subject areas such as language arts, science, mathematics, art, cooking, and so forth.