Print-Rich Classrooms
The Language Arts Center
Families and Child Literacy
Home-School Communication
Vocabulary
100

Abundant and depend on an individual teacher’s innovation and creativity

What are suggestions for a print-rich classroom?

100

Children who use read-alongs

What is learn word recognition, as well as some of the more advanced reading skills?

100

Developing trust

What is grows from family feelings of being respected, accepted, and valued for their individual and cultural diversity?

100

Teachers gain this from planned conferences

What is insight into family goals, concerns, resources, and home environments?

100

Skills or behaviors children reach by a certain age

What is milestone?

200

A language center

What is has three main functions?

200

Demonstrated before they are made available to the children to ensure proper use and respect handling

What is materials?

200

Correlate with the knowledge and skills that children bring to school

What is a family’s socioeconomic status, cultural and linguistic group membership, parenting style, and home literacy experiences?

200

Families gain this from planned conferences

What is a deeper understanding of their children’s progress?

200

Responds with sensitivity and accuracy based on an understanding of an infant’s cues

What is attuned adult?

300

Should be quiet places that are separated from the more vigorous classroom activities 

What is language arts centers?

300

Encourage large amount of social interaction and the use of more mature, complex language

What is block areas and housekeeping and other dramatic play areas?

300

The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and the Council of Chief State School Officers’ Common Core State Standards

What is influencing early childhood reading and language arts instruction for preschoolers?

300

Provides families with book-reading tips

What is lending libraries?

300

Learning theory that suggests that children construct their own knowledge in their own mind through experiences and their environment and then build off of this knowledge

What is constructive theory?

400

Tape recorders, CD/DVD players, electronic media, and headsets

What is require careful introduction by the teacher?

400

Interesting child’s-eye-level wall and bulletin board displays

What is capture the children’s attention and promote discussion?

400

Family questionnaires, surveys, and checklists

What is often probe families for input and ideas?

400

Planned to help teachers understand children’s individual needs and to cement home-school partnerships

What are home visits?

400

Creates an emotional response or reaction

What is creative listening?

500

Barone and Xu

What is suggest creating an inviting area that easily accommodates five to six children at one time?

500

One of the most underutilize instructional items in early childhood centers

What is the chalkboard or whiteboard?

500

Fluent in the families’ home languages

What is a community-school liaison?

500

Can hold daily teacher messages

What is family mailboxes and shared messages on digital apps?

500

Any mechanical or nonmechanical item useful in offering sight or hearing experience

What is audiovisual equipment?