PTKLF
Best Practices
DRDP
100

Foundational Language Development (FLD) and English Language Development (ELD)

What are the sub-domains of the Language and Literacy Domain?

100

Listening to stories introduces children to new vocabulary, sentence structures, and ways of expressing ideas, laying the foundation for strong language skills.

What are read alouds?

100

August to December and January to May

What are the fall and spring assessment periods of the DRDP?

200

These two overlapping age-based foundation statements describe what children may often know and be able to do as a result of their experiences and their unique developmental journey 

What are early and later foundations?

200

 Celebrating diverse holidays and festivals, and fostering an understanding of different languages and customs through play and parent involvement

What is a multicultural classroom?

200

Approaches to Learning, Social and Emotional Development, Language & Literacy Dev., Cognition, Physical Dev., History, Science, and English Lang. Dev.

What are the 8 domains of the DRDP?

300

A child dabs blue paint on top of yellow paint and expresses in their home language, "It looks green!"

What is an example of mixing and blending colors?

300

You can use these non-verbal cues like smiles, nods, and quizzical looks to communicate with children

What is body language?

300

Used to inform instruction, improve education programs, and support child outcomes reporting at the federal level.

What is the purpose of the DRDP?

400

The four math domains found in the PTKLF

What are counting & cardinality, operations & algebraic thinking, measurement & data, and geometry and spatial thinking?

400

This is important to have in a classroom to offer diverse, challenging, and achievable opportunities for learning and playing

What are learning centers?

400

English Language Development, Early Development, Physical Development, and Health Measures

What is a conditional measure in DRDP?

500

Early Childhood Education

What does ECE mean?

500

Talking, singing, reading, writing, and playing

What are the 5 practices of early literacy?

500

An assessment that is ongoing and is used to provide feedback for the teacher so they may improve instruction and fine tune curriculum choices

What is formative assessment?