Print Rich Classrooms
Teachers build this kind of classroom by putting labels on shelves, bins, and materials to help children connect the written word with real-world objects.
What is a print-rich environment?
This center has three main functions- one function is providing looking and listening activities to children.
What is the language arts center?
Teachers start planning centers by identifying these goals, which guide what children should learn or practice in each space.
What are learning objectives?
When does the relationship between the teacher/school and the family start?
What is the first time the family walks in the school?
This marks the progression of a child’s development.
What is a milestone?
Charts showing classroom routines, such as cleanup time, daily schedules, or meal time rules. This can help children understand how literacy can connect with pictures and real life scenarios.
What is sequencing or visual schedules?
This type of equipment offers hearing or sight experience and usually needs adult supervision to be used properly.
What is audiovisual equipment?
Teachers ensure that every center has clear expectations by posting these visual guides. They usually include pictures and some text.
What are center rules?
Some activities that help parents develop this ability are to encourage their children to tell them stories and to talk to their child frequently and describe to their child what they are doing, especially if their child is younger.
What is speaking abilities.
This type of person responds with sensitivity and accuracy based on understanding of an infant’s (or young child’s) cues.
What is attuned adult?
Putting out materials such as clipboards, tiny note pads, sticky notes, drawing pads, and markers throughout the room encourages this vocabulary word. Its basically the spontaneous use of writing when children play.
What is emergent writing?
Teacher made audio that allows children to listen to favorite books without the teacher needing to read it out loud to the student.
What are read-along recordings?
During planning, teachers think about how to avoid overcrowding by assigning a max number of children at each center.
What is a center capacity or limit?
These visits are meant to help a child’s individual needs and to build a relationship with families outside of school.
What are home visits?
those who adhere to the theory that language develops through a combination of inborn factors and environmental influences.
They view child development and learning as taking place between children and their environment.
What are interactionists- constructivist?
When we display this type of high-frequency or theme-related vocabulary on word walls that support vocabulary development.
What are sight words?
These are meant to be eye-level to children to capture a child’s attention and promote discussion?
What is a display or bulletin board?
Before opening centers, teachers make sure there are enough books, toys, and supplies. We often try to do this the day before a lesson.
What is gathering materials?
These types of meetings let families know what the teachers are planning on implementing in their curriculum and lesson plan; they open doors to help learn individual child’s interest by talking with the child’s family.
What is a conference.
The child understands, evaluates, makes decisions, and formulates opinions. To help children think critically, teachers can pose open-ended questions that make children think through the responses, decide the most logical solution to the problem, and present their point of view.
What is critical listening?
When teachers let children to tell a story while they write the child's exact words.
What is dictation?
Children often place their dictated stories, drawings, or first attempts at writing into this folder or bin, a key feature of the writing center that documents literacy growth.
What is a child work file box or portfolio?
Teachers watch children during centers to see their skills are developing. Sometimes they ask children open-ended questions during this.
What is observing children?
Parents can help their child build this skill by writing down what their child tells them about their pictures and by playing with alphabet toys with their child.
What is building print awareness skills?
An early language stage in sound production in which an infant engages in vocal play with vowel and consonant sounds.
What is babbling?