Print Rich Classrooms
Books, reading activities and thoughtful discussions
What are 3 materials found in a literacy rich classroom?
Comparisons implied by analogy but not directly stated
What are metaphors?
A structured way for students to practice and review skills, self-directed learning and instruction.
What are centers?
An early childhood program's attempt to provide supportive assistance to attending children's families, to promote their child's success in school and developmental growth.
What is outreach?
The ability to use print to communicate with others
What is writing?
Enhanced literacy development, increased motivation, improved comprehension and an expanded vocabulary
What are some of the benefits of a Print-Rich classroom?
A classroom area specifically set aside and equipped for language arts related activities.
What is a Language Arts Center?
Books, magazines, reading games and materials for writing can be found here
What can be found in a reading center?
Building a trusting relationship, valuing diversity and providing supportive assistance.
What are parent goals?
A child's understanding of how print works and its relationship to spoken language
What is print awareness?
Make books accessible, display student work, create interactive displays
What is how to create a Print-Rich classroom?
Any mechanical or non mechanical item useful in offering a sight or hearing experience
What is audiovisual equipment?
Identify learning objectives, selecting relevant materials and creating clear expectations and routines
What is planning effective centers?
Communication, family involvement, actively engaging families
What is building family home connections?
Imaginative narrative designed for entertainment
What is fiction?
Variety of environmental print, a classroom library center, a writing center, content area centers
What is in a Print-Rich literacy environment?
A classroom area designed to accommodate children's listening experiences.
What is a Listening center?
To encourage all attempts at reading, writing and speaking in centers
What is the role of the teacher?
Provide literature and write down things that their children tell you about their pictures
What is building print awareness?
The understanding that written letter combinations represent the sounds or phonemes of spoken language
What is alphabetic principle?
To encourage all attempts at reading, writing, and speaking, allowing students to experience the different function and use of literacy
What is the role of the teacher?
The repetition of vowel sounds near each other in a line or section of poetry
What is assonance?
Helps facilitate early literacy development with print concepts and helps students develop a positive attitude towards literacy
What are the benefits of centers?
Making it impossible to avoid books, bringing them on car rides, reading at home
What are ways families can promote an interest in reading?
Teacher statements made to disperse students in small groups or in an orderly fashion.
What are transitional statements?