Print Rich Classroom
What is the main of a print rich classroom?
Promoting literacy skills & writing recognition.
What is considered the language art center?
The parts of a classroom that are designed to have books, materials such as markers & paper, a turn in area, and usually seating.
True or false centers should be designed to allow children to work independently without needing constant teacher direction
Family home connections are crucial for early childhood language, and literacy development because
It reinforces what children are learning with real life experience at home.
True or false cooing is a movement development milestone.
False, it is a language/communication milestone.
Environmental print materials are
Cues around a classroom, things such as labels/ signs to connect the students with the meanings.
What are the teachers roles in language arts?
The model of proper language, facilitator, guide, and accessor of the children’s language growth.
Rotating materials in a center is important because it
It ensure students stay interested and introduces them to new learning opportunities.
Telling stories about family history helps children
Have open conversation that strengthen sequencing skills and oral language
When teachers intentionally repeat words of process activities in settings, they promote this essential aspect of vocabulary development
Reinforcement
What is an example of print rich environments included in playtime in a classroom?
Things such as a menu in a classroom play kitchen, allowing the students to see words and attach meaning to it while playing.
Which of the following strategies supports emergent literacy in the language art center?
Providing journals, markers and alphabet charts for independent use
What are the four categories that need to be considered when creating the centers?
speaking, listening, writing, and reading
True or false Parents can use every day task like grocery shopping to promote writing and literacy skills
True
What are the stages of vocalization?
1. reflexive vocalization 2. cooing 3. vocal play 4. canonical babbling 5. variegated babbling 6. first words
Posting the children’s work around the room to build importance of their literacy skills and identify them is an example of
Print awareness
True or false, assessment of language development should form how teachers adjust instruction in classroom environments
True
Should centers like blocks or play have language rich experiences included in their planning?
Yes
What is the best example of integrating writing at home? (a. Watching TV quietly. b. Writing letters to relatives. c. Coloring without discussing the picture. d. Using educational apps or audiobooks.)
b.
What is the initial stage of children’s listening ability?
Toddler listening
What is exactly is a print rich environment?
Classrooms and homes filled with labels, signs, and written materials in every area, exposing children to print, fostering emergent literacy and print awareness.
Explain how teachers can support emergent bilingual learners in language arts activities
Visual support such as books, incorporating home languages in things such as story telling.
While observing for natural assessment in centers teachers should gather information using what actions from the students?
Usage of vocabulary, social communication/collaboration, early reading, fine motor and writing skills, following routines, and problem solving thank you for that
Sending home book bags or story kits help strengthen this link between families and school
Home literacy involvement
What is the difference between interactionists constructivist and interactionists social constructionist?
Interactionists social constructionists believe simply that social interaction and communication help infants develop language and word understanding while interactionists constructivist, believes infants go through stages through their lives, where the concept of words means something different and through the stages develop understanding of the words.