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A Literacy-Rich Classroom:

A Literacy-Rich Classroom:. Organizing and Managing a Literacy-Rich Environment. Take an Expansive Look at Literacy Environments for Emergent Readers. The typical emergent reader in a formal preschool setting Alternative/enhanced early learning settings

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A Literacy-Rich Classroom:

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  1. A Literacy-Rich Classroom: Organizing and Managing a Literacy-Rich Environment

  2. Take an Expansive Look at Literacy Environments for Emergent Readers • The typical emergent reader in a formal preschool setting • Alternative/enhanced early learning settings • The delayed reader whose skills are emerging at a later age • The broader school/community

  3. Beyond Physical Structures • All children -- English Language Learners in particular -- benefit from solid routines • Teacher Speech: slow and clear; not loud • Overall environment: safe and comforting

  4. Child-Friendly = Child-Centered • Student access to materials encourages independence, in learning and decision-making – AND in maintaining a neat classroom! • Variety = wider range of participation, more ways to learn (Multiple Intelligences) • Quiet areas – foster quiet behaviors

  5. Specifics to Enhance Literacy • Good lighting • Functional print – calendar, weather chart, helper chart, classroom rules • Real world print materials • Picture or logo with all print • Student bins/folders for written work

  6. Literacy materials available across content areas: • Writing tools in dramatic play, math, science, blocks etc • Books in music or art centers • Maps, globes, artifacts w/social studies picture books • Labels with pictures wherever possible • White boards, magna-doodles, what else?

  7. The Literacy Center • Group Meetings, lessons, Story Time • Rocking chair, carpet (+ ‘softies’ for children) • 5-8 book selections per child • 3-4 levels of difficulty • Rotate regularly: 25 new books/2 wks.

  8. Wide Range of Books • Displayed on open-face shelves • In baskets, sorted by themes • Picture stories, informational, picture concepts, traditional literature, realistic literature, easy-to-read, fables and folktales, poetry, biography, wordless books, Big Books, magazines

  9. Some Sources to Build Your Classroom Library • The Book Thing: www.bookthing.org • Baltimore Reads: www.baltimorereads.org • Daedalus Books warehouse: 9645 Gerwig Lane,Columbia:1-800-395-2665 www.daedalusbooks.com/Main/Help/FAQ.asp • Childrens Bookstore: 737 Deepdene Rd,Balto 410.532-2000

  10. Creative Story-Telling • Gestures, expression (but not too much!) • With and without props • Puppets, felt boards • Sound-story techniques (audience joins storyteller: voices, rhythm instruments, music) • Chalk Talks

  11. **Involve the Children! • Children’s Story-Telling: builds oral skills, comprehension – sequence, detail, story elements, problem-solving • Independent ‘Reading’ and Writing – quiet book time, small # selections, establish guidelines; • “Author’s Spot” – journals, folders, writing, drawing; hole punch, notecards

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