Teaching learners at the

PreK-3 levels.

Created by: Whitney Elliott

Walden University

Read 6706: Literacy Development PreK-3

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Getting to know your learners

• Selecting Text

• Components of Balanced Literacy

• Emergent Literacy Learners

• Beginning Literacy Learners

• Literacy Environments “Teachers who believe they can teach all children in ways that enable them to meet these high standards are more likely to exhibit teaching behaviors that support this goal .”

(Protheroe, 2008)

Getting to know your students

• Student Interest• Student Motivation • Learn who the students are as a person• Activates like “Me Stew” can teach you a lot of information• Interest Surveys and 1 on 1 interviews• Give them praise • Show connections that you and the students have alike “Its not what we teach, but who we teach” (Laureate Education, 2014a)

Selecting Text

Selecting the just right text! If a student is struggling with a text it might be one you

want to use for a guided reading lesson.

Where it falls on literacy matrix

Text structure

size of font text length

Readability Concept

Density Vocabulary

(Laureate Education, 2014b)

5 essential elements of

effective reading instruction

Phonemic Awareness

Phonics

Fluency Vocabulary

Comprehension

Beginning Literacy Learners Has the alphabet mastered and knows the sounds that all letters make Is working on different blends and learning irregular phonics skillsKnows many sight words (Dolce List) Working on different comprehension strategies. Is writing in response to a text. Recognizes different types of text

Emergent Literacy Learners Names and recognizes upper and lowercase letters Is learning sound/ symbol relationshipStarting to understand concept of print Knows some sight words and CVC wordsRecognizes phonemes, syllables, and rhyme Sits and listens to text, and can hold discussions about the topic

Birth to Kindergarten

1st through 3rd grade

Assessment

Students

Data

Instruction

Guided Reading

Observation

Reading

Speaking

Student Achievement

Common Core Standards

Literacy Environment Print Rich Classrooms: posters, anchor charts, labels, word walls, student work samples, vocabulary wallsTeacher Modeling: read alouds of formal and informal text, guided reading, guided writing, scaffolding, differentiatingWriting: free write, writing extensions, journals, revising and proofreading

Resources

Laureate Education (Producer). (2014a). Getting to know your students [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author. 

Laureate Education (Producer). (2014b). Analyzing and selecting texts [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.

Protheroe, N. (2008, May/June). Teacher efficacy: What is it and does it matter? Retrieved from https://www.naesp.org/resources/1/Principal/2008/M-Jp42.pdf