Literacy Environment Analysis

Angela BeaversWalden University Dr. Phyllis McCully

READ 6706 Literacy Development PreK-3June 15, 2016

Table of Content

The Emergent Literacy Learner

The Beginning Literacy Learner

Getting to Know Emergent and Beginning Literacy Learners

Selecting Text Emergent Literacy

Learner Lesson Beginning Literacy

Learner Lesson Reflection References

The Emergent Literacy LearnerThe emergent stage of literacy development is from birth to kindergarten.

This is a time when emergent learners are making connections between what is being read and printed words.

Needs to develop skills in oral language, listen comprehension, phonemic awareness, and concepts of print.

The Beginning Literacy LearnerThe beginning stage of literacy development is from late kindergarten to 1st or 2nd grade.

This is a time training time when beginning literacy learners are learning how to read.

Beginning literacy learners need to practice their literacy skills to become fluent.

Need to read out loud to have time to process what they are reading.

Teachers need to talk to their students to find out about them.

What are their interest?

What is their culture?

How do they feel about reading?

What is their English language proficiency level?

Getting to Know Emergent and

Literacy Learners

Teachers need assess students to…

Determine their individual literacy needs as learners.

To plan developmental appropriate literacy lessons.

To track students literacy growth

Getting to Know Emergent and

Literacy Learners

The 3rd dimensions to the literacy matric is the difficulty considerations.

Readability Concept Density Text Length Text Structure Size of Print Visual Support

Selecting TextSelecting text and how it is used needs to be based on the needs of the students (Laureate Education, 2014a).

Literacy Matrix Linguistic

Semiotic

Narra

tive

Information

al

Text Selection for LessonEmergent

Literacy LessonThe emergent learner for this lesson was a five year old male pre-k student.

Lesson topic based on time of year, getting ready for Summer.

Areas of need based on assessmento Oral languageo Listening Comprehensiono Phonemic Awarenesso Concepts About Print

Narrative

Informational

Digital

Emergent Literacy Lesson

Activities to support literacy development.

Oral book discussion about summer

Language Experience Chart-I like summer because…

Sentence Writing and Reading-I like summer.

Story drawing and Dictating

Cloze Reading-rhyming words

Text Selections for LessonBeginning

Literacy LessonThe beginning learner for this lesson was a nine year old male 2nd grade struggling reader.

The lesson was based on his interest of dinosaurs.

Areas of need based on assessmento Alphabet Knowledge

o Letter recognitiono Letter sound

recognitiono Reading fluency and

automatic recognition

Narrative

Informational

Digital

Beginning Literacy Lesson

Activities to support literacy development.

Oral book discussion about Dinosaurs

KWL

Dinosaur Letter Matching Sound Game

Writing Activity-If I were a dinosaur

How to use the literacy matrix to select text for the needs of my students, has inspired me. I thought I was using a good variety texts in my lessons, but the matrix helped me realized I needed to use a better mixture of texts and include more informational texts selections.

Emergent and beginning literacy learners need similar literacy instruction in phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, comprehension, and writing based on their individual needs as learns.

ReflectionI have realized through this course that it is important to get to know my students. I need to know more than their developmental learning levels, I need to know who they are as individuals. My students interest, their cultures, and their families are important tools when planning a motivating instructional activating.

References

Laureate Education (Producer). (2014a). Analyzing and selecting texts [Video file]. Baltimore,MD: Author. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu

Laureate Education (Producer). (2014c). The beginning reader [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu

Laureate Education (Producer). (2014j). Getting to Know Your Students [Video file]. Baltimore,MD: Author. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu

Reutzel, D. R., & Cooter, R. B., Jr. (2016). Strategies for reading assessment and instruction:Helping every child succeed (5th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.

Roskos, K., Neuman, S.B., (2012) Helping Children Become More Knowledgeable Through Text. The Reading Teacher. 66(3), 207-210.

Roskos, K., Neuman, S. B., (2014). Best Practices in Reading. The Reading Teacher. 67(7), 507511.

Strickland, D. & Riley-Ayers, S., (2006). Early Literacy: Policy and Practice in the PreschoolYears. Retrieved from http://www.readingrockets.org/article/early-literacy-policy-and-practice-preschool-years

Literacy Environment Analysis

Angela BeaversWalden University Dr. Phyllis McCully

READ 6706 Literacy Development PreK-3June 15, 2016