In addition, a classroom may receive a larger writing box for use by all students. CLI Training Manual - each teacher receives a manual that offers helpful strategies, activities, and research for enhancing their literacy instruction. Parent Workshop Supplies - to promote parent meetings, each student is sent home with a book to keep and a flyer describing the place and time of the meeting. Each parent who attends a workshop receives at least one book to keep. Developing Engaging Read Alouds Because being read to adds directly to children's knowledge and vocabulary, experts stress the importance of reading aloud to students.
Activities can include writing a letter or writing about a book.
We instruct teachers to promote children's interest in books by reading aloud expressively, and to use books to build comprehension and vocabulary by asking open-ended questions. It is important to develop writing skills in young children, as language and literacy work together. Starting from infancy, almost everything that children learn about listening and talking contributes to their ability to read and write. CLI trains teachers to incorporate writing in every classroom center, and to provide ample writing opportunities for their students. These daily lessons provide opportunities for teachers to introduce more print conventions and more vocabulary while assessing individual progress.