Organize, plan, and keep accurate records, and use informal and formal assessment strategies to individualize teaching for literacy development. Use space, relationships, materials, resources, and routines to construct interesting, secure, and enjoyable literacy rich environment that encourages literacy exploration and learning for young children. Communicate effectively and postively with young children, and provide opportunities and support for children to understand, acquire, and use verbal, nonverbal, and written means of communicating thoughts and feelings. Communicate with parents about emergent literacy and reading readiness, and suggest resources for parent information about emergent and early literacy. Demonstrate an understanding of current issues and trends in emergent and early literacy.
Students plan and implement mini-lessons in the corresponding field placement.
Assessment measures will include observations, tests, use of media, presentations, reports, and development of emergent and early literacy learning activities for young children. This course is a required professional education course for the early childhood and early childhood special education teaching licensures. An observation survey of early literacy achievement. Reading recovery, a guidbook for teachers in training. Invitation to Read.