EDRD 390 Final Exam Ques ons and answers Newest
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What are daily rou nes and procedures which can be used in literacy-rich classrooms? - Ans -
Arrival Time: Have children sign in every day to facilitate a endance checking. The procedure
evolves across the year, moving from simply finding one's name card in a pocket chart to wri ng
one's name on a clipboard.
-Breakfast and Lunch Time: Post signs indica ng where trash and recycling should be placed.
Morning Group Time: Read at least one book.
Transi ons: Draw name cards to indicate who can transi on.
Clean Up Rou nes: Post a chart showing the steps children must follow as they wash their
hands and refer to it as needed (use pictures and labels.)
Rest Time: Post a chart that shows the items children need for rest me: mat or blanket or
book. Refer to the chart regularly.
Preparing to Go Home: Allow children in kindergarten to take home their personal readers at
least once a week.
What are some ps and tricks to create a strong emergent literacy classroom community? -
Ans Help students connect to each other: learn and use each other's names, use collabora ve
learning strategies such as partner sharing, share affirma ons when chldren help each other,
maintain an atmosphere that is free of "put-downs."
-Build Student-to Teacher Bonds: Greet individuals as they enter each day.
-Include Student's Languages and Cultures in Class: Invite families and community
representa ves to share their cultures.
-Help Students Iden fy with the Whole School: Par cipate in school-wide beneficiaries projects
such as cleaning up trash or decora ng the hallways of the school.
, What are literacy centers? - Ans Short whole group lessons, well-paced small-group rota ons,
and opportuni es for partner or independent explora ons and prac ce of skills and strategies.
(Page 179)
What are the primary characteris cs of learning centers? - Ans conducted away from teacher's
direct supervision (include task cards), focused on skills/strategies of which children have
already developed a basic level of proficiency, exhibits characteris cs of effec ve emergent
literacy instruc on. (From S.16 Literacy Center PPT slides)
What are examples of emergent literacy centers? - Ans Alphabet or le er center, phonics/word
study center, reading/library center, wri ng center, listening center, name center, technology
center. (Page 180-182)
How does emergent wri ng develop? - Ans mergent wri ng begins with the first marks on
paper. These scribbles are wri ng. This con nues un l they invent spellings based upon sound
and le er correspondence (page 82). Emergent wri ng develops be er in a print-rich
classroom. This is because they see so many different forms of wri ng and are exposed to
different words everywhere they look (pages 172 and 173).
What is mock-linear wri ng? Why is it important? - Ans wri ng characterized by a linear
arrangement of laetrile shapes and squiggles
when children "mock" or imitate the wri ng forms that the adults in their life use and they see.
It is important because it helps them establish the idea that we write from leD to right (page
82). It is important to acknowledge the mock linear wri ng of students by displaying the
student's work around the classroom. This validates what they are doing and encourages them
to con nue (page 173).
What is the alphabe c principle? - Ans The alphabe c principle is the understanding that
le ers represent sounds that form words or the rela onship between le ers and sounds. This is
important because students are able to write with a purpose in mind, rather than just using
random le ers or combina ons.
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What are daily rou nes and procedures which can be used in literacy-rich classrooms? - Ans -
Arrival Time: Have children sign in every day to facilitate a endance checking. The procedure
evolves across the year, moving from simply finding one's name card in a pocket chart to wri ng
one's name on a clipboard.
-Breakfast and Lunch Time: Post signs indica ng where trash and recycling should be placed.
Morning Group Time: Read at least one book.
Transi ons: Draw name cards to indicate who can transi on.
Clean Up Rou nes: Post a chart showing the steps children must follow as they wash their
hands and refer to it as needed (use pictures and labels.)
Rest Time: Post a chart that shows the items children need for rest me: mat or blanket or
book. Refer to the chart regularly.
Preparing to Go Home: Allow children in kindergarten to take home their personal readers at
least once a week.
What are some ps and tricks to create a strong emergent literacy classroom community? -
Ans Help students connect to each other: learn and use each other's names, use collabora ve
learning strategies such as partner sharing, share affirma ons when chldren help each other,
maintain an atmosphere that is free of "put-downs."
-Build Student-to Teacher Bonds: Greet individuals as they enter each day.
-Include Student's Languages and Cultures in Class: Invite families and community
representa ves to share their cultures.
-Help Students Iden fy with the Whole School: Par cipate in school-wide beneficiaries projects
such as cleaning up trash or decora ng the hallways of the school.
, What are literacy centers? - Ans Short whole group lessons, well-paced small-group rota ons,
and opportuni es for partner or independent explora ons and prac ce of skills and strategies.
(Page 179)
What are the primary characteris cs of learning centers? - Ans conducted away from teacher's
direct supervision (include task cards), focused on skills/strategies of which children have
already developed a basic level of proficiency, exhibits characteris cs of effec ve emergent
literacy instruc on. (From S.16 Literacy Center PPT slides)
What are examples of emergent literacy centers? - Ans Alphabet or le er center, phonics/word
study center, reading/library center, wri ng center, listening center, name center, technology
center. (Page 180-182)
How does emergent wri ng develop? - Ans mergent wri ng begins with the first marks on
paper. These scribbles are wri ng. This con nues un l they invent spellings based upon sound
and le er correspondence (page 82). Emergent wri ng develops be er in a print-rich
classroom. This is because they see so many different forms of wri ng and are exposed to
different words everywhere they look (pages 172 and 173).
What is mock-linear wri ng? Why is it important? - Ans wri ng characterized by a linear
arrangement of laetrile shapes and squiggles
when children "mock" or imitate the wri ng forms that the adults in their life use and they see.
It is important because it helps them establish the idea that we write from leD to right (page
82). It is important to acknowledge the mock linear wri ng of students by displaying the
student's work around the classroom. This validates what they are doing and encourages them
to con nue (page 173).
What is the alphabe c principle? - Ans The alphabe c principle is the understanding that
le ers represent sounds that form words or the rela onship between le ers and sounds. This is
important because students are able to write with a purpose in mind, rather than just using
random le ers or combina ons.
