Exam 5: Achieving Language and Literacy Goals Through Program Planning

Pick out the children who display a skill or ability that facilitates later reading skill. 1.Shandi likes to use photographs in a sequence to tell her stories 2.Miquel finds hidden objects in 'I Spy" books 3.Luke loves to paint and collect leaves 4.Celeste has never visited a library 5.Tia uses scissors expertly 6.Ling makes good guesses based on contextual cues and clues he sees in illustrations 7.Child dictated books by Eden are in the class book center 8.Shane knows what is on the left and right side of a page 9.Carmen treats books carefully and has favorites 10.Shah can pick out a number of alphabet letters correctly 12.Nicolas and Brian can tell stories using puppets. 13.Isabella has a doll collection she has brought to school for sharing time 14.Everyday Grace asks her teacher about a new word she has found and asks what it says

The No Child Left Behind Act (2002)has led to

Theme and project approach curriculum is somewhat similar.

A program stating its curriculum is based on a particular theory of education may in fact not display it in practice.

The No Child Left Behind legislation probably has as many educator advocates as it has educator dissenters.

Often activities that take place in classrooms and seem spontaneous to observers run smoothly because of detailed preplanning.

An important component of literacy growth is interfacing with peers and others who are more literate.

A topic web used for developing a theme is

American schools enrolling young children at the turn of the nineteenth century rejected rote memorization as a teaching strategy.

Describe steps a teacher might take to design a planning web for a theme of study on monkeys.

Whether a program's identified goals for language arts instruction are reached depends on

According to the National Early Literacy Panel,a strong predictor of a young child's later literacy and success in learning to read include a child's

Literacy materials in preschool classrooms should

Why does theme approach curriculum appeal to teachers who believe in self-initiated and individualized instruction?

Assessment is conducted to assure planned activities and equipment help children's ability to pass tests that show improvement.

Early childhood programs affected by the No Child Left Behind Act

Unfortunately,many U.S.early childhood centers are judged to be of poor quality.

Find the strong preschool predictors of positive literacy outcomes and ease in learning to read. 1.knowing some individual letter sounds 2.understanding print represents words 3.complete articulation of sounds 4.holding a writing tool correctly 5.adequate oral expressive vocabulary 6.adequate oral receptive vocabulary 7.prints own name 8.knows some alphabet letter names 9.uses inventive spelling 10.fluent naming of alphabet letters 11.reads picture clues 12.has phonological awareness 13.knows about consonants and vowels 14.might be predictors not on this list yet to be researched 15.knows about punctuation.

Assessment results are used to make instructional plans for individual children in preschools.

When some early childhood centers plan their language arts program goals and the activities that will help children attain these goals,they will consult