Integrating Environmental Print Across the Curriculum, PreK-3 : Making Literacy Instruction Meaningful /: Making Literacy Instruction Meaningful. ([2007])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Lynn Kirkland, Jerry Aldridge, Patricia Kuby.
• Authors: Kirkland, Lynn; Aldridge, Jerry; Kuby, Patricia
• Contents: Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Introduction; 1. What We Know About Environmental Print and Young Children; The Conceptual Framework for Using Environmental Print; What We Know About Early Literacy; Research on Environmental Print; Environmental Print and Children With Special Needs; Environmental Print and No Child Left Behind; Summary of the Research Findings on Environmental Print; Appropriate Ways to Use Environmental Print Throughout the Curriculum; 2. Language Arts Activities; Daily News; Posters and Signs; Dictionaries; Writing Experiences; Literacy Across Thematic Units; Rebus Stories; Wall Lists and Bulletin Boards; Pocket Charts; Text Innovations; Word Boxes; Book Boxes; Newspaper Ad Word Search; Recipes; Lunchboxes; Billboards; Alphabet Scavenger Hunt; Environmental Print Walk; Restaurant Menus; Alphabet Wall/Community Alphabet; Alphabet Books; Reading Inside the Box; 3. Math Activities; Puzzles; Coupons; Graphs; Math Games; Math in an Integrated Curriculum; M & M's Math; Newspaper Ads; Food Labels; Enlarged Class Texts; Lists; Grocery Store Surveys; Food Groups; 4. Health and Science Activities; Making Flavored Milk; Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches; Making M & M's Coookies; Making Chicken or Vegetable Stew; Making Pizza; Making Pancakes; Pretend Shopping; Real Shopping; Good Food Versus Junk Food; Snacks--How Good Are They?; Where Does Food Go?; Pretend Restaurant; Matching Toothpaste; Planting Seeds; Using Cardboard Containers; Weather Symbols; Going on a Picnic; 5. Social Studies Activities; Using the Newspaper; Postcard Travel; Mapping the Community; Community Helpers; Transportation Schedules; Home Sales and Rentals; Environmental Print Graphs and Elections; Careers and Environmental Print; Social Studies "Me Books" and Journals; Culturally Diverse Environmental Print; 6. Creative Dramatics, Music, and Art Activities; Art Collage; Studying Artists; Neighborhood Mural; Me Boxes and "Myself"; Delivery Vehicles; MUSIC--Songs for Commercials; Creative Dramatics--"Centers" Stage; Musical Instrument Time; Can You Make a Puppet?; 7. Meeting the Goals of the National Reading Panel Through Environmental Print Activities; Phonemic Awareness Activity: Starts Like; Phonics Activity: Blended Environmental Print; Fluency Activity: Speedy Shopping List; Vocabulary Activity: What Goes With This?; Comprehension Activity: Where Do You Find It?; Conclusion: Challenges and Opportunities in Using Environmental Print; Reflective Teaching; Transformational Teaching; Resources; Resource A. Environmental Print Book List; Resource B. Sample Letter to Parents; References;
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : Corwin Press
• Publication Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 372.6; Language arts (Early childhood); Early childhood education -- Activity programs; Interdisciplinary approach in education
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483362113; 1483362116
• Related ISBNs: 9781412937573; 1412937574; 9781412937580
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.
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