Integrating environmental print across the curriculum, preK-3 : making literacy instruction meaningful / Lynn Kirkland, Jerry Aldridge, Patricia Kuby ; acquisitions editor Stacy Wagner ; cover designer Monique Hahn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kirkland, Lynn, author.

Aldridge, Jerry, author.

Kuby, Patricia, author.

Contributor:

Wagner, Stacy, editor.

Hahn, Monique, cover designer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language arts (Early childhood).

Early childhood education--Activity programs.

Early childhood education.

Interdisciplinary approach in education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (161 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, California : Corwin Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This hands-on guidebook highlights the research that supports environmental print (EP) instruction in Grades PreK-3 and provides a wealth of activities for jump-starting the literacy process.<b></b>

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Authors""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 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""; ""Chapter 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""; ""Chapter 3 - Math Activities""; ""Puzzles""; ""Coupons""; ""Graphs""; ""Math Games""; ""Math in an Integrated Curriculum""

""M&M�s Math""""Food Labels""; ""Enlarged Class Texts""; ""Lists""; ""Grocery Store Surveys""; ""Food Groups""; ""Chapter 4 - Health and Science Activities""; ""Making Flavored Milk""; ""Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches""; ""Making M&M�s Cookies""; ""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""""Chapter 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""; ""Chapter 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?""; ""Chapter 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""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781483362113

1483362116

9781483364285

1483364283

OCLC:

923707340