Objective - Evaluate Children

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Objective - Evaluate Childrens Literature as a
means to build self esteem.

• Everyone pick up the new literature handouts and
  a highlighter.
• If you signed up for a photo pick it up from
  the
• back counter and place a play dough recipe in the
  back of it.
• Put the entire sheet protector in you SITE VISIT
  section

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Who needs a copy of pg 1-2?

• Q- Pg 1 - Highlight the definition of Emergent
  Literacy

• A-

What children know about reading and writing
before they can actually read or write.
Q- Pg 2 What does vocabulary refer to? How many
words should a 2 year old know?
A- knowing the names of things- By the age of 2
most children know the meaning of about 500
words. VIDEO 4 MIN
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Time for Page 3

• How many words should a child know the meaning of
  by the time he or she enters school?

3000-5000

• What is print awareness?

Top to bottom / left to right / point to words
Ability to understand or tell a story
Shape and sound of a letter

• VIDEO 30 sec

Interest in and enjoyment of books and reading
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Still on pg 3

• Highlight tips for helping a child develop
• Vocabulary and print awareness
• Narrative skills
• Letter knowledge
• Print motivation

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Pg 4

• Q What is Phonological Sensitivity? At what age
  is this important?
• Q- How can we help a 4-5 year old develop
  phonological sensitivity?

The ability to hear and manipulate the smaller
sounds in words (includes rhymes, word chunks
and word blends)
Playing word games
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PG 5
Infants enjoy being cuddled and hearing your
voice. Soon they will think of reading as a way
to enjoy attention, love and pretty pictures. A
young child will learn that books are read from
front to back, top to bottom, and left to right
and that pictures symbolize ideas.

• What do infants enjoy about reading?
• What do young children learn about reading?
• How does reading affect a childs brain?
• How does reading affect a childs vocabulary?
• How does reading affect a childs ability to pay
  attention?
• What is auditory perception?

When you read to children, you are building the
pathways to their brains that they will need to
be able to learn to read. Children learn to
extend their attention spans by listening to you
read
Listening to a story will enhance their
vocabulary Auditory perception is enhanced by
listening to you read
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Pg 6 Select a Dr. Seuss book and record the
name of it on the bottom of pg 6. Check off all
of the items that are strong in the book you
selected.
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Gender Stereotyping
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• I Love You the Purplest
• Barbara M. Joosse author
• Mary Whyte illustrator
• 1996
• Chronicle Books
• ISBN - 0811807185

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Did the Reader make the book come ALIVE?

• Hold the pages so the child can see.
• Dont rush
• Speak clearly and loudly enough
• Voice tones, facial expressions, gestures, eye
  contact, etc keep it interesting and more
  meaningful to the child.
• Preview the book ahead of time.

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• Just the Two of Us
• Will Smith author
• Kadir Nelson illustrator
• 2001
• Scholastic Press
• ISBN 0-439-08792-9

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Did the Reader make the book come ALIVE?

• Hold the pages so the child can see.
• Dont rush
• Speak clearly and loudly enough
• Voice tones, facial expressions, gestures, eye
  contact, etc keep it interesting and more
  meaningful to the child.
• Preview the book ahead of time.

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And the Oscar Goes To
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The John Newbery Medal

• Since 1921, this award is given annually for the
  most distinguished American childrens book
  published the previous year.

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The Randolph Caldecott Medal

• An award that began in 1937 and is awarded
  annually to a picture book for children that best
  meets the criteria of excellent pictorial
  interpretation of the story

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Tumble Books

• www.wicomicolibrary.org
• http//www.wicomicolibrary.org/youthservices/KidSp
  ace/goodreadtemplate.html

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The Quilt StoryAuthor Tony JohnstonIllustrator
Tomie dePaolaPublisher The Putnam Grosset
Group1985ISBN 0698-11368-3
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What Will We Do to Promote Reading with
Preschoolers?
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Objective Apply principles of promoting
literacy with toddlers and preschoolers.Warmup
Select your Seuss book and take it to your seat
to preview and evaluate.
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Literature lesson plan

• See file

THE INTERNET IS A TEACHERS BEST FRIEND SAFE
SEARCH TIPS CHECK THIS ONE OUT Dr. Seuss _at_ The
Virtual Vine
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Thats a Wrap.

• When literature is presented properly to
  children, it can enhance their physical,
  intellectual, emotional and social development.
• With the 3rd dimension, a book can come alive!

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More Useful Links

• http//www.bookadventure.com/
• http//www.nea.org/readacross
• http//www.edpubs.org/
• http//pbskids.org/lions/tips
• http//wwwteachingbooks.net/
• http//www.ala.org/
• http//www.readin.org

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OBJECTIVE

• PLAN A SUCCESSFUL SERVICE LEARNING ACTIVITY AS
  PART OF READ ACROSS AMERICA

NEA's Read Across America
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http//www.youtube.com/watch?vRiYroaxD5I4
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Interesting Facts

• Dr. Seuss was born Theodor Geisel in Springfield,
  Massachusetts, on March 2, 1904.
• He Attended Dartmouth College in 1925, then
  Oxford University.
• At Oxford he met his future wife Helen Palmer
• gained national exposure when he won an
  advertising contract for an insecticide called
  Flit, coined the phrase, "Quick, Henry, the
  Flit!" which became a popular expression.
• Geisel developed the idea for his first
  children's book in 1936 while on a vacation
  cruise. The rhythm of the ship's engine drove the
  cadence to And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry
  Street.

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con't...

• In May of 1954, Life published a report on
  illiteracy among schoolchildren, suggesting that
  children were having trouble reading because
  their books were boring
• Geisel's publisher sent him a list of 400 words
  he felt were important for children to learn. He
  asked Geisel to cut the list to 250 words and use
  them to write an entertaining children's book.
  Nine months later, Geisel, using 220 of the words
  given to him, published The Cat in the Hat, which
  brought instant success.
• Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1984 and three
  Academy Awards, Geisel authored and illustrated
  44 children's books
• While Theodore Geisel died on September 24, 1991,
  Dr. Seuss lives on, inspiring generations of
  children of all ages to explore the joys of
  reading.

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NEA's Read Across America
http//www.schooltube.com/video/1c56dad493af84dc35
8f/NEA-Celebrates-Read-Across-America
http//www.nea.org/readacross/index.html
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Let's Participate!
Well be participating in Dr. Seuss birthday
celebration on Wednesday, March 3rd, by going to
the Salvation Army Preschool.

• Objectives of visit
• Demonstrate positive interaction with children
• Demonstrate appropriate work place behaviors
• Promote reading with preschoolers

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