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Curriculum & Instruction EDCI Where Teachers Come to Learn |
Josh_Thompson@TAMU-Commerce.edu 903-468-8627 |
| ECE 358 Language Acquisition Development in Early Childhood Education Field-Based Settings |
| Syllabus .doc | Schedule .rtf | Requirements .doc | Resource Links |
Required Texts: Morrow, L.M. (2005). Literacy Development in the Early Years: Helping Children Learn to Read and Write (5th ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon. NAEYC & IRA. (1998) Learning to read and write: Developmentally appropriate practices for young children. http://www.naeyc.org/about/positions/pdf/PSREAD98.PDF or http://www.naeyc.org/about/positions/PSREAD0.asp |
Page last edited on Thursday, March 26, 2009 - Note: This webpage is a blog - read from the bottom up.
| 12/11 | Celebrate ! You are a reader of great lit to young children!! |
| 12/4 |
Reading Demonstrations - 1) Mentor Eval AND 2) Reflection |
| 11/27 | Organizing - read Morrow, chapter 9 358 Final Exam Study Guide.rtf All students in all appropriate settings will be given the opportunity to provide written feedback. All data submitted by students will be submitted as evidence of teaching effectiveness. |
| 11/20 | Class is not in session. No class. Josh is available for consult, EdS 221 |
| 11/13 |
Motivating Readers, Morrow ch 8 Storytelling Activity #2 (maybe, if we're lucky: Lurleen is coming!!) |
| 11/6 | Reading Demonstration in schools and early childhood centers |
| 10/30 |
Read Morrow, chapter 7 on Writing Resources/KingoreQuickWrites.pps Writing and Literacy Development Exam II is due Phonological Awareness Activity 2 is due Mentor Evaluation Form. doc must be "signed" by Oct 30 - pre-arranged appointment for your Reading Demo Scholastic Book Order is due |
| 10/23 | Read & reread Morrow chapter 6 on Comprehension and Fluency. Pick up Exam 2. Read this essay on Children's Literature. Come to class prepared to discuss it. Flaherty (2002) "Let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage". www.hillsdale.edu/news/imprimis/ |
| 10/16 |
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| 10/9 | Read Morrow chapter 10 Family Literacy Here is a sample of what would go in a Phonological Awareness Activity. Name: Hey Diddle Diddle Source: Adaptation of Nursery Rhyme Type (taken from the Phonological Awareness Continuum): Onsets Materials: none Procedure: Sing “Hey Diddle Diddle” until the children memorize the song/nursery rhyme. Then substitute one phoneme for the onset of many words in the song. Ex.: Hey fiddle, fiddle, the fat and the fiddle, the fow fumped over the foon. The fittle fog faughed to fee fuch a fort, and the fish ran away with the foon. Q1: Bobby, may we use your /b/ for our song? Q2: What other sounds may we use? Extension activity: Set of small objects, ball, sock, elephant. Use in center or easel to prompt children to practice the substitution rhyme. |
| 10/2 |
Exam I - prepare for it as if it's not open book - but, in the end, it is. Attention all Teacher’s Aides Seeking Texas Teacher Certification including but not limited to EC-4, All 4-8 Certifications, ESL options, Bilingual options, and Special Education A First in a Series of Informational Meeting will be held on Thursday, October 4, 2007, EdS 103 4:30pm and again at 7:10pm |
| 9/25 | Storytelling - Bring a story, a song, a nursery rhyme or Mother Goose rhyme to tell. Memorize it. Tell it well. Use props. Type this information to turn in: Title of your Story Short paragraph to tell the story Describe props Target audience Why did you choose this story for that audience? Resources from the Kindergarten Teacher Reading Academy Phonological Awareness Continuum .pdf Phonological Awareness definitions .pdf |
| 9/18 |
Diversity- Morrow chap 3 Place your Scholastic Book Club orders online! Nine easy ways to expand preschoolers' language every day - www.brookespublishing.com |
| 9/11 | Five Big Ideas of Early Reading Instruction Trelease (1979/2001) Read Aloud Handbook "Do's & Don'ts" Reading Demonstration #2 & Peer Evaluation Introduction to Texas Reading Academies Assessment - Morrow chapter 2 |
| 9/4 | Santa Hauls a Goose
Mentor Evaluation Form due Tue, Oct 30th |
| 8/27 |
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