knowledge of current research which deepened my knowledge of research in various curriculum areas. One area I became very interested in was the current literacy research using technology in early childhood classrooms. This led me to conduct a formal action research project on writing in my current first grade classroom, which further deepened my literacy content knowledge and technology applications for my students. As a master’s degree candidate specializing in both curriculum design and technology
that the term universal pre-k meant that everyone can have access to free education from age 4 regardless of their income and background. The main aim of the pre-k program is to give all children the opportunity to learn literacy, math and writing skills at an early age. Research indicates that the pre-k program is beneficial to students when they reach the upper grades. 2. What’s
The article concluded that “reading development starts before formal instruction” (Mol, 2011, p. 22) and that print exposure coupled with examples of leisure reading to model after were factors in literacy success and leisure reading habits of the student (Myers, 2014, p. 261). Also, in order to narrow the gap between strong readers and struggling readers, more needs to be done to put leisure reading materials in to the hands of struggling readers
Childhood Apraxia Of Speech (CAS) Childhood apraxia of speech is a motor speech disorder. In CAS a child might have problems performing the correct movements for speech due to signaling problems between the brain and the muscles used for speech production. This signaling problem causes the child to have difficulty learning accurate speech movements. Speech movements that a normal developing child learns with ease are difficult for a child with apraxia of speech. The cause of childhood apraxia of
Summary of chapters: Tompkins, E Gail. (2014). Literacy for the 21st Century A Balanced Approach 1. It is imperative for teachers to not only monitor their students’ behavior in the classroom, but also to assess their students’ literacy development effectively, so they could be ensured of their students’ learning progress, which is the most significant point Tompkins makes in Chapter 2. Chapter one in Tompkins book Literacy for the 21st Century A Balanced Approach mainly focuses on the strategies
Help students build information literacy and digital citizenship skills, and be knowledgable about being Safe Online and Cyberbullying. Provide 21st century resources which are engaging and fun for teaching and learning with educational technology for teachers and their students using
a part in the diagnosis. Other members of the team may include occupational therapists, physical therapists, pediatricians, and neurologists. Since problems with communication and social skills are early symptoms of this disorder, SLPs play a main role in the diagnosis and should be consulted early in the evaluation process. Talking to the parents and caregivers of the child who may have autism is critical to tell the professionals about the child’s behavior. When diagnosing, an SLP will use screening
Running Head: Leadership Management and Administration in Early Childhood Care and Education Settings Effective Supervision Lalithambal d/o Tanggaraju Asian International College Contents Page 1. Part 1 1-3 2. Part 2
The fifth characteristic of the checklist is oral language. This area is a strength in the classroom. While talking, the teacher supplements her words with a lot of hand gestures. She checks the children’s understanding through open-ended questions, which engages the children in conversation. She provokes the children’s analysis and reasoning skills by asking them to explain further. She also repeated a child’s answer during a discussion regarding transportation and asked more questions to extend
from one another, it will indicate that they either gathered data incorrectly or that they did not apply the v=λf equation correctly. All velocities should be equal or approximately the same, within experimental uncertainty. Formative assessment: Early in the investigation, and as the students collect their data, the skills objective will be assessed through visual inspection. The second data table should show the following patterns as the harmonics range from 1 to 5: the wavelength decreases, the