Print Rich Environment
By: Dayana Garcia
Print Rich Environment
Having an inviting and exciting literacy rich environment encourages children to take part in the learning experiences. A classroom that encourages literacy learning often has examples and students work displayed on walls, bulletin boards, a classroom library, literacy centers, students seating in clusters to promote a language environment. The classroom has labels with words and pictures everywhere to help the students make the connection between written language and what they represent. Labels are placed based on the student’s needs and interest. This also offers support to students with disabilities. When students need a resource for more information they should be able to find it in their classroom. Some reference materials include books, computers, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and word walls.
Word Walls
Word walls should contain words students are learning. These word walls should not be just for display but instead they should be reviewed every day. This will promote the students aural vocabulary bank.
Charts
Charts should be used to display a purpose not used to decorate your classroom. A classroom should be continuously adapting to the learning environment taking place. For example if your students are learning about subjects and verbs, charts can be displayed for students to look and reference to. When you finish the unit you are teaching and more forward to action and nouns, you can display another chart that contains this information.
Types of charts (but not limited to):
Role of the teacher
The teacher should be engaged with her students learning and differentiated instruction. Throughout the lesson the teacher engages in with their student using elicit language and promoting the usage of wordage. Teachers also facilitate language and literacy exploration with games and activities that can be done one on one or in small groups.
Having an inviting and exciting literacy rich environment encourages children to take part in the learning experiences. A classroom that encourages literacy learning often has examples and students work displayed on walls, bulletin boards, a classroom library, literacy centers, students seating in clusters to promote a language environment. The classroom has labels with words and pictures everywhere to help the students make the connection between written language and what they represent. Labels are placed based on the student’s needs and interest. This also offers support to students with disabilities. When students need a resource for more information they should be able to find it in their classroom. Some reference materials include books, computers, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and word walls.
Word Walls
Word walls should contain words students are learning. These word walls should not be just for display but instead they should be reviewed every day. This will promote the students aural vocabulary bank.
Charts
Charts should be used to display a purpose not used to decorate your classroom. A classroom should be continuously adapting to the learning environment taking place. For example if your students are learning about subjects and verbs, charts can be displayed for students to look and reference to. When you finish the unit you are teaching and more forward to action and nouns, you can display another chart that contains this information.
Types of charts (but not limited to):
- Days of the weeks
- Month of the year
- Color Charts: with pictures and names of different colors
- Animal Charts: with pictures and their names
- Alphabet Chart
- Number Chart
Role of the teacher
The teacher should be engaged with her students learning and differentiated instruction. Throughout the lesson the teacher engages in with their student using elicit language and promoting the usage of wordage. Teachers also facilitate language and literacy exploration with games and activities that can be done one on one or in small groups.