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Chapter 4: Assessment – 45
TYPES OF TEST INSTRUMENTS – 47
ASSESSMENT IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION – 47
CONNECTICUT’S PRESCHOOL ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK – 47
PRINCIPLES OF ASSESSMENT FOR YOUNG CHILDREN – 47
INFORMAL ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES – 49
BEST PRACTICES – 52
OBSERVING, RECORDING AND REFLECTING – 53
ADDRESSING DEVELOPMENTAL CONCERNS – 55
TYPICAL CLASSROOM CONCERNS AND SUGGESTED TOOLS – 56
EVENT SAMPLING – 59
PROBLEM-SOLVING APPROACH – 61
PORTFOLIO COLLECTION TIME LINE – 62
DESCRIPTIVE WORDS FOR RECORDING OBSERVABLE BEHAVIORS – 63
REFLECTIVE QUESTIONS – 64
Chapter 5: Language And Literacy Development – 69
DEVELOPING LITERACY SKILLS – 71
LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT – 73
COMPREHENSION AND APPRECIATION OF STORIES – 75
CONCEPTS ABOUT PRINT AND WORD AWARENESS – 76
LETTERS OF THE ALPHABET – 77
PHONEMIC AWARENESS – 78
ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS – 79
LANGUAGE AND LITERACY PLAN – 80
Chapter 6: Mathematics – 83
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT – 85
PROCESS STANDARDS – 86
CONTENT STANDARDS – 87
BEST PRACTICES – 93
EXAMPLES OF PLANNING – 94
Chapter 7: Science – 97
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT – 99
DEVELOPING CURIOSITY – 99
DEVELOPING INQUIRY – 100
MAKING CONNECTIONS – 102
SAMPLE CURRICULUM – 102
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