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Early Childhood - Connecticut State Department of Education

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Language And Literacy Development Chapter 5<br />

LANGUAGE AND LITERACY PLAN<br />

Performance Attend to a story<br />

Indicators Retell information from a story<br />

Demonstrate understanding <strong>of</strong> basic conversational vocabulary<br />

Demonstrate book awareness<br />

Concepts/Content Understand concepts about print: front <strong>of</strong> book, title, author, left<br />

to right<br />

Follow sequence <strong>of</strong> story<br />

Develop oral language skills: speak in complete sentences<br />

Develop vocabulary<br />

Experience Children listen to a series <strong>of</strong> stories over several days, e.g.,<br />

Curious George, by H.A. Rey<br />

Children compare and contrast the different predicaments <strong>of</strong><br />

Curious George<br />

Children locate the title and author <strong>of</strong> each book and note<br />

differences and similarities<br />

Children discuss their favorite stories and explain their reasons<br />

Children reenact/create new stories about Curious George<br />

Context, Small group: three to four children<br />

Environment Library area<br />

Literacy center<br />

Drama and fantasy center<br />

Teacher Strategies Provoke discussion and analysis with comparison questions<br />

about similarities and differences<br />

Demonstrate and label the parts <strong>of</strong> a book; observe children and<br />

notice how they use books<br />

Read with children, model print concepts, ask questions and<br />

enjoy stories together<br />

Facilitate the drama and fantasy area, partnering with children<br />

to create stories about Curious George<br />

Materials/Changes Multiple copies <strong>of</strong> various Curious George titles<br />

to Environment Create puppets with pictures <strong>of</strong> the characters in the stories<br />

glued to sticks<br />

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