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Daily Lesson Plan for Four-Year-Olds
Preschool Language & Literacy > Interactive & Dialogic Reading > See How It Works
This daily lesson plan format emphasizes activity planning based on instructional objectives, program standards, and desired learning outcomes and includes an example of interactive reading...
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Observation Checklists: Monitoring Development
Preschool Language & Literacy > Interactive & Dialogic Reading > See How It Works
Observation checklists help Syracuse preschool teachers monitor children's progress in comprehension and oral language development. The comprehension skills reflect interactive strategies they use...
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Interactive Reading: A PEER Sequence Planner
Preschool Language & Literacy > Interactive & Dialogic Reading > See How It Works
Use the worksheets to prepare an interactive reading lesson. Use the types of questions and prompts that help children engage in discussion. Multiple examples illustrate how to apply the techniques...
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Required Storybook List
Preschool Language & Literacy > Interactive & Dialogic Reading > See How It Works
This list includes storybooks that lend themselves to interactive reading strategies. Tempe's principal investigator explains how to select books for interactive reading in Selecting Books for...
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Using a Phonological Awareness Developmental Continuum
Preschool Language & Literacy > Phonological Awareness > See How It Works
The Portales preschool program uses this framework to organize information about phonological awareness skills as explained by the program's principal investigator in Phonological Awareness: A...
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Using Evaluation Data to Improve Instruction
Preschool Language & Literacy > Phonological Awareness > See How It Works
This PowerPoint presentation shows how administrators use evaluation data to identify needed changes and plan professional development. The approach is discussed in the Using Evaluation Data to...
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Personal Literacy Plan: Using Assessment Data to Guide Instruction
Preschool Language & Literacy > Phonological Awareness > See How It Works
Ready to Learn created this tool as a quick way to see where children are in literacy development. In Keeping Track of Student Progress With Portfolios, the literacy coach talks about how staff use...
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Early Literacy Progress Monitoring Rubric
Preschool Language & Literacy > Phonological Awareness > See How It Works
Here you will see a pictorial progress monitoring rubric that Janesville teachers use to keep a daily record of children's learning throughout the year and to talk with children about their...
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Phonological Awareness Resource Books
Preschool Language & Literacy > Phonological Awareness > See How It Works
Consider using this list of resource books prepared by the Syracuse Early Reading First program. These staff development resources support teachers in planning phonological awareness...
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Daily Lesson Plan for Four-Year-Olds
Preschool Language & Literacy > Phonological Awareness > See How It Works
Review a daily lesson plan format that emphasizes preschool activity planning based on instructional objectives, program standards, and desired learning outcomes. Examples of phonological awareness...
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Expanded Learning Time Site Coordinator: Two Sample Job Descriptions
Increased Learning Time > Structure Time > See How It Works
Explore these two site coordinator job descriptions to understand the position's responsibilities in planning, organizing, and conducting activities that enable a longer school day or school year....
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Annual Evaluation by Site Director and Staff
Increased Learning Time > Evaluate Program > See How It Works
This form gathers data on program effectiveness and satisfaction levels of teachers, students, and parents. Program effectiveness is measured according to specified program goals, such as raising...
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