1. Literate Environnent Analysis By: Elizabeth Brown EDUC-6706 The Beginning Reader PreK-3 Instructor: Donna Bialach

5. References Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2010a). Literacy Autobiographies. [Webcast]. The Beginning Reader, PreK-3. Baltimore: author. Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2011b). Getting to know your students [Webcast]. The beginning reader, PreK-3 . Baltimore, MD: Author. Getting to Know Literacy Learners (PreK-3)

8. Literacy matrix: * The literacy matrix is a 2 digital construct for analyzing and selecting texts (Laureate Education, Inc., 2010). Narrative Informational Linguistic Semiotic Examples: A text with no illustrations at all tells a story that is linguistic and narrative (Laureate Education, Inc., 2010). On the other hand, a text that is made up of only pictures is semiotic and narrative (Laureate Education, Inc., 2010). **Both of these are narrative texts, yet the way the narrative is communicated differs. Selecting Texts

9. Selecting Texts Texts I chose: First grade beginning readers

10. References Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2010a). Analyzing and selecting text. [Webcast]. The beginning reader , preK-3. Baltimore, MD: Author. Selecting Texts

12. Literacy Lesson: “Interactive Perspective” References Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2010). Perspectives on Literacy Learning.[Webcast]. The beginning reader, PreK-3. Baltimore: author.