1. Literate Environment Analysis Tammy Williams June 19, 2011 Instructor: Donna Bialach EDUC 6706 The Beginning Reader PreK-3

9. Literacy Lesson: Interactive Perspective Use instructional methods that address the cognitive and affective needs of students and the demands of the particular text. Promote students’ independent use of reading strategies and skills. Determine texts of the appropriate types and levels of difficulty to meet literacy goals and objectives for students. Use a variety of informal and formal assessments to determine areas of strength and need in literacy development . Interactive Perspective Reading and writing accurately, fluently, and with comprehension. Being strategic and metacognitive readers and writers. Instructional Practices Developmentally appropriate research-based practices used with appropriate texts to facilitate affective and cognitive aspects of literacy development in all learners Texts Text structures, types, genres, and difficulty levels matched to literacy learners and literacy goals and objectives Learners Affective and cognitive aspects of literacy learning

12. Literacy Lesson: Critical and Response Perspectives Provide opportunities for students to read, react, and formulate a personal response to text. Select texts that connect to students’ identities and/or interests and that have the potential to evoke an emotional or personal response. Find out about student interests and identities. Understand what matters to students and who they are as individuals. Response Perspective Reading, reacting, and responding to text in a variety of meaningful ways. Foster a critical stance by teaching students how to judge, evaluate, and think critically about texts. Select texts that provide opportunities for students to judge, evaluate, and think critically. Find out about ideas, issues, and problems that matter to students. Understand the learner as a unique individual. Critical Perspective Judging, evaluating, and thinking critically about text. Instructional Practices Developmentally appropriate research-based practices used with appropriate texts to facilitate affective and cognitive aspects of literacy development in all learners Texts Text structures, types, genres, and difficulty levels matched to literacy learners and literacy goals and objectives Learners Affective and cognitive aspects of literacy learning

17. "The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you'll go." — Dr. Seuss