Details
This four-part professional development series explores the environment and instruction that support the literacy development of preschool children and how they differ from those used in the primary classroom. Successful strategies are modeled by outstanding preschool teachers at the University of Kentucky Early Childhood Lab and at a combined preschool/Head Start program at Mercer County Elementary School. A 2001 KET production.
TV Schedule
Planning for Literacy Instruction #101
Introduces the kinds of things children should be doing to support their literacy development, addresses early literacy outcomes and standards and how to create a plan to help children meet those outcomes, and discusses and illustrates developmentally appropriate and creative assessments.
- KET Monday, June 17 at 1:00 pm EDT
- KET Thursday, June 20 at 2:00 am EDT
Designing a Literacy-Rich Classroom #102
Elements of the physical environment of the classroom and a typical schedule that foster literacy.
- KET Monday, June 17 at 1:30 pm EDT
- KET Thursday, June 20 at 2:30 am EDT
Strategies In Action (Part 1) #103
Addresses early literacy outcomes and standards and standards and how to create a plan to help children meet those goals. Also, how to put a plan in action.
- KET Monday, June 24 at 1:00 pm EDT
- KET Thursday, June 27 at 2:00 am EDT
Strategies In Action (Part 2) #104
Focuses on activities related to the literacy outcomes discussed in the first two programs, including the "circle time" activity already used in many classrooms, and illustrates how multiple literacy outcomes can be addressed in a single activity.
- KET Monday, June 24 at 1:20 pm EDT
- KET Thursday, June 27 at 2:20 am EDT
Products
DOWNLOADABLE GUIDE: http://www.ket.org/education/guides/pd/fosteringliteracy.pdf
Price available upon request.
PDF format
KET Online
VIDEO OR DVD:
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KET Professional Development
(800) 432-0951
600 Cooper Drive
Lexington, KY 40502-2296
pd@ket.org