1. Literate Environment
Analysis
Kimberly Hancock
EDUC 6706
Spring 2012
Dr. Williams
Course Project

2. Getting to Know Literacy
Learners, P-3
• Analysis
Educators understanding their students as
unique readers is a research based practice
which creates a strong literate
environment. I have learned through this
application how to obtain data on how my
students truly feel in regards to reading.
With this data, I was able to better plan my
reading instruction.
• Research
A student’s attitude towards reading is the
central factor affecting reading
performance (McKenna and Kear, 1990).

3. Selecting Text
• Analysis
Selecting texts for students is a research
based practice which creates a strong
literate environment. I have learned
through this application how to
successfully analyze and select text. I have
gained the knowledge of how to locate
books within the literacy matrix. This has
allowed me to have a balance of literary
options for my students.
• Research
Teachers need to create a balance of
different types of texts that they make
available to their students (Laureate
Education, 2010a).

4. Literacy Lesson:
Interactive Perspective
• Analysis
Literacy instruction that has an interactive
perspective attached to it is a research based
practice, which creates a strong literate
environment. I have learned through this
application how to create a lesson plan which
allows students to be strategic and
metacognitive readers. This was done through
a multitude of strategies embedded in the
lesson.
• Research
The ultimate goal of the interactive
perspective is to teach children how to be
literate learners who can navigate the textual
world independently (Laureate Education,
2010b).

5. Literacy Lesson: Critical &
Response Perspectives
• Analysis
Literacy instruction that has critical and
response perspectives attached to it is a
research based practice which creates a strong
literate environment. I have learned through
this application how to create a lesson plan
which allows students the opportunity to
respond to the text they are engaging in. I
implemented this by allowing students time to
react to and make connections with the text.
• Research
The ultimate goal of the critical and response
perspectives are to teach children how to think
critically about a text and have positive
transactions with a text. (Laureate Education,
2010c).

6. References
Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2010). Analyzing and Selecting Text. [ Webcast].
The beginning reader, prek-3. Baltimore: Hartman, Dr. Douglas.
Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2010). Interactive Perspective: Strategic
Processing. [ Webcast]. The beginning reader, prek-3. Baltimore: Almasi, Dr. Janice.
Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2010). Response Perspective. [ Webcast]. The
beginning reader, prek-3. Baltimore: Almasi, Dr. Janice.
McKenna, M. C., & Kear, D. J. (1990). Measuring attitude toward reading: A new tool for
teachers. The Reading Teacher, 43(9), 626-639.