1. LITERATE ENVIRONMENT
ANALYSIS
By: Staycee Worthen
Walden University
Instructor: Dr. Cindee Easton
EDUC 6706: The Beginning Reader, PreK-3

2. LITERATE ENVIRONMENT
• An environment where skills are developed to communicate effectively
through speaking, listening, reading and writing. (Cooper, 2000)
• Environment is rich in print (Cooper, 2000)
• An environment in which students are able to access all learning no matter
what circumstances

3. ESSENTIALS FOR LITERATE
ENVIRONMENT
• Getting to know learners
• Selecting appropriate
• Literacy Instruction

4. NON-COGNITIVE ASSESSMENTS
• Non cognitive assessment provide very important information for the
teachers (Afflerbach,2007)
• Information like:
Self- concepts
Interest
Attitudes
Motivations

5. COGNITIVE ASSESSMENTS
• Ongoing assessments used to check the students progress toward a specific
goal.
• Information from the assessment is used to develop instruction
• Examples of assessment
- Reading inventories
- DRA
- Running records

6. SELECTING TEXT
• Three types of text
- Narratives
- Poetry
- Fiction
- Non fiction
Informational text are critical for students in the early years.

7. INTERACTIVE PERSPECTIVE
• One of the three perspectives – covers the five pillars: phonemic
awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension

8. CRITICAL PERSPECTIVE
• During critical perspective allows students to think critically about the text
• Students will evaluate, examine and judge the text by using instructional
strategies

9. RESPONSE PERSPECTIVE
• In the response perspective students think about the text find ways to
connect with the text
• Students will discuss, interpret and connect with the text (Laureate
Education,2009)

10. PERSPECTIVES IN LITERACY
LEARNING
• Critical, Interactive and Response perspective
When all three perspectives are intertwined , it is a recipe for skillful readers.

11. REFERENCES
• Laureate Education, Inc. (Producer). (2010a). Changes in Literacy Education [Video webcast].
Retrieved
from https://class.waldenu.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_tab_group_id=_2_1&url=%2Fweb
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• Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). [Video Podcast]. (2008). Literacy
Autobiographies. Baltimore. Retrieved
from: https://class.waldenu.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_tab_group_id=_2_1&url=%2Fwe
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• Laureate Education, Inc. (Producer). (2009). Analyzing and Selecting Texts [DVD]. Beginning Reader
Pre-K-3. Baltimore, MD: Author.
• Laureate Education, Inc. (Producer). (2009). Informational Texts in the Early Years [DVD]. Beginning
Reader Pre-K-3. Baltimore, MD: Author
• Tompkins, G. E. (2010). Literacy for the 21st century: A balanced approach (5th ed.). Boston: Allyn &
Bacon