Walden University Digital Presentation for EDUC 6706

1. Literate Environment Analysis Presentation
Lia Williams-Rozanski
Walden University
Professor Amy Summers
EDUC 6706: Literacy Development PreK-3
October 2015

2. Table of Contents
• Introduction
• Understanding Emergent and Beginning Literacy
• Assessments for the Beginning and Emergent Literacy Learner
• Week 1:Framing Your Literacy Learning Environment
• Week 2: Week 2: Understanding the Emergent Literacy Learner
• Week 3: Understanding the Beginning Literacy Learner
• Week 4: Selecting Texts
• Week 5: Supporting Emergent Literacy Learners
• Week 6: Supporting Beginning Literacy Learners
• What is Literacy Matrix?
• My Reflection
• References

3. Introduction
• When working with beginning and emergent literacy learners, it is important
for teachers and educators to get to know their students. Teachers can learn
their students likes and dislikes as well as learn their what their home life just by
having a conversation. By doing this, a teacher is able to better engage and
connect with their classroom as well as with their student(s) through learning
important information about who is amongst their class.
• Through Cognitive and Formal assessments studied and mentioned within our
class, students and teachers are able to comprehend lessons within their
grade or at their appropriate grade level. The two cognitive assessments that
are effective with literacy learners are as follows; Phonemic Awareness and
Oral Language. Formal assessments that I found effective with literacy
learners are as follows; Exit Cards, Topic Warm-Ups, Class Projects and
Presentations, Discussions and Think-Pair-Share. Both forms of assessments
allow the teacher to gage and understand their student(s) comprehension.

4. Assessments for the Beginning and Emergent Literacy Learner
Emergent Learners Assessments:
• Language Development
• Concepts of Print
• Listening Comprehension
• Phonemic Awareness
• Letter Knowledge
Beginning Learners Assessments:
• Letter Knowledge
• Phonics
• Reading Fluency
• Decoding comprehension
• Reutzel & Cooter, 2016

5. Week 1: Framing Your Literacy Learning Environment
Five Pillars: Literacy Framework:
• Phonemic Awareness
• Phonics
• Vocabulary
• Comprehension
• Writing
Laureate Education, 2014 Walden University, n.d.

6. Week 2: Understanding the Emergent Literacy Learner
• Getting to Know Students
• Teacher observations
• Student Interviews
• Reading Inventories
• Interest Surveys

7. Week 3: Understanding the Beginning Literacy Learner
• Alphabet Knowledge
• Phonics and Decoding
• Reading Fluency
• Reutzel & Cooter, 2016

8. Week 4: Selecting Text
• Books today “have a place in the literacy classroom.” (Laureate
Education, 2014).
• It is crucial for teachers and educators to have the right amount of
books within their classroom libraries so students can get a variety of
text exposure. The levels of books should rage just as much as the
genres within the library. The books should vary from Narrative to
Informational texts allowing the student to decide where their
Reading will take them.

9. Week 5: Supporting Emergent Literacy Learners
• Provide Non-Fiction and Fiction Books
• Read Aloud
• Extend and Expand Students Vocabulary
• Use Direct Instruction When Appropriate
Laureate Education, 2014

10. Week 6: Supporting Beginning Literacy Learners
• Before Reading
• For beginning literacy learners, vocabulary identification is essential. Once
vocabulary is introduced, a strong book introduction follows- letting students
briefly know what the text is about.
• During Reading
• During reading, learners in this phase might need practice with drawing
connections to check the illustrations as they are reading. Text reading with
prompt support is continuous.
• After Reading
• After reading students in this phase of literacy benefit from word-
solving strategies such as rereading with some difficulty while
educators check for meaning, structural and visual representation.
Word study is also a beneficial tactic for students in this literacy level.

11. What is a Literacy Matrix?
Literacy Matrix is an instructional tool used for analyzing and selecting
texts because they allow. (Laureate Education) 2014. Literacy Matrix is
used to analyze which books are appropriate texts. The books are
labeled based on the on the sections within the matrix and labeled as
informational or narrative.
An example of a
Narrative Text
An example of an
Informational Text

12. Emergent Literacy Learner Lesson
• The Common Core State Standard I used for this application is
listed under Reading and Literature (English, Language Arts,
and Reading) 2.3.A.3. (Common Core State Standards
Initiative. (2012c).
• Theme: Students will be able to list sequencuial events in order.
• Assessments: Students were assessed through oral
conversation and teacher observations. Students were to also
allowed to make up their own Fictional stories using temporal
words such as First, Next, Then, and Last.

13. Beginning Literacy Learner Lesson
Using what students already know as background knowledge,
teachers can use current level texts to support literacy instruction in
small groups.
Thinking Critically About Text Laureate Education (Producer). (2014s).
taps into students acquired background knowledge which helps
them to be able to draw a connection between what they are
currently reading and what is already known,

14. Reflection
• By allowing students to see the text students one is able make
visual connections associated to their reading and learning.
• The course has taught me to better teacher to our emergent
and diverse literacy learners in efforts to make students more
proficient in Reading and Writing.

15. References
• Reutzel & Cooter, 2016
• Laureate Education, 2014
• Walden University, n.d.
• (Common Core State Standards Initiative. (2012c).
• Laureate Education (Producer). (2014s). Thinking critically
about text [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: author.