1. Literate Environment Analysis
By: Rehana Kazi
Walden University
EDUC-6706G-1, The Beginning
Reader, PreK-3
Dr. Judy St.Martin
October 21, 2012

2. Contents:
• I. Getting to know Literacy Learners
• II. Selecting Texts
• III. Literacy Lesson: Interactive Perspective
• IV. Literacy Lesson: Critical and Response
Perspectives
• V. Feedback from Colleagues and Family
Members of Students

3. Getting to Know Literacy Learners
Analysis: This practice helped me to create a literate environment by
allowing me to explore several different types of tools to use to gather
data. I was able to use a reading inventory assessment which is a
cognitive assessment to find out about student skills, strategies and
development. I also gained a better understanding of my students’
individual skills and strategies. Through this practice I was able to
analyze my students’ oral reading and check their fluency and
comprehension skills.
Research
Afflerbach, P. (2012). Reading inventories. In Understanding and using
reading assessment, K-12 (2nd ed., Ch.2). Newark, DE:
International Reading Association.

4. Selecting Texts
Analysis: This practice helped me create a literate environment by
showing me the importance of providing a variety of text genres to
students. I now understand that by doing this, it will help students find
literature they are interested in and can make connections to. I also
now understand that this practice can also help students be more
successful on state and district tests where they will be exposed to all
forms of literature. Providing a range of literature will allow students to
broaden their reading skills and ranges.
Research
Leaureate Education Inc. (Executive Producer). (2010). Analyzing and
Selecting Texts. [Webcast]. Baltimore, MD: Author.

5. Literacy Lesson: Interactive
Perspective
Analysis: This practice helped me create a literate
environment by allowing me the opportunity to
promote my students strategic processing and
metacognition by activating their schema.
Research
Tompkins, G. E. (2010). Assessing students’ literacy
development. In Literacy for the 21st century:
A balanced approach (5th ed., Ch.3). Boston:
Allyn & Bacon.

6. Literacy Lesson: Critical and Response
Perspective
Analysis: This practice helped me create a literate
environment by showing me how to provide my students
with the opportunity to think critically about texts and to
respond to what they read based on their own thoughts
and feelings. This can create meaningful connections to
what they read. By engaging in this practice, students
begin to analyze the world around them and identify
interests they may not have known they had.
Research
Laureate Education Inc. (Executive Producer). (2010).
Critical Perspective Video. [Webcast].
Baltimore, MD.

7. Feedback from Colleagues/Family
Members of Students
(L.Clark, 5th grade teacher)
I was introduced to the topic of critical and response
perspectives. I was not aware of the importance in
teaching to these perspectives using some of the
examples presented.
The information was very useful for me because I was
able to take strategies and activities that I can use in my
classroom with my intervention group.
You can support me in the literacy development of my
students by helping me understand the different
perspectives and sharing your ideas and applications with
me so that I may use them in my own room.