Bachelor of Education, Early Childhood Education Degree

Observation Table: Environmental Print in the Classroom

Table 1: Documenting Environmental Print
Examples of Environmental Print Purpose Ideas for further
development

Retelling the story of Making it more interactive

the Desert which is the by create 3d pictures of
approach of the new the camel and the palm.
ministry curriculum. So that children could
The Desert The bored is a actually move the camel
reference for students would also make it more
to see what is in the fun.
desert to connect the Perhaps having the
pictures with what storybook there would
they saw and hear in encourage the reading
the story. habit.
This is a complete teacher
generated a display that
would have benefit from
contributions from
children.

Document children’s Do not mix the two topics

work. in one wall. As it shows,
Letter r Review for students. Letter r and Under the sea
The pictures that start because if confused and
with letter r and sound disturbed the children.
/r/.
Invites other children
to look at each other’s
work.

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Reflections on Observation Task 1: Environmental in the Classroom

Read the questions below and choose (1) one to respond to

1. How does environmental print impact students’ language development, and their
reading and writing abilities?

2. How do students of different reading levels use environmental print?

3. How does awareness of environmental print impact how students view themselves as
readers?

4. How does a school-home connection (based on environmental print) impact students'

literacy development

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