EL3001: Early Literacy Concepts: Explain concepts related to early literacy skills for young children.
Written Response Submission Form
Your Name: First and last
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Instructions
Write your responses where it reads “Enter your response here.”Write as much as needed to satisfy the requirements indicated.Each item contains the Rubric, which will be used to evaluate your responses.
Read the following scenario to answer Items 1–3.
Scenario
You are the director of an early childhood education center that serves infants, toddlers, and preschool children. Each week you send a newsletter to family members and, this week, you decided to focus on early literacy. You plan to provide a brief overview explaining the value of earlyliteracy experiences for young children. You willdescribe earlyliteracy practices that teachersuse daily and why they are beneficial to young children’s early literacy development and learning. You will also suggest activities that families can do at home to support early literacy and language development.
Item 1
Write an introduction to the newsletter explaining the value of early literacy experiences for young children. (1–2 paragraphs)
Your Response
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Rubric
| Topic 1: The Value of Early Literacy Experiences | |||
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Write an introduction to the newsletter explaining the value of early literacy experiences for young children.
LO1: Explain the value of early literacy experiences for young children. |
Response is missing. | Response is vague, inaccurate, and/or incomplete. | Response is clear, accurate, and complete. |
Item 2
For another section of the newsletter, describe at leastthree early literacy practicesappropriatefor all ages of young children thatteachers in your center use daily.Explain why each practice is beneficial tochildren’s development and learning.(3–4 paragraphs)
Your Response
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Rubric
| Topic 1: The Value of Early Literacy Experiences | |||
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Describe at least three early literacy practices appropriate for all ages of young children that teachers in your center use daily. Explain why each practice is beneficial to children’s development and learning.
LO2: Explain how specific early literacy practices are beneficial to children’s development and learning. |
Response is missing. | Response is vague, inaccurate, and/or incomplete. | Response is clear, accurate, and complete. |
Item 3
Your Response
Enter your response here.
Rubric
| Topic 1: The Value of Early Literacy Experiences | |||
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Describe two suggested activities for families to do with their young childrenthat support early literacy and language development, and explain how each activity benefits both children’s early literacy and social-emotional development.
LO3: Explain how specific family early literacy and language activities also benefit children’s social-emotional development. |
Response is missing. | Response is vague, inaccurate, and/or incomplete. | Response is clear, accurate, and complete. |
Item 4
Describe the twointeraction patterns that Kathy, the preschool teacher, has engaged in with Stella and Pedro, and explain the benefit of each interaction pattern. (1–2 paragraphs)
Your Response
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Rubric
| Topic 1: The Value of Early Literacy Experiences | |||
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Describe the two interaction patterns that Kathy, the preschool teacher, has engaged in with Stella and Pedro, and explain the benefit of eachinteraction pattern.
LO4: Explain how specific interaction patterns benefit children’s early literacy development. |
Response is missing. | Response is vague, inaccurate, and/or incomplete. | Response is clear, accurate, and complete. |
Item 5
Define key aspects of literacy development listed in the Your Response section. (1–2 sentences each)
Then, choose two or more of these aspects of literacy development and explain the relationship between and among them. In other words, how does one aspect of literacy development(e.g., expressive language) support or complement another (e.g., receptive language)? (1paragraph)
Your Response
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- Emergent literacy:
- Expressive language:
- Receptive language:
- Environmental print:
- Decoding:
- Phonological awareness:
- Sight words:
- Developmentally appropriate practice related to early literacy:
Rubric
| Topic 2: Fundamental Early Literacy Vocabulary and Concepts | |||
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Define key aspects of literacy development.Then choose two or more of these aspects of literacy development and explain the relationship between and among them.
LO1:Define key aspects of literacy development.
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Response is missing. | Response is vague, inaccurate, and/or incomplete. | Response is clear, accurate, and complete. |
| LO2: Explain relationships among key aspects of literacy development. | Response is missing. | Response is vague, inaccurate, and/or incomplete. | Response is clear, accurate, and complete. |
Read this scenario to answer Items 6 and 7.
Scenario
You are the director of a dual-language early childhood education center and you have a meeting tomorrow with the parents of Layla, one of the children in the 5-year-old program. The parents are concerned that Layla may be at a disadvantage for successfully developing English language and literacy skills because she sometimes mixes Spanish and English together when she speaks at home.
Item 6
As you converse with Layla’s parents, dispel the myth that language-mixing hinders language and literacy development by explaining the significance of language mixing in a child’s language and literacy development. (1 paragraph)
Your Response
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Rubric
| Topic 2: Fundamental Early Literacy Vocabulary and Concepts | |||
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Dispel the myth that language-mixing hinders language and literacy development by explaining the significance of language- mixing in a child’s language and literacy development.
LO3: Explain the significance of language- mixing in dual-language learning. |
Response is missing. | Response is vague, inaccurate, and/or incomplete. | Response is clear, accurate, and complete. |
Item 7
Explain to Layla’s parents the benefits of bilingualism with regard to early language and literacy development. (1–2 paragraphs)
Your Response
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Rubric
| Topic 2: Fundamental Early Literacy Vocabulary and Concepts | |||
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Explain to Layla’s parents the benefits of bilingualism with regard to early language and literacy development.
LO4: Explain benefits of bilingualism with regard to early language and literacy development. |
Response is missing. | Response is vague, inaccurate, and/or incomplete. | Response is clear, accurate, and complete. |
Item 8
Using the chart provided, complete each section to explainthe following fourtheoretical perspectives of early literacy development: Behaviorist, Naturalist, Interactive, and Transactional.
Your Response
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| Theoretical Perspectives of Early Literacy Development | Brief Description (2–3 sentences) | Historical Foundation with Associated Theorist(s) (2–3 sentences) | Relationship to How Children Develop Literacy (2–3 sentences) |
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Behaviorist
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Naturalist
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Interactive
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Transactional
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Rubric
| Topic 3:Fundamental Perspectives and Approaches in Early Literacy | |||
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Using the chart provided, complete each section to explain the following four theoretical perspectives of early literacy development: Behaviorist, Naturalistic, Interactive, andTransactional.
LO1: Explain theoretical perspectives of early literacy development. |
Response is missing. | Response is vague, inaccurate, and/or incomplete. | Response is clear, accurate, and complete. |
Item 9
You are a teacher in a kindergarten classroom, and you use aBalanced Approach to foster early literacy. A parent of a child in your class emails toask why you are not using the Whole Language Approach. Respond to this parent by advocating for your chosen methodologyand providing 2–3 key points of comparison between the two approaches.Include examples of classroom practice to illustrate each approach.(2–3 paragraphs)
Your Response
Enter your response here.
Rubric
| Topic 3:Fundamental Perspectives and Approaches in Early Literacy | |||
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Respond to this parent by advocating for your chosen methodology and providing 2–3 key points of comparison between the two approaches. Include examples of classroom practice to illustrate each approach.
LO2: Compare approaches to fostering early literacy. |
Response is missing. | Response is vague, inaccurate, and/or incomplete. | Response is clear, accurate, and complete. |
References
Provide a citation for each resource you used to write your response to this Assessment. A sample citation is provided below:
- Otto, B. (2015, August 1). Literacy development in early childhood: Reflective teaching for birth to age eight.(1st). Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press.
Professional Skill Assessment
In this Competency Assessment, you will be assessed on the following Professional Skill: Written Communication. These skills count toward your achievement of the Competency and the Professional Skill.
| Written Communication: Write with clarity, coherence, and purpose. | |||
| LO1: Construct complete and correct sentences (AWE 2; Sentence Level Skills) | Sentences are incoherent and impede reader’s access to ideas. | Sentences are incomplete and/or include fragments and run-on sentences, limiting reader’s access to ideas. | Sentences structure effectively conveys meaning to the reader. |
| LO2: Demonstrate the effective use of grammar and mechanics. (AWE 2; Sentence Level Skills) | Multiple inaccuracies in grammar and mechanics impede reader’s access to ideas. | Some inaccuracies in grammar and mechanics limit reader’s access to ideas. | Use of grammar and mechanics is straightforward and effectively conveys meaning to reader. |
| LO3: Create cohesive paragraphs with a clear central idea. (AWE 2; Paragraph Level Skills) | Paragraphs, or lack of paragraphs, impede reader’s access to ideas. | Construction of main idea and/or supporting paragraphs limit reader’s access to ideas. | Main idea and/or supporting paragraphs effectively convey meaning to reader. |
| LO4: Use supporting material to support a claim. (AWE 2; Use of Evidence) | Supporting materials are not present. | Supporting material is used inconsistently or inappropriately. | Supporting material is used to enhance meaning. Writing is appropriately paraphrased and uses direct quotes as applicable. |
| LO5: Demonstrate appropriate essay level writing skills, providing transitions between an introduction, body, and conclusion. (AWE 2; Essay Level Skills) | Ideas are disorganized with no/poor transitions. | Ideas are loosely organized with unclear paragraphing and transitions. | Ideas are organized with cohesive transitions. |
| LO6: Identify sources. (AWE 2; Credit to source) | Sources are missing. | Writing inconsistently identifies or misrepresents sources. | Writing clearly identifies the source of nonoriginal material and/or ideas. |
Mastery Rubric
In order to achieve mastery of this Competency, you must achieve a “2” on every rubric row in addition to meeting the additional expectation indicated in the Mastery Rubric.
| Exceeds Expectations: Analyzes Sources to Make Informed Conclusions | |
| LO1: Analyze multiple, relevant sources to present thoughtful information and conclusions regarding early literacy concepts and skills that support young children’s language and literacy development.
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Responses to the items use information from multiple and relevant sources to demonstrate a thorough understanding of early literacy concepts and skills that inform professional practice when working with young children and their families.
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