Instruction in the standards requires a focus not only on the learner concepts and competencies but the supportive practices employed by the adults in the classroom setting. 

Concepts and Competencies

The learner will:

• Ask and answer questions about text being read aloud
• Share relevant prior knowledge about text being read aloud
• Respond to and build on comments from other children
• Use ideas gained in group reading activities in other daily routines, learning centers, and activities

 

Supportive Practices

The adult will:

• Read to children daily in large groups, small groups, and individually
• Use strategies prior to reading to involve children in the text being read (e.g. predict the topic of the text using front cover and/or illustrations, picture walk)
• Attend to children’s questions and comments during reading
• Ask questions about text during reading
• Provide learning center materials and activities that extend the ideas explored in group reading activity (these opportunities can be planned or emergent)

 

This resource was created by the Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL).  

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