Observation Table: Environmental Print in the Classroom

Table 1: Documenting Environmental Print

Examples of Environmental Print Purpose Ideas for further

development
Literacy board:
1- This board 1. The teacher
for sounds of can put the
the letters. outcome for
2- The these letters.
vocabulary 2. The teacher
words can put a
depend on picture with
the vocabulary
the theme.
words, for
3- The letters
example,
of the week. Grape, the
teacher can put
the picture of
grape with the
word.
3. The teacher
can put a
picture with
the letters of
the week.

Students work
board:
1- This board
1- Teachers can
for students
put each
works in
subject on
different
different
skills like
boards.
Math,
English, and
 Science.  For example,
the teacher can
2- These make the
subjects board for
support Math, board
outcomes for English and
and board for
pictures. Science.

Behavior chart:
1- Teacher uses 1- The teacher
this chart to can put
control the pictures of
students in students next
the class. to their name.
2- Students
who can’t
write their
name, they
can take the
name from
this chart.

Tools for students:

1- These tools 1- Teachers can
for students put these tools
to do the in the basket to
activities on keep the
the carpet. students when
walking in the
classroom.
Calendar and
Weather board:
1- The teacher
1- The teacher
teaches the
can make a
students the
small of this
days of the
board and put
week and
in front of the
the month of
students to
the year.
organize the
2- The teacher
classroom and
teaches the
not take more
students the
space in the
kind of
classroom.
weather.
 Reflection:

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?

Schools should connect with the parents to build a good relationship. The
relationship between school and home is very important because it can
improve students' skills. Parents have a major role in the literacy
development of a child prior to formal education. If I talk about how does a
school and home connection impacts student's literacy development. I will
start with what the outcome should the teacher teach the student's in a day or
in the week and how the parents know what the students learn during the
week. For example, the teacher should put everything the parents need to
know in the ClassDojo, or the teacher can share a weekly plan with the
parents to know what the students are learning during the week.
In addition, the school can send with the students stories to read at the
home. The school advises the parents reading these stories with the students
and support them by giving a reward. Parents can do many activities about
these stories for the students. For example, parents allow the students to draw
the events of these stories or they can write the favorites things they are seeing
in these stories. In the teaching practice, I see the teacher every day choose
one student to read the story with her for the whole class and model the story.
Then, each student has a small book to draw the event of the story. Finally,
the teacher can talk with the parents about how can improve the writing and
reading skill at the home and how can use digital literacy with the students at
the home. For example, ABC Phonics Rocks for the IPad app and Dr. Kids
Phonics app.