Task 3: ECERS-3 Book Time Guided Reflection (10 points possible)

*Submit this assignment as a Word document.

**ECERS-3 is an Environmental Rating tool used by the Kentucky Department of Education

to measure the quality of preschool classrooms. To learn more about the tool visit:
http://www.ersi.info/ecers3.html.

Instructions:

1. Visit a preschool classroom and observe times when children and adults use books
(story time, center time, etc.)

2. Complete and submit an ECERS-3 Book Time Checklist. Review pages 418-431 in the
course textbook. Complete the chart below by responding to the prompts related to the 7
Components of Literacy described in the textbook.

Prompt Response
Vocabulary
What did you observe that address
vocabulary? Provide specific examples.

What could be implemented to enhance

children’s exposure to vocabulary?

Phonological Awareness
What did you observe that addresses
phonological awareness? Provide specific
examples
What could be implemented to enhance
children’s exposure to phonological
awareness?

Knowledge of Print
What did you observe that address
knowledge of print? Provide specific
examples

What could be implemented to enhance

children’s exposure to knowledge of print?

Knowledge of Letters and Words

What did you observe that addresses
knowledge of letters and words? Provide
specific examples

What could be implemented to enhance

children’s exposure to knowledge of letters
and words?

Comprehension of Meaning
What did you observe that address
comprehension of meaning? Provide
specific examples.
What could be implemented to enhance
children’s exposure to comprehension of
meaning?

Awareness of Books and Other Texts

What did you observe that address
awareness of books and other texts?
Provide specific examples

What could be implemented to enhance

children’s exposure to awareness of books
and other texts?

Seeing Literacy as a Source of Pleasure

What did you observe that address seeing
literacy as a source of pleasure? Provide
specific examples.

What could be implemented to enhance

children’s exposure to seeing literacy as a
source of pleasure?