Field Experience I: Assignment 1

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Assignment 1: from the syllabus Assignment 1: Evaluating the Literacy Environment (due by midpoint of semester on Academic Calendar) Read the article The Importance of the Classroom Library by Susan B. Nueman. Take notes on and keep track of your favorite ideas from the article, as well as any comments and questions that come up.   Complete the Print / Literacy Rich Checklist for your fieldwork classroom from the website Complete the Early Childhood Context for Learning Information part in the edTPA Early Childhood Assessment Handbook for your fieldwork classroom. You can locate this by using the Table of Contents in your edTPA handbook. Look for “Early Childhood Context for Learning Information.” Complete as much as you can of this part of the edTPA. The purpose of this part of the assignment is to familiarize you with this portion of the edTPA and to help you take an inventory of what you know/don’t know about the literacy environment and the learners in your placement. You will probably not have enough information to answer every single question. That is okay, just do the best you can. Find the template for this section on the Blackboard Community site – “edTPA STU CANDIDATES” find the tab on the left called “edTPA Permission Letters, Calendars, and Document Templates” Locate the “Early Childhood Templates.” Download the “Task 1 Context for Learning” template and type your responses into it. Turn in this completed form on LiveText Based on your reading of the article, your findings on the Print / Literacy Rich Environment Checklist, and your completion of the Context for Learning pages from the edTPA, answer the following questions using one well-written paragraph per question. What are areas of strength in the literacy environment? What areas need to be strengthened? What materials need to be added? Turn your answers to #4 in on LiveText. Submit on LiveText by Due Date

If you started placement late or there were weather or holidays that kept you from being able to complete assignment, just email Put FW1 Assignment 1 in the subject line State when you can upload it to Livetext

Assignment 1: Evaluating the Literacy Environment As a teacher you will create a literate environment in your classroom. On the edTPA, you will be asked to explain theory/research that supports the instructional choices you made about the literate environment As a practicing teacher, you will be asked to justify decisions you have made regarding the literate environment of your classroom.

Step 1: Read Article Posted on website

Step 2: Complete Checklist posted on website

For step 3 you need to FIND YOUR edTPA HANDBOOK

Where do I get my handbook?

Step 3: Early Childhood Context for Learning Use the Table of Contents in your EdTPA

Step 3: Early Childhood Context for Learning **TURN THIS IN ON LIVETEXT

Based on steps 1,2, & 3, answer the following questions using one well-written paragraph per question. What are areas of strength in the literacy environment? What areas need to be strengthened? What materials need to be added? **TURN THIS IN ON LIVETEXT

So wait, what do you turn in???? Completed Context for Learning chart from edTPA Responses to the three questions on the previous slide [NOT the checklist!]

Due Dates for Midpoint Assignments Let’s Check the Website Assignments Due on LiveText