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2. ECE 335 Enthusiastic Study--snaptutorial.com ECE 335 Week 1 DQ 1 Multicultural Literature For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Multicultural Literature. As the diversity of our nation increases, so will the diversity in our classrooms. One way that teachers can help to ensure their students understand the different cultures around them is through literature. Section 2.4 of our textbook lists the following guidelines for evaluating diversity in children’s books: Accurate representation of cultural specifics

3. ECE 335 Enthusiastic Study--snaptutorial.com ECE 335 Week 2 DQ 1 Picturebooks For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Picturebooks. The introduction for Chapter 3 of the text discusses picturebooks and the important role this type of literature can have in helping children develop in their visual, spatial, and gestural literacies (Coats, 2013). Our ability as teachers to understand the basics of picturebook design will assist us in our choosing of books. For this post, you will create a picturebook of your own, implementing and discussing those elements addressed in Chapter 3. Go to Storybird and design a picturebook to share with your classmates. In your post, include a description of the elements of an effective picturebook design, and explain how your picturebook aligns with these elements.

4. ECE 335 Enthusiastic Study--snaptutorial.com ECE 335 Week 2 DQ 2 Story Plot For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Story Plot. Section 4.2 of the text discusses in detail the importance and the various types of plot we see in the stories we read. Successful stories are those that have an identifiable plot or sequence of events (Coats, 2013). Our understanding of the types of plot will help us to better identify the kinds of stories our future students gravitate towards. For this post, you will complete “The Seven Basic Plots” chart, which is available in your online course. You will choose at least two children’s books that fit into each plot category. A title may fit into more than one category, but you must choose at least two books for each plot type.

5. ECE 335 Enthusiastic Study--snaptutorial.com ECE 335 Week 2 Story Element Lesson Plan For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Story Element Lesson Plan. Chapter 4 of your text provides an in-depth look at the elements that help make up a good children’s book. For this assignment, you will create a lesson plan devoted to one of those key elements. You will first decide on a grade level to teach this lesson to. Next, choose a story that you feel is developmentally appropriate for that grade level. Then, plan a lesson that utilizes that story. Your lesson needs to focus on introducing or teaching one of the story elements shared in Chapter 4 such as: character, plot, setting, theme, or even beginning, middle, or end.

6. ECE 335 Enthusiastic Study--snaptutorial.com ECE 335 Week 3 DQ 1 Phonological Awareness For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Phonological Awareness. As discussed in Chapter 5 of our text and in the video Building Literacy Competencies in Early Childhood, exposure to stories, poetry, nursery rhymes, and songs encourages literacy development (Coats, 2013). Identify a piece of poetry, a nursery rhyme, or a song that can be used to encourage literacy development. Describe three different ways you would use this piece to help build phonological awareness. In addition, be sure to discuss how building these phonological awareness skills will promote literacy development.

7. ECE 335 Enthusiastic Study--snaptutorial.com ECE 335 Week 3 DQ 2 Television and Literacy For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Television and Literacy. Section 6.6 of the text discusses how we can pick up tips and techniques from children’s media to aid our teaching with this new media-literate generation (Coats, 2013). Create a classroom newsletter that shares how you are using popular children’s shows to help you engage your students when it comes to literacy instruction. Also, include how you can use television and other media as a springboard for conversation and interaction with 3- and 4-year-olds.

8. ECE 335 Enthusiastic Study--snaptutorial.com ECE 335 Week 3 Parent Literacy Presentation For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Parent Literacy Presentation. As early childhood educators, it is our responsibility to assist parents in encouraging the development of literacy in their children. As mentioned in Section 5.1 of the text, one way to do this is by providing resources to our parents on how they can foster literacy at home (Coats, 2013). For this assignment, create a PowerPoint presentation that includes the following:

9. ECE 335 Enthusiastic Study--snaptutorial.com ECE 335 Week 4 DQ 1 Storytelling For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Storytelling. Stories are everywhere. They are the basis of our nightly news, our conversations at the dinner table or on the phone, and the articles we read in our local newspaper. Children are immersed in stories just as we are, and this immersion is what helps even the very young become motivated to learn to read. Section 7.2 of the course text discusses the importance of storytelling in this process. Through storytelling children can learn how to make sense of their world and begin to understand that we care about them (Coats, 2013).

10. ECE 335 Enthusiastic Study--snaptutorial.com ECE 335 Week 4 DQ 2 The Alphabetic Principle For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com The Alphabetic Principle. As Section 8.1 of your text states, the most important visual literacy component of learning to read is the alphabetic principle (Coats, 2013). This understanding that words consist of letters that correspond to sounds must be taught explicitly. After viewing the video The Alphabetic Principle and reading Chapter 8 of your text, you will discuss ways in which you can use the alphabetic principle in your teaching, and then you will conduct a book review.

11. ECE 335 Enthusiastic Study--snaptutorial.com ECE 335 Week 5 DQ 1 Reading Fluency For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Reading Fluency. Chapter 9 of our text goes into depth about the importance of fluency instruction. In Section 9.2, the author lists five different methods for helping children to become more fluent readers (Coats, 2013). For this discussion, find your assigned method for improving fluency instruction below, according to the first letter of your last name: A - G: Modeling fluent reading H - L: Read, Re-read, Repeat M - Q: Echo/Choral Reading

12. ECE 335 Enthusiastic Study--snaptutorial.com ECE 335 Week 5 DQ 2 Nonfiction Text For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Nonfiction Text. In Section 10.3 of the course text, the following authors are listed as the superstars in the world of children’s nonfiction (Coats, 2013): Nic Bishop Joanna Cole c. Penny Colman Russell Freedman Gail Gibbons

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