Bachelor of Education, Early Childhood Education Degree

Observation Task 1: Environmental Print in the Classroom

Focus: Noticing the purposes of environmental print in the classroom

Objective: To encourage student teachers to identify and discuss the purpose of environmental
print in the classroom

Procedure: Familiarize yourself with the Observation Table: Documenting Environmental Print

Table 1: Documenting Environmental Print (Example)

Examples of Environmental Print Purpose Ideas for further
development
Display flash cards that let the children choose
have different colors different colors and paint
with their names to cartoon plats. Then the
them. teacher can put the colors
names and display it for
them.

The teacher can tell the

flash cards on white children to write the date
boards that include days on a card every day.
of the week. The children
can know the names of
the days.

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Reflections on Observation Task 1: Environmental in the Classroom

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? The environmental print impact students and it develop
their language and reading skills by look at the words and read. It develop their writing
abilities by look at the words and try to write it.

2. How do students of different reading levels use environmental print? The environmental
print can help the students of different reading levels, for example the low level can
memorize and understand the words and the pictures. The middle level can know how to
read the word and remember the meaning of this word. The high level can know how to
write the word and how to read with know the meaning of this word.

3. How does awareness of environmental print impact how students view themselves as
readers? Awareness of the environmental print can impact the students to view
themselves as readers by try to read the words and try to read it anytime.

4. How does a school-home connection (based on environmental print) impact students'

literacy development? The schooI can connect between the school and students houses
based on environmental print by design the boards and put pictures of things or put real
things that children can use in their houses and at their schools.

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