EDUC 519 Emergent Literacy

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EDUC 519 Emergent Literacy

• Session 1
• The Right to Literacy A Cognitive Approach

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• Agenda
• Introductions
• When Will I Read? By Miriam Cohen
• The Right to Literacy A Cognitive Approach
  Cooperative Learning Activity
• Seven Principles of Apprenticeship Theory video
• Revisiting - When Will I Read?
• Closure
• Course Structure

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When Will I Read? By Miriam Cohen

• How does the teacher structure the learning
  environment in order to support literacy
  development?
• Identify the instructional strategies evident in
  the book.

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Seven Principles of Apprenticeship TheoryDorn,
L., French, T. Jones, T. (1998).
Apprenticeship in Literacy Transitions Across
Reading and Writing. York, ME Stenhouse
Publishers.

• Observation and responsive teaching
• Modeling and coaching
• Clear and relevant language for problem solving
• Adjustable and self-destructing scaffolds
• Structured routines
• Assisted and independent work
• Transfer

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Organizing the Classroom

• Discuss how Teresa and Carla apply the principles
  of apprenticeship literacy to their classroom.

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When Will I Read? Revisited

• How does the teacher in When Will I Read? apply
  the principles of apprenticeship literacy to her
  classroom?

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Closure

• For the next 10 minutes, write how your own
  classroom relates to the seven learning
  principles.
• Consider ways you can create learning
  opportunities based on these principles.

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