Language and Literacy: From Birth For Life

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Workshop 4Observing and Recording Childrens
Progress in Developing Language and Literacy
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Workshop Outcomes

• 1. Understand the underlying purpose of various
  observation and recording techniques.
• 2. Become more confident in developing our own
  checklists and keeping running records.
• 3. Learn at least one new method for discussing
  language and literacy problems with parents.

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Observation Techniques

• Checklist
• Activity (Anecdotal) Record
• Running Record
• Literacy Folder

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Story-Time Checklist

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Keeping Records

• Personal beliefs and individual biases can
  influence the behaviours observed, the style of
  observation, the information recorded and the
  interpretation.
• Language and Literacy From Birth for Life
• Research Summary

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Using the Information

• Early identification is critical for effective
  early intervention and remediation. By working
  closely with parents and other professionals,
  ELCC practitioners help support the development
  of all children.
• Language and Literacy From Birth for Life
• Research Summary

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Jennifer

• Four-year-old Jennifer does not pay attention
  during shared reading. She gets up and down
  often, does not look at the illustrations and
  cannot answer questions about the story. She
  also rarely picks up a book to look at it on her
  own, and only scribbles on paper when told to.