Early Childhood Language/Literacy Unit
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Wk 5 – Signature Assignment: Early Childhood Language/Literacy Unit [due Mon]
Assignment Content
- Select 1 age group from the following:
- Infant/toddler (birth–age 2)
- Preschool (ages 3–4 years)
- Kindergarten–3rd grade (ages 5–8 years)
- Develop an early childhood unit that focuses on integrating language/literacy concepts and skills into developmentally appropriate activities across the curriculum.
Include the following components in your unit: - Target age/grade level population
- Identify and describe the age/grade level for which this early childhood unit is designed. Provide contextual information related to the major physical, cognitive, social, emotional, language, and aesthetic characteristics of this age group/grade level.
- Unit introduction
- Unit statement and rationale
- Include a unit title that captures the reader’s attention.
- Introduce the core book or author and explain how this unit integrates reading and writing strategies and literary elements that are age/grade-level appropriate.
- State and/or national standards covered in the unit
- Resources toolkit
- Develop an annotated bibliography of 5 books and resources that support your unit. When selecting your resources, be mindful of the diversity of the children, including varied learning and developmental levels.
- The books and resources should include 2 targeted for teacher use and 3 targeted for child and parent use.
- At least 3 of your resources should be multimedia materials, including web-based resources.
- Each annotation should be block indented and begin with the reference. All annotations should be in alphabetical order.
- Each annotation should explicitly connect the selected book or resource to the unit in 3 to 5 sentences.
- Format your annotated bibliography according to APA guidelines.
- Lesson planning
- Develop 3 lesson plans, each integrating reading with one content area, using the Reading Integration Lesson Plan Template guidelines.
- Each lesson plan should address one of the following language/literacy areas:
- Development of language and emergent literacy
- Phonemic awareness, phonics, cueing systems, or structural analysis
- Vocabulary
- Fluency
- Comprehension
- Writing
- Design and describe a formative assessment for each lesson and a summative assessment for the entire unit. The assessments should align to the lesson’s learning objectives.
- Reflection
- Solicit feedback from a practicing teacher concerning the following areas of your unit (option: seek feedback during the required field experience for this course):
- Appropriateness of the unit and book/author for the age/grade level
- Appropriateness of the lesson procedures (content and instructional strategies) for the age/grade level
- Potential for the children to achieve the objectives and meet the standards
- Words of advice for designing and delivering integrated units
- After the feedback session, write a 350-word reflection that summarizes the teacher feedback you received and describes implications for professional development and growth based on the feedback.