This week the authors of your text presented “best practices in oral language instruction”.  Certain teaching practices support oral language more than others.  One key feature is the importance of explicit vocabulary instruction.  Studies have shown that programs that engage children in explicit instruction have greater effects that those that rely on words taught implicitly in the context of reading (Marulis & Neuman, 2010). By Day […]

Imagine that you are asked to make a presentation to parents of young children to explain emergent literacy. The goal of the presentation is to help parents understand the learning needs of their child so that they can support the school learning with home practice.  Prepare a presentation which includes information on: Early childhood literacy standards Phonemic Awareness Letter-Sound recognition Emergent writing Family involvement in […]

at least 150 words   Visual and hearing impairments effect a student socially, academically, emotionally, and cognitively. A students that is diagnoses with visual impairment is a defined as one that has impairment in their vision, even after correct, that affect their education performance. This also includes blindness. A student with hearing impairment is defined as one that an impairment in hearing, whether permanent or […]

Lesson Plan Revision and Analysis For the Final Research Paper, you will select among one of three lesson plans where you will differentiate the given lesson plan based on student readiness, student interest, and student learning profile for content, process, and product. You will then evaluate the way you have differentiated the lesson plan to meet the needs of your students through an analysis that […]

SOC 2133 Thinglink Research ProjectAs your final project, you will create a Thinglink analyzing a social problem (ie. abortion,domestic violence, inferior education, poverty), of your choice. Use the following steps inwriting your paper:1. You should first choose your social problem. You can use your text as an idea source oryou may choose on your own. Your problem should be broad enough to find sources but not […]

at least 150 words   Children with hearing and visual impairments “may have difficulties processing information, conceptualizing ideas and especially developing language” (Ferrell, Bruce, & Luckner, 2014). Children acquire language by imitating sounds heard in their early environment. Therefore, the student with a severe impairment is challenged in learning communication skills because of not being able to hear or see them much less imitate them. […]

  Attached is a lesson plan template that is easy to follow…please use this for all assignments for now on…thanks so much… In this attachement you will find the instructions…Please do the lesson plan and a quick summary 250 words of the questions the pertains to THE VIDEO LINK PROVIDED ONLY…I will add to it later once I get feedback from other students.      […]

Teacher Directed Instruction   Direct instruction is the most widely used strategy by practitioners in classrooms today. It consists of five elements that guide instruction from beginning to end. However, the direct instruction model also receives a great deal of criticism in the progressive classrooms of today’s school system. In chapter six the authors highlight two main components of the Direct Instruction Model.      […]

As you have been learning, providing quality, age-appropriate materials and activities to support early literacy is a vital part of an early childhood curriculum for children ages 3–5. Equally important is using developmentally appropriate practices for learning about print. Review “Emergent Literacy: Developmentally Appropriate Practices” and the article “Learning to Read and Write: Developmentally Appropriate Practices for Young Children” (pp. 4–10, 15–19) from this week’s […]

1. list, describe and explain three issues that you believe must be addressed by Asian Americans because of their seriousness and immediacy; 2.the issues that you cite can effect other people in the US – they need not be exclusive to Asian Americans 3.how and why should these matters be addressed, through direct action, the political process, or the legal system?    Around 250 words […]