Bachelor of Education, Early Childhood Education Degree

Observation Task 1: Environmental Print in the Classroom

Table 1: Documenting Environmental Print

Examples of Environmental Print Purpose Ideas for further
development
-The purpose of this
Environmental print is -The teacher could make
to know draw a it more professional by
human face and show letting all the students to
their knowledge while have and empty paper
their drawing the and letting them to draw
knowledge of knowing the face and print
the parts of the face,
because students
should know that they
have 2 ears, 2 eyes, 1
nose, 1 mouth.

-The purpose of this -The teacher could make

Environmental print is it more professional if she
to let the children Encourage the children to
draw what do they like come up in front of all the
from their students and to share
imaginations. what do they like after
that they draw on the
board.

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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?
- By implementing the environmental print, students have become able to build
meaningful sentences and extend the knowledge to create new examples from their own
imagination. Students used the heart shapes to express their likes. They wrote, I like '' on
the heart shapes and Matched it to the things they have drawn. This extension of has
helped students to write simple sentences that have combinations of words and
drawings. Thus, we can say that the environmental print has brought about innovative
impact in students learning abilities and performers as well.

2. How do students of different reading levels use environmental print?

3. How does awareness of environmental print impact how students view themselves as
readers?

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

literacy development?

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