Welcome to the Early Literacy WIKI

For C&I 5823: Reading and Writing Development in Early Childhood

with Kimberley Kennedy, Ph.D.,

Associate Professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio 

SPRING 2013

Here's the link to the Collaborative Wiki Schedule

SUMMER 2010

In the summer of 2010, my wonderful graduate students focused heavily on the National Early Literacy Panel Report (2008) and the academic conversations surrounding it. Their major charge, among other things, was to work collaboratively on deciphering the full version of the report (specifically Chapters 2 through 6) and extending it with research-based and teacher-friendly suggestions and recommendations. 

While each page (listed below in the table of contents) is unique, they all (1) provide an overview of individual NELP chapters and (2) have a lengthy section that links the report to practice. So make sure you scroll down to see practical recommendations regarding how to better serve young children in their language and literacy development.

Table of Contents:

• Link to the NELP Executive Summary 
• Chapter 2:  Children's skills & abilities linked with outcomes
• Chapter 3:  Code-Focused Interventions
• Chapter 4:  Shared Reading
• Chapter 5:  Impact of Home and Parent Programs on Young Children's Early Literacy Skills
• Chapter 6:  Preschool and Kindergarten Programs
• Definitions  
• Editorial Commentaries by the class 
• Note: Chapter 1 (on NELP's methodology) and Chapter 7 (re: language enhancement) were not included in our Wiki, because we did not have enough students to cover those chapters.
• The Wiki Schedule (Summer 2010)

Here are the links to some information and newspaper articles regarding the new TAKS reporting methods:

• The following is a link to TEA's website explaining the changes in TAKS projection measures: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index3.aspx?id=2147483963&menu_id=793 
• Here's a newspaper article from the Houston Chronicle:  http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6997569.html
• Here's one from the Dallas Morning News:  http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/071910dnmettpm.19d4361.html 

I have provided a synthesis of some key terminology and research regarding Early Literacy. --Dr. Kimberley Cuero

• Phonics terms
• The following documents were compiled by my fabulous colleague Dr. Susan Keehn:
• Fluency
• Language Arts Vocabulary
• Phonological/Phonemic
• Silent Reading
• Miscue Analysis Overview
• Language Arts Terms on TExES
• Oral Language Development Overview
• Phonics Balanced Literacy 
• Readiness VS Emergent
• Reading Complexity
• Rhyme Instruction Overview
• Writing Approaches
• Sight Word Instruction
• Teaching Word Patterns
• Foster Motivation
• Fostering Writing in the Classroom 

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Spring 2010

This Buddy Reading page was done for an independent study from Spring 2010.

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Fall 2009

This section is from Fall 2009. It was the first time any of us engaged in a Wiki. As a class, we discussed students' areas of interest related to the course and figured out a collaboration schedule (according to the following Wiki Schedule).

Table of Contents (developed in Fall 2009):

• Comprehension Strategies
• Diversity
• Fostering Metacognition in Comprehension
• Read-alouds
• Writer's Workshop and the Development of Writers
• Phonemic/Phonological Awareness

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