Integrating Environmental Print Across the Curriculum, PreK-3

Acknowledgments About the Authors Introduction 1. What We Know About Environmental Print and Young Children The Conceptual Framework for Using Environmental Print What We Know About Early Literacy Research on Environmental Print Environmental Print and Children With Special Needs Environmental Print and No Child Left Behind Summary of the Research Findings on Environmental Print Appropriate Ways to Use Environmental Print Throughout the Curriculum 2. Language Arts Activities Daily News Posters and Signs Dictionaries Writing Experiences Literacy Across Thematic Units Rebus Stories Wall Lists and Bulletin Boards Pocket Charts Text Innovations Word Boxes Book Boxes Newspaper Ad Word Search Recipes Lunchboxes Billboards Alphabet Scavenger Hunt Environmental Print Walk Restaurant Menus Alphabet Wall/Community Alphabet Alphabet Books Reading Inside the Box 3. Math Activities Puzzles Coupons Graphs Math Games Math in an Integrated Curriculum M & M's Math Newspaper Ads Food Labels Enlarged Class Texts Lists Grocery Store Surveys Food Groups 4. Health and Science Activities Making Flavored Milk Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches Making M & M's Coookies Making Chicken or Vegetable Stew Making Pizza Making Pancakes Pretend Shopping Real Shopping Good Food Versus Junk Food Snacks--How Good Are They? Where Does Food Go? Pretend Restaurant Matching Toothpaste Planting Seeds Using Cardboard Containers Weather Symbols Going on a Picnic 5. Social Studies Activities Using the Newspaper Postcard Travel Mapping the Community Community Helpers Transportation Schedules Home Sales and Rentals Environmental Print Graphs and Elections Careers and Environmental Print Social Studies "Me Books" and Journals Culturally Diverse Environmental Print 6. Creative Dramatics, Music, and Art Activities Art Collage Studying Artists Neighborhood Mural Me Boxes and "Myself" Delivery Vehicles MUSIC--Songs for Commercials Creative Dramatics--"Centers" Stage Musical Instrument Time Can You Make a Puppet? 7. Meeting the Goals of the National Reading Panel Through Environmental Print Activities Phonemic Awareness Activity: Starts Like... Phonics Activity: Blended Environmental Print Fluency Activity: Speedy Shopping List Vocabulary Activity: What Goes With This? Comprehension Activity: Where Do You Find It? Conclusion: Challenges and Opportunities in Using Environmental Print Reflective Teaching Transformational Teaching Resources Resource A. Environmental Print Book List Resource B. Sample Letter to Parents References