Environmental Print in the Classroom

Meaningful Connections for Learning to Read

Jennifer Prior and Maureen R. Gerard

“Early childhood educators, media specialists, and staff developers will learn how to use a print-rich classroom as a literacy tool in this informative book.”
— School Library Journal

Find out how you can use environmental print as an instructional literacy tool in your kindergarten classroom. This book

Describes games, activities, and centers that use environmental print

Shows how to use environmental print to create a curriculum and assess students’ print awareness and sight word vocabulary

Gives recommendations for helping parents assist their children in learning to read using environmental print

Although kindergarten students are the focus of the book, you also will find ideas for preschoolers and for more advanced learners.

© 2004 | 144 pp.
ISBN 10: 0-87207-553-2 | ISBN 13: 978-0-87207-553-5

Also of interest:

Learning About Print in Preschool

Informational Text in K–3 Classrooms

Related ReadWriteThink.org lesson plans:

“Bingo! Using Environmental Print to Practice Reading”

“I Know That Word! Teaching Reading with Environmental Print”

“Stop Signs, McDonald’s, and Cheerios: Writing With Environmental Print”