B. Recognize and use print in the environment

1. signs, logos, and words
2. classroom labels and charts
3. calendar
4. word walls
5. bulletin boards
6. familiar names

Words We Know
Students will recognize and respond to common signs and symbols (including, but not limited to classroom labels, environmental print and everyday signs).

From Stop Signs to the Golden Arches:  Environmental Print
This lesson gives students plenty of opportunities to practice their reading skills and view themselves as competent readers and users of print.

Bingo! Using Environmental Print to Practice Reading
Signs, logos, and labels can all be used as valuable literacy learning tools. So can games. This lesson encourages emerging readers in kindergarten and first grade to practice their reading skills using a variety of environmental print materials.

I Know That Word! Teaching Reading With Environmental Print
“I can read that!” A student who says these words may be talking about a stop sign or a McDonald’s logo. Capitalizing on this ability to recognize images and words in the world around them, this lesson has students read logos beginning in color, following with black and white, and finishing with the logo word without supporting graphics.

Role-Playing:  Students will recognize printed and handwritten words in a variety of settings: stories, notes, registers, labels, signs, notices, letters, forms, lists, directions, advertisements, newspapers.

I Can Read!  Here are some great ideas for centers using environmental print.

Environmental Print:  Ideas for the classroom.

Bright Ideas Lesson Plans: Reading/Environmental Print:  Here's an idea for environmental print starting on the first day of school.

Suggestions for English Language Learners (ELLs):
(E/B=Entering/Beginning, D=Developing, E=Expanding)

E/B: Identify key characters and setting through gesturing or with key words or phrases when given an oral prompt.
E/B: Represent key characters, setting, and main events nonverbally (i.e. pictures or gestures) or with one-or-two word responses.
E/B: Identify different types of everyday print materials (i.e. books, signs, newspapers) through gestures or one-or-two word responses; D: Describe with simple sentences the differences between types of everyday print materials (i.e. books, signs, newspapers); E: Describe with sentences the differences between types of everyday print materials (i.e. books, signs, newspapers).
E/B: Respond to simple questions about character and setting nonverbally (i.e. pictures and gestures) or with one-or-two word responses or simple words and phrases; D: Respond to questions about characters, setting, and main events with spoken words, phrases, and simple sentences.
E/B: Describe key characters, setting, and main events pictorially and with key words or phrases; D: Describe key characters, setting, and main events with spoken words, phrases, and simple sentences; E: Describe key characters, setting, and main events with spoken words, phrases, and moderately complex sentences.
E/B: Distinguish between fantasy and reality with simple words or phrases; D: Identify difference between fantasy and reality with spoken words, phrases, and simple sentences; E: Compare fantasy and reality and support with evidence from given book with sentences.
 

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