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Putting Research Into Practice
The latest research in how young children learn has validated many of our most time-honored classroom practices - story time, shared writing, learning centers, and dramatic play. It has also created a new sense of urgency for educators committed to giving all children the experiences and skills they need to be successful learners.
The InvestiGator Club provides everything the research says a good program must include:
- oral language development
- support for second-language learners
- a print-rich environment
- quality children's fiction and non-fiction books
- rich, in-depth and integrated content across all domains
- "best practices" in literacy
- opportunities for problem solving
- early math and early childhood science processes
- individualized instruction for reaching all learners
- provisions for social-emotional growth
- ongoing assessment tools
- staff development
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The research says a good program must include:
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Here's where to find it in
The InvestiGator Club:
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| oral language development |
explicit lessons, menus of activity choices, puppets,
Oral Language Cards |
| support for English learners |
ELL suggestions, Oral Language Cards, Center Cards, puppets, Dilly and friends Read Along CD, eFlapboards Learning Software |
| print-rich environment |
interactive environmental print posters, daily reading and writing, suggestions for adding literacy to centers and activities, Investigation Station |
| in-depth content across domains |
inquiry-based investigations |
| "best practices" in literacy for early readers and writers |
daily phonological awareness activities, Flapboards, Dilly and Friends Lapbooks, literature, center ideas, explicit lessons, alphabet activities, Oral Language Cards, shared writing |
| problem solving |
Flapboards, Investigation Station |
| math and science processes |
daily math and science activities, Magnetic Math Board, Magnetic Numbers and Counting Strips, center ideas, Flapboards, Investigation Station, math literature |
| reaching all learners |
suggestions for inclusion and differentiation for kinesthetic, auditory, and visual learners as well as advanced learners and three-year-olds,
Adaptive Learning Kit components |
| provisions for social and emotional growth |
InvestiGator Club members that build character through Dilly and Friends Lapbooks, puppets, and Flapboard stories |
| assessment |
ongoing integrated assessment choices and an Assessment and Intervention System |
| professional development |
Investigation planners, Assessment Record and Lesson Planner Software, Teacher Resource Guide, web site, Monitoring Tool, implementation, webinars |
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