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A Framework for Early Literacy Instruction: Aligning Standards to Developmental Accomplishments and Student Behaviors

 
 
Product Description  Standards, benchmarks, and supporting knowledge for early childhood literacy
Authors  Elena Bodrova, Deborah Leong, Diane Paynter, & Dmitri Semenov
Target Audience  Early childhood educators
Ways to Use this Product  
  • To guide development of early literacy standards at the local or state level
  • To guide curriculum and instruction at the classroom level
Key Ideas  
  • These standards and benchmarks reflect the foundational knowledge needs of very young learners and recognize their unique developmental characteristics, as indicated by the research on early literacy development at the pre-k and kindergarten levels.

  • The standards furnish more detailed guidance for early literacy instruction than that currently available from state and national documents.

How to Get this Product  Download the PDF file.
APA Citation  Bodrova, E., Leong, D. J., Paynter, D. E., & Semenov, D. (2000). A framework for early literacy instruction: Aligning standards to developmental accomplishments and student behaviors. Aurora, CO: Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning.
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