High Expectations: Read Together
Teacher: "...Fish was the most beautiful fish in the...”
Child: Sea.
Teacher: "...in the sea, but he never played with any other...”
Child: He'd never play with the other fish.
Teacher: You...
Teacher: Turn your page. Okay, you got yours. Good job! "He went to the starfish for...”
Child: He went to the starfish for...
Teacher: For help.
Teacher: This is what?
Child: This is an octopus!
Teacher: That's an octopus. Whoa. "Suddenly...”
Child: Suddenly...
Teacher: "...the little blue fish was back.”
Child: The blue fish was back.
Teacher: "'Please,' he said...”
Child: "Please," he said.
Teacher: "...'could I have just one scale?'"
Child: "Could I have one scale?”
Teacher: Show me one finger. Good job, Darius! Ooh!
Teacher: Count those fish for me.
Child: 1.
Teacher: 1.
Child: 2.
Teacher: 2.
Teacher 2: Look.
Child: All of them are gone.
Teacher: All of them, gone?
Child: And then...
Child 2: [Screaming]
Teacher 2: Emma, you...
Child: All of the fish came back.
Teacher: All the fish came back!
Child: He got one of the scales. He got one of the scales. And he got one of the scales. And he got one of the scales.
Teacher: So did —
Child: And he got one of the scales.
Teacher: Did he give all his scales to some of his friends?
Child: Mm-hmm.
Teacher: Yes, he sure did.
CloseUnderstanding developmentally appropriate practice and having high expectations supports a child’s development. How is this educator fostering literacy skills in a developmentally appropriate and engaging way?