The California Preschool Curriculum Framework, Volume 1 Book Walk

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The California Preschool Curriculum Framework,
Volume 1Book Walk
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Whats in Volume 1?

• Social-Emotional Development
• Language and Literacy
• English-Language Development
• Mathematics

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Lets Explore the Framework
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A Message from the State Superintendent of Public
Instruction (p. v) Highlights
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What Does the Framework Do?

• Created as a companion to the California
  Preschool Learning Foundations, Volume 1, this
  framework presents strategies and information to
  enrich learning and development opportunities for
  all of Californias preschool children. p. v

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Acknowledgments (p. vii)

• Project leaders
• Principal writers
• Community college faculty advisers
• Universal design advisers
• Project staff and advisers from the WestEd Center
  for Child and Family Studies
• Staff from the California Department of Education
• Early childhood education stakeholder
  organizations
• Participants in the formative and review focus
  groups
• Participants in the Web posting process
• Participants in the public hearing process

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Chapter OneIntroduction (p. 1) Highlights
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Curriculum Planning p. 13-16
Overarching Principles
Organization
Universal Design for Learning p. 13
Daily Schedule p. 16-19
Chapter 1
English-language Development in All Domains p.
10-13
Californias Children p. 3-5
Curriculum- Planning Process
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Chapter TwoEarly Learning and Development
System (p. 29) Highlights
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Chapters 3-6The Learning Domains Highlights

• Social-Emotional Development p. 37
• Language and Literacy p. 97
• English-Language Development p. 177
• Mathematics p. 231

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Organization of the Domain Chapters
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Whats First???

• Guiding Principles
• Environments and Materials
• Summary of the Strands and Substrands

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Strands and Substrands

• Place a sticky tab on the first page of each
  strand.
• Highlight the title of each substrand.

• Hint Notice the strand and substrand on the
  bottom of each page.

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Vignettes

• Each chapter has numerous vignettes to illustrate
  typical classroom scenarios.
• Locate and highlight two vignettes in the
  assigned chapter.

• Hint Vignettes are in italicized typestyle and
  are identified in the column to the left with the
  word VIGNETTE in bold.

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Vignettes

• Read through one of the vignettes identified.
• Highlight the teachable moment and/or planning
  learning opportunities associated with that
  vignette.

• Hints
• Each vignette has at least one teachable moment
  and/or planning learning opportunity.
• Where included, they will be identified in the
  column to the left of the vignette.

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Interactions and Strategies

• Following each vignette identified, highlight the
  paragraph that includes the words interactions
  and strategies.

• Hint Interactions and strategies can be found in
  the paragraph immediately following each vignette.

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Research Highlights

• Find and highlight one research highlight in the
  chapter.

• Hint Research highlights are in shaded boxes set
  off from the rest of the text and headed with the
  words Research Highlight.

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End of Each Domain

• Find and tab these three features found at the
  end of each domain.

• Bringing in All Together
• Engaging Families
• Questions for Reflection

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Finally

• Each chapter ends with
• Teacher Resources
• References
• Endnotes

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Dont Overlook
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• Appendices
• Appendix A. California Early Learning and
  Development System (p. 303)
• Appendix B. Reflections on Research Phonological
  Awareness (p. 304)
• Appendix C. Reflections on Research Alphabetics
  and Word/Print Recognition (p. 313)
• Appendix D. Resources for Teachers of Children
  with Disabilities or Other Special Needs (p. 319)

• Glossary

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Thank You!