Observation Task 1: Environmental Print in the Classroom

Focus: Noticing the purposes of environmental print in the classroom

Objective: To encourage student teachers to identify and discuss the purpose of

environmental print in the classroom

Procedure: Familiarize yourself with the Observation Table: Documenting Environmental

Print

Table 1: Documenting Environmental Print (Example)

Examples of Environmental Print Purpose Ideas for further
development
Retelling the story of
Where's going on the Documentation: Photos
bear hunt. of children creating the
Using children’s action in the story to be
writing and create a say to them to
board about the story understand what they
it builds up their self- do by them self and to
esteem know the sequences
acknowledging them story.
as ‘writers’ and giving
them a sense of
‘ownership’ of the
display.
In addition, the
children can
understand the action
through listen to the
story and see the
book in the hand and
match it with the
board they have in
the well.
Identify the different
Identify the different sound and with real
sound the children resource to be clear for
have and know the children to understand
different level of the concept.
making the sound.
The documented of
children work Using a big board and
through, to think and design the art area in
understand what creative ways.
they active through
listing the lesson. And
it shows them how
they can be more
creative.