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The California Preschool Curriculum Framework, Volume 1
Book Walk
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What’s in Volume 1?
• Social-Emotional Development
• Language and Literacy
• English-Language Development
• Mathematics
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Let’s 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 California’s 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 One:Introduction (p. 1) Highlights
Chapter 1
California’s Children p. 3-5
English-language Development in All Domains p. 10-13
Universal Design for Learning p. 13
Daily Schedule p. 16-19
Curriculum Planning p. 13-16
Overarching Principles
Organization
Curriculum- Planning Process
9Chapter Two:Early Learning and Development
System (p. 29) Highlights
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Chapters 3-6:The 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
What’s First???
• Guiding Principles• Environments and
Materials• Summary of the
Strands and Substrands
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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
Finally…
Each chapter ends with:• Teacher Resources• References• Endnotes
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Don’t Overlook…
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!