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Survey of Kindergarten Teachers on Emergent Literacy
This survey is being conducted by a graduate student at SUNY in the Reading/Literacy department in order to complete a curriculum design project. Your input is anonymous and will be utilized to determine goals and objectives for this curriculum project. Your willingness to provide this input is greatly appreciated.
Please indicate your perspective on each of the statements below.
- Teaching letters and sounds is essential.
Strongly Agree/Agree/Neutral/Disagree/Strongly Disagree
- Student talk about their lives should be limited during class.
Strongly Agree/Agree/Neutral/Disagree/Strongly Disagree
- Errors in pronunciation are to be expected in kindergarten.
Strongly Agree/Agree/Neutral/Disagree/Strongly Disagree
- Listening quietly to stories is important for comprehension.
Strongly Agree/Agree/Neutral/Disagree/Strongly Disagree
- Helping children notice the sounds in spoken words is necessary.
Strongly Agree/Agree/Neutral/Disagree/Strongly Disagree
- Pretend play in themed centers should be encouraged.
Strongly Agree/Agree/Neutral/Disagree/Strongly Disagree
- Spelling by sound is not appropriate for kindergarten children.
Strongly Agree/Agree/Neutral/Disagree/Strongly Disagree
- Students learn by figuring things out.
Strongly Agree/Agree/Neutral/Disagree/Strongly Disagree
- Oral word play (without text) should preceed letter-sound instruction.
Strongly Agree/Agree/Neutral/Disagree/Strongly Disagree
- Sight words and whole word recognition aid in literacy.
Strongly Agree/Agree/Neutral/Disagree/Strongly Disagree
- Students should ask and answer questions during story reading.
Strongly Agree/Agree/Neutral/Disagree/Strongly Disagree
- Quiet classrooms promote student learning.
Strongly Agree/Agree/Neutral/Disagree/Strongly Disagree
- Teacher speech should be simplified to aid in student learning.
Strongly Agree/Agree/Neutral/Disagree/Strongly Disagree
- Movement and pretend play are provided as a break from work.
Strongly Agree/Agree/Neutral/Disagree/Strongly Disagree
- Comments about home during stories should be encouraged.
Strongly Agree/Agree/Neutral/Disagree/Strongly Disagree
- Seeing words is important to learning to read.
Strongly Agree/Agree/Neutral/Disagree/Strongly Disagree
- Teachers must always explain, observe, and provide feedback.
Strongly Agree/Agree/Neutral/Disagree/Strongly Disagree
- The sounds within words should be emphasized for listening.
Strongly Agree/Agree/Neutral/Disagree/Strongly Disagree
- Phonics instruction is an important part of kindergarten.
Strongly Agree/Agree/Neutral/Disagree/Strongly Disagree
- Writing names and other words is important.
Strongly Agree/Agree/Neutral/Disagree/Strongly Disagree
- Correction of speech is essential.
Strongly Agree/Agree/Neutral/Disagree/Strongly Disagree
Survey of Kindergarten Teachers on Emergent Literacy (page2)
Please indicate how many years you have been teaching kindergarten children. ___ 0-5 ___ 6-10 ___ 11-15 ___ 16-20 ___ 21-25 ___ 26-30
Please indicate your highest level of schooling, and indicate field of study for any college degrees. ___ Undergraduate (field _______________) ___ Graduate (field _______________)
Please indicate your level of professional development relative to each of the following topics:
- Child development: physical, psychological, and cognitive development of children birth to adolescence
Not at all/Some/Adequate/Extensive
- Reading methods: strategies, methods, and materials used in the teaching of reading
Not at all/Some/Adequate/Extensive
- Whole language: an approach to early reading instruction where immersion in rich literature is a cornerstone
Not at all/Some/Adequate/Extensive
- Story book reading: ways to use story book reading to support emergent literacy
Not at all/Some/Adequate/Extensive
- Vocabulary: ways to utilize and support vocabulary development
Not at all/Some/Adequate/Extensive
- Phonics: an approach to decoding instruction utilizing letter-sound relationships
Not at all/Some/Adequate/Extensive
- Phonemic awareness: how to utilize and support student development relative to the smallest units of speech sound
Not at all/Some/Adequate/Extensive
- Oral language: ways to utilize and support oral language development
Not at all/Some/Adequate/Extensive
- Behavior management: ways to manage and encourage desired classroom behaviors
Not at all/Some/Adequate/Extensive
- Cognitive apprenticeship: a learning theory involving modeling, coaching, and fading
Not at all/Some/Adequate/Extensive
- Family dynamics: the nature and impact of family dynamics on learning
Not at all/Some/Adequate/Extensive
- Motivation: the nature of motivation and strategies to increase it
Not at all/Some/Adequate/Extensive
Please describe what you know about "onset-rime".
Please indicate what milestones you think a child should reach before beginning phonics instruction.
Do kindergarten children usually reach those milestones during kindergarten? If so, at what point in the year (on average)?
Please describe the daily activities in your classroom designed specifically to support emergent literacy.
Please describe your learning environment.
Please indicate any constraints on your learning environment with regarding to early literacy development in terms of resources, time, space, and policy.
What would have wanted to know about emergent literacy when you started teaching kindergarten children?
What more would you want to know about emergent literacy at this point in your teaching career?
Thank you very much for your input.