Week by Week Plans for Documenting Children’s Development

by Nilsen, Barbara Ann

• ISBN13: 9780495813170
• ISBN10: 0495813176
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-01-01
• Publisher: South-Western College Pub

Summary

WEEK BY WEEK: PLANS FOR DOCUMENTING CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENT, Fifth Edition, addresses a dilemma facing pre-service and in-service teachers--how to manage detailed, meaningful documentation on their students' development and achievements while attending to the other functions necessary to keep children safe and actively involved in learning. This all-purpose guide provides a concrete, systematic plan for recording each child's development in all developmental areas, incorporating material on observation methods and techniques, principles of child development, and appropriate practice. Technical aspects of various methods of documentation are presented, as are reviews of the efficiency of each method in capturing important information. Real-life examples, practical tips, forms with clear instructions, and step-by-step guidelines for gathering observational information and building a portfolio for each child make the book useful and relevant to teachers in training as well as practicing professionals.

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Getting Started

Using the Class List Log to Look at Separation and School Adjustment

Using Anecdotal Recordings to Look at Self-Care

Using Checklists to Look at Physical Development

Using Running Records to Look at Social Development

Using Frequency Counts to Look at Emotional Development

Using Conversations to Listen to Language and Speech

Using Time Samples to Look at Attention Span

Using Standardized Tests to Look at Cognitive Development

Using Rating Scales to Look at Literacy

Using Work Samples to Look at Creativity

Using Technology to Look at Sociodramatic Play

Using Documentation for Child Abuse Suspicions and Looking at Self-Concept

Using Program Assessments to Look at Children in Groups

Using the Portfolio to Conference with Families and Looking at the Child's Interactions with Adults

Using the Yearly Plan to Observe and Record Children's Development

Week by Week: An Observation Plan for Portfolio Building

Weeks 15 through 40: Plans for the Week

Summary of Plans by Developmental Areas

Observation Forms

Weeks 15 through 40: Reflective Journal

Glossary

Index

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