CLASS Description
Concept Development
Integration– The teacher connects their game to phoneme blend content: “What blend is at the front of the word?”
Quality of Feedback
Encouragement and Affirmation– The teacher recognizes the child’s progress by saying, “It looks like you already got it.”
Scaffolding– The teacher guides children to learn the game. She gives them instructions and supports them by giving hints and assistance when trying the first round.
Language Modeling
Frequent Conversation– The teacher engages in many back and forth exchanges with children.
Self- and Parallel Talk– The teacher describes what they’re doing verbally: “First, we’re going to put them in a little stack.”
Age: 5K
Play Type: Games
Content: Language Arts, SEL
Context: Center
District: Pike Creek
Teacher: Ms.E
Video Descripton
A 5K teacher, Ms. E, works with several children in an example of Games. Ms. E introduces the literacy game but lets a child familiar with the game explain the rules. They then play the game and continue establishing the rules and expectations throughout.