Mr. Selkie’s classroom includes students whose desks face th…

Mr. Selkie’s classroom includes students whose desks face the front of the classroom, arranged in rows. The students are relatively passive-listening to Mr. Selkie, who is the sole authority for knowledge, rules, and decision making. Mr. Selkie does most of the talking, though students are expected to respond when called on. Mr. Selkie has a(n) __________ classroom.

____________is the active effort to construct literacy throu…

____________is the active effort to construct literacy through informal experiences. For example, they will memorize certain words (their name or pizza) but still fail to understand the symbolic nature of each of the letter and words and how they all interrelate.