Foundational Literacy Skills
Literacy is the gateway to success. These days, getting started in the early years of a child 's life is critical. Learning to read has been continually observed to begin before a child even enters school. As children become more exposed to literature at a young age, the more prepared they have shown to be once finally in a classroom setting. Chances are, sending your child to preschool will give them a better chance at success when they find themselves in primary schooling. (SpringRefrence) describes literacy as, “listening, speaking, reading and writing.” "Literacy is evolving, beginning at birth, through interactions with others, and the environment in which a child lives" (Springer Reference). It is believed …show more content…
There are many ways to promote a literacy rich classroom. (Connell, 2014) mentions, "If your goal is to create a language-rich environment, student exposure to language should be meaningful, deliberate, repetitive and engaging - meaning it directly involves the student 's as active participants." A very simple, yet very effective way would be to have a classroom library with an array of books. The books should be very diverse, different reading levels, picture books, text books, and a variety of genres. Since most children have different interests and reading levels, having a variety of books gives the students a choice while keeping them interested in what they are reading. In turn, this will be creating a broader literacy development and a larger vocabulary. Labels and content posters are essential to learning. Constantly seeing literary posters all over the school have a clear statement – value and meaning to the students. Having word walls promotes reading and writing skills, and writing centers help the students with their writing. Students can have journals and write in them at the writing centers where other students can read them. They can also make corrections and discuss them with one another which enables peer evaluation and promotes conversations. The walls should be covered with bulletins that are …show more content…
Parents begin by creating a literacy rich environment in their homes which in turn help the children develop literacy skills. As the child enters school the teacher then continues in the development through her teachings and creating literacy rich classroom environments. All in all, both skills are a crucial part of becoming an effective
Literacy is the gateway to success. These days, getting started in the early years of a child 's life is critical. Learning to read has been continually observed to begin before a child even enters school. As children become more exposed to literature at a young age, the more prepared they have shown to be once finally in a classroom setting. Chances are, sending your child to preschool will give them a better chance at success when they find themselves in primary schooling. (SpringRefrence) describes literacy as, “listening, speaking, reading and writing.” "Literacy is evolving, beginning at birth, through interactions with others, and the environment in which a child lives" (Springer Reference). It is believed …show more content…
There are many ways to promote a literacy rich classroom. (Connell, 2014) mentions, "If your goal is to create a language-rich environment, student exposure to language should be meaningful, deliberate, repetitive and engaging - meaning it directly involves the student 's as active participants." A very simple, yet very effective way would be to have a classroom library with an array of books. The books should be very diverse, different reading levels, picture books, text books, and a variety of genres. Since most children have different interests and reading levels, having a variety of books gives the students a choice while keeping them interested in what they are reading. In turn, this will be creating a broader literacy development and a larger vocabulary. Labels and content posters are essential to learning. Constantly seeing literary posters all over the school have a clear statement – value and meaning to the students. Having word walls promotes reading and writing skills, and writing centers help the students with their writing. Students can have journals and write in them at the writing centers where other students can read them. They can also make corrections and discuss them with one another which enables peer evaluation and promotes conversations. The walls should be covered with bulletins that are …show more content…
Parents begin by creating a literacy rich environment in their homes which in turn help the children develop literacy skills. As the child enters school the teacher then continues in the development through her teachings and creating literacy rich classroom environments. All in all, both skills are a crucial part of becoming an effective