Health literacy

Literacy in Social Studies poses not an issue, but rather a responsibility that many teachers are facing without the necessary tools to provide students with a stimulating environment that can be both engaging, and that can provide students the knowledge necessary to understand the content beyond what it’s written on the text (ability to think critically). These tools are not only the resources required to facilitate the students’ learning experience, but also the issue that comes with the…

My literacy journey has been one that I am grateful for thus far. Throughout the years, my family and my teachers have been at the core of my literacy. The various teachers and professors who have taught me have really played a big role in ensuring that I have become as literate as they could possibly prepare me. My parents and siblings have always been a big part of this journey, especially in reading. They have supported me by encouraging me to read as many books as possible. Honestly, growing…

because I have proficient skills, and a firm understanding of the game. I consider myself very soccer savvy, however the most important literacies I have acquired from soccer were the life skills of hard work, dedication and perseverance. These skills contributed to my literacy in the sport of soccer. While I was growing up, playing soccer helped me obtain literacy in the area of hard work. Long practices, never ending film sessions and hard fitness workouts contributed to my core…

experiences differ, they themselves are different in terms of the way and the rate at which they learn. Any one of the theories outlined above, is usually not the answer to the puzzle of helping our little ones become successful on their journey to literacy. In the video, Get In Step With Responsive Teaching, Embler (2008) drives home the points that reading to young children help them develop a desire or at least an appreciation for reading, helps lengthen their attention span and gets them…

The topic I selected for this paper is visual literacy specifically when dealing with picture books and young students. Visual literacy can be defined as “the ability to interpret, recognize, appreciate and understand information presented through visible actions, objects and symbols, natural or man-made” (Common Core in Action). The Common Core State Standards specifically address visual literacy in the following two standards: "integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs…

Literacy is becoming a problem with this new generation since they are having issues with motivating them to read. Students in early education are learning reading strategies with physical books which most of the test now are online bases. We need to change learning methods into the new world of technology to promote literacy. We need to understand the theory of electronic learning so that we can use those methods to promote literacy and to increase knowledge of different subjects. Merchant,…

So many people nourish my literacy, although there is none like dad, whose life was a prime model having an undeniable colossal impact on my literacy. A self-made person, who believed 100 % and more in the power of education, to him education, is the answer to the world’s entire problem. By profession, he is a military scientist, but to everybody that knows him, he is also a chemist, a physicist, a biologist, a linguistic, a history guru and absolute geography maniac and that is all because of…

Summary: In this article the author talks about “Exploring Sensitive Issues with Pre-K through First Grade Children through Read-Alouds.” Some tender topics that teachers may face while teaching could be family diversity, homelessness, disabilities, and incarceration. Those four topics can be very difficult for teachers to explain or discuss with young children. Teachers and family members have all noticed what makes discussing tender topics so difficult. It is who people are as individuals or…

Literacy personally, is not just the basic understanding of reading and writing. It is the ability to be knowledgeable in a subject or concept, and be able to understand it. It is being able to apply the things that you have learned into real life situations. It’s analyzing something and being able to interpret it into something more meaningful. It is more than just books and readings, but everyday things that people might encounter. The value that literacy holds is immense. It can be…

standards for literacy only rose according to the technological innovations of society; from lead pencils to type writers to (electronic) tablets. However, some seem to question what literacy might mean in this day and age. Futurist Alvin Toffler described literacy as being able to learn, relearn, and unlearn, not only reading and writing. His definition of illiteracy can be construed as being someone who only uses knowledge and their respective tools only as a means to an end. True “literacy”,…