Greetings Everyone!
I had a fun experience talking with one of my co-workers about their personal philosophies about teaching literacy. First, I must say we could honestly write a dissertation specifically around literacy if given the opportunity!
Here is the respinse I got from my co-worker!
Philosophy on teaching literacy
- literacy is the foundational skill for all learning and skill building
- students need to develop literacy skills in order to take other learning into their own hands
- giving students strong literacy skills will allow them confidence to tackle learning
Teaching literacy must be a balanced approach of phonics, phonemic awareness, comprehension, and vocabulary
Must be targeted towards students and what they need
Teachers need to know what questions to ask students, where their gaps are and what they need to grow a level
Guided reading and other types of small group instruction are essential and help target skills
Assessments should be used for learning and teaching as opposed to summative and giving a score
Students need to be given materials interesting to them and independent practice should be with levels students can tackle on their own.
Most of all, if students learn to love to read out of enjoyment and curiosity and are supported they will be life long readers.
I would add that I could not agree more with her words!
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