Download Effective Literacy Practices in Education and more Thesis Business Accounting in PDF only on Docsity! READ 6706 Effective Literacy Practices Master of Science in Education, Walden University READ 6706: Reading and Literacy Today Effective Literacy Practices Effective literacy practices are factors of teaching that teachers all over the world continue to learn and discuss. I know it is a topic discussed and viewed at my school and within my district multiple times a year. Reading achievement gaps are concerning to all teachers, and we need to find a way to close these gaps for a developmental reason. The article I chose to research is Lin, C.-H., & ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, E. and C. B. I. (2001). Early Literacy Instruction: Research Applications in the Classrooms. ERIC Digest. In this paper, readers will be giving insight on the article referenced on what effective literacy practices means, how we can use them positively as educators, as well as share it with family and community members. I did quite a bit of research before deciding on what article I wanted to share. I did not want just to find any article that talked about literacy practices; I wanted to make sure it was an article worth reading, full of information, enjoyable to read, but also interesting to me. The article I decided to share for this assignment is Early Literacy Instruction: Research Applications in the Classrooms, written by Chia-Hui. I chose this article because of the variety of factors that it talks about within the article. Literacy development in children depends on the positive factors of literacy the children are getting at school and home within their homes. Many of the students I have in my classroom have a variety of different needs for their literacy development. I want to share this article with some of the families of my students because my students lack family support in their literacy development at home. I want the families of my students to know how vital literacy support at home improves their social-emotional development. All literacy opportunities arise naturally develop listening and developing oral language skills and reading and writing skills that foster social-emotional growth (Santos, Fettig and Shaffer, 2012). Within the article that Chia-Hui Lin wrote, it breaks down early literacy instruction into different categories. Lin includes phonics and phonemic awareness, positive adult-child relationships, print-rich environment, integrated language explorations in the curriculum, reading and writing activities and various teaching strategies according to children's needs (Lin, 2001). Within each category, she talks about why each factor is essential and things that can be done to display these effective literacy practices in our classrooms (Lin, 2001). Literacy instruction is an essential factor for a child to succeed in the classroom. However, as teachers, sometimes we overthink some things and wonder if our literacy instruction is as effective as we think it is. Lin has made me more aware of phonics and phonemic awareness that I think will help my literacy instruction. Lin explains that for children to learn to read, they need to be aware of how sounds work. As teachers, we need to integrate phonemic awareness instruction into the curriculum we teach to help the children learn to read and learn to spell (Lin, 2001). Lin explains how phonemic awareness can be integrated into writing instruction. When children write or while the teacher is modelling the writing, teachers can name the letters to comment on how the strokes are used when forming the letters while they write (Lin, 2001). This part of the article speaks to me because I have many students in my classroom who are solid readers but struggle with writing. Lin also discusses the importance of positive adult-child relationships within their literacy development. Lin states that young children's literacy development will benefit significantly from adults who care about their interests and are sensitive to their current language development (Lin, 2001). Lin also discusses how children also need rich materials to support their literacy development. Children need to have access to writing tools to express themselves in symbolic ways, which will help the students stay motivated (Lin, 2001). This factor is another area my students struggle with, motivation and confidence in their work. Lin explains how investigating
