Monday, February 6, 2012
Emergent Literacy
As a teacher in TN we should focus our efforts on those strategies which truly benefit our students in their learning process(es). One snippet from the IRA/NAEYC joint position statement (1998): Stages of development that really stuck with me was:
"...early childhood teachers need to understand the developmental continuum of reading and writing and be skilled in a variety of strategies to assess and support individual children's development and learning across the continuum. At the same time teachers must set developmentally appropriate literacy goals for young children and then adapt instructional strategies for children whose learning and development are advanced or lag behind..."
To me, this statement sums up the need for ALL teachers to incorporate different strategies to meet the needs of a variety of students. It is our responsibility, as future teachers, to educate ourself in this manner.
I loved that the phases provided a three-part approach to expressing what the student, what the teacher, and what the parent(s) can do because it is a team-effort.
How will you incorporate this approach within your future classroom? How will you motivate parents to get involved even when their life has a busy schedule?
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Erica-
ReplyDeleteI think that the IRA/NAEYC and the article "Letting go of Letter of the Week" had several comparing statements. The two Donna's in "Letting go of Letter of the Week" were devoted to "understanding the developmental continuum of reading and writing and be skilled in a variety of strategies to assess and support individual children's development and learning across the continuum." I think the example of Pedro in the article is a great example of how teachers are meant to meet the needs of students. Both approaches of the two different teachers were influential and taught me a lot. If anything, I think they taught me how to have fun and make fun in the classroom, while still supporting a community based classroom.