As both of the articles we read in class described, I believe that literacy has to be woven throughout everything that you do in your classroom. I remember my teachers incorporating books into other subjects, and I feel that this is very important.
One thing that I liked about the article, "Characteristics of exemplary first-grade literacy instruction," was the detailed description that it gave of the classrooms that the authors were observing. Creating a literacy environment is important and this article gave me a good understand of what that looks like.
The part of the article "Letting Go of 'Letter of the Week'," that really stood out to me is that you have to understand that children have literacy knowledge before they enter your classroom. It was interesting to see how the teachers used environmental print to realize how much the students already knew before they were given any formal literacy instruction.
I found both of these articles interesting, and they definitely give me more insight into how to be a more effective teacher of literacy. I want my students to have positive reading experiences like I had so that they will have a life long love of reading.
Articles:
Morrow, L., Tracey, D., Woo, D., & Pressley, M. (1999). Characteristics of exemplary first-grade literacy instruction. The Reading Teacher, 52(5), 462-476. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/20202104?seq=1
Bell, D., & Jarvis, D. (2002). Letting go of "letter of the week".Primary Voices K-6, 11(2), 10-25.
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