Interview with Miss Brown (1st grade teacher): October 31, 2010
Literacy paves the way for all learning. As students become strong readers and writers, they have the skills they need to accomplish anything! Miss Brown believes that students need strong first instruction in all five components and that literacy instruction and development begins at home. Parents and families should engage their children in language development by reading and talking at home.
When students are ready for school they need a lot of exposure to print and language. They also need a lot of modeling and guided practice to help scaffold them into independent readers and writers. Language development is an on going process that stems from exposure to talking, reading, and writing.
Miss Brown also believes that student interest should be a part of their literacy instruction in order to motivate students and help them see the authenticity behind reading and writing.
Melissa, Miss Brown sounds like a great teacher! Her commitment to incorporating all five literacy components at various times must breed success for her students. I appreciate your comments about a print rich learning environment-how do you provide this type of environment to your students?
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