In a few of my previous classes we have discussed what it means to develop as a reader and a writer and what needs to be done in order for both of these processes to be done well. One theory of this is to begin knowing the concepts of print through reading and seeing how text works. Then after a student knows the alphabet and begins to write out the letters they can begin to make connections with what letters make up which words, and what each word means.
It takes many years for this to happen, as to this day I know I am still learning different words and quirks to the English language that I did not know the day before. After a student builds up a strong enough vocabulary by practicing reading and writing, they will be more fluent in their own writing, and writing papers becomes easier.
I feel that it makes it easier to read when you practice writing, and I feel that it becomes easier to write when reading is done on a consistent basis. Both of these functions make up literacy, and being literate makes mastering language much easier.
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I think that you bring up a good point about our language in that it is difficult to learn. Even as adults we struggle, so knowing this will help us as educators in that we will know to have patience with our students and their necessary learning strategies. There will always be new ways to approach literacy and we should always be attending professional development and conferences to keep ourselves up on it. I think my CT does a really good job with this and I have been able to see her use all different tactics to get at the students on all different levels.
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