Literacy Development and Language Arts notes
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This page gathers a small set of user-made notes on literacy development and language arts, from reading acquisition to writing and assessment. University students and professional candidates can use them to study literacy theories and teaching approaches; teachers can explore material for their practice. Browse the notes and choose a topic to start with.
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- Emergent Literacy27
- Oral Language Development6
- Phonological Awareness and Phonics14
- Reading Development7
- Balanced Literacy13
- Reading Instruction13
- Reading Comprehension10
- Writing Development and Instruction12
- Children's Literature27
- Literacy Teaching Strategies37
- Critical Literacy15
- Multiliteracies and Multimodal Literacy8
- Literacy Assessment10
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ELA and Social Studies Oral language - Teachers understand the importance of oral language, know the developmental processes of oral language, and probide students with a variety of instructional opporunities to develop listening and speaki...
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SubArea I. Foundations of Literacy Competency 1.0 - Understand theories of literacy acquisition and development.DecodingFries (1960) - Decoding (sounding out words) automatically leads to comprehension.Asking Questions60's and 70s - Asking inferential ...
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Language Aquisition - created from Mind Map Reading and WritingLearing to readApproachesschools tend to use a mixture of the approaches as some children respond better to one method than anotherThe phonics approach Approach involves letters and letter combinati...
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Typical & Atypical Development - Week 1 - Reading Week 1 - Simple View of Reading Reading a complex processSpoken language - map symbols to sounds - identify words - read sentences/paragraphs - read for meaning Simple view of Reading - (Gough & Tumner 1986)Two versio...
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CALLA Approaches and Methodologies in ESL - created from Mind Map Language experience approach (LEA) Balanced reading approach Inquiry approach
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Summaries of Writing Literature - created from Mind Map "Development of German and English writing skills" (Text B) Text D "Impact of Digital Devices vs Pen(cil) and Paper on Primary School Students" (Text C)
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I Want my Hat Back Reading Map - created from Mind Map Humour Problem Solving Loss
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A Child Learns to Read - created from Mind Map What is Reading? Theories of Reading Acquisition Cueing Systems
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Children's Literature Aid Memoirs for Children's Literature Aug 27th: What Makes a Good Children's Book? What do You Want Them to Take Away? Is it Relatable? &n...
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important info from Phonics 11/13 One important thing to learn in Letter name stage Short Vowels Early Readers are usually at the middle letter name phase  ...
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AGE-APPROPRIATE ACTIVITIES - created from Mind Map Reading aloud Expressive vocabulary Narrative development
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Definitions of literacy - created from Mind Map Reading, writing, speaking , listening, watching and visual literacy are all included in most current definitions of literacy. Critical thinking, critical literacy, and the capacity to select and apply suitable styles...
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How can a teacher assess literacy development? - created from Mind Map Through individual assessments Through classroom assessments Through standardized testing
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These notes cover reading acquisition, oral language, writing, children's literature and literacy assessment. Some are made from mind maps, while others present notes directly. They offer different ways to explore the topics listed on this page.
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The notes on how a child learns to read are a starting point for reading acquisition and the reading process. For oral language, try ELA and Social Studies. You can then compare those notes with the material on literacy assessment or the notes on reading and writing approaches.
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