The Importance Of Literacy In Education

Introduction My first placement as an intern is in a kindergarten class. At the beginning of the year the class began with 19 students and added a new student during the fourth week of school, making our class complete with twenty students. As I develop my teaching experience, I am learning how much time is dedicated for literacy. During a school day in kindergarten, literacy is the main focus of learning. Literacy is what allows learners to become successful in society. Read and writing skills are essential skills that began to develop as early as kindergarten. Literacy components consist of concepts about print, language development, word knowledge such as phonemic awareness and phonics, reading fluency and comprehension, and writing. Each aspect is a building block of becoming literate. Students in kindergarten begin with awareness of print and begin to develop understanding of letter sounds. As a student grows older more literacy skills are developed for which permits students to become successful in literacy.

Description of child Aaron Williams (a pseudonym) walked into kindergarten as a five year old, and turned six during the first week. Aaron is dark skin, short dark brown hair, and taller than the average

Aaron has alphabet books, letters, crayons and pencils, and writing paper as resources for literacy development. At home, Aaron is being taught at least one new word per day by an adult in the home. At home, Aaron is detailing conversations and is encouraged to speak in complete sentences. Aaron 's parents have a background of being good readers, have a large vocabulary, and have reading involvement with their child. Aaron 's household is contributing to help him learn the alphabet, write letters, write his name, and learn rhyming words. Aaron is learning so much each day in school and with the help received at home will only make him become better in