Being Literate

Literacy influences on instructional decisions and practices. Being literate, to me, is the ability to read, write, and interact. Reading and writing are still very valuable skills that every person needs to master, but there is more to being literate today than there was 20 years ago. People need to be literate in order to be involved in and contribute to society. The most important key to success in being literate is communication. A lot of people don’t really think about how often someone is being literate and what they are doing to be literate. For example, when a child is reading books to his parents or the parents are reading a book to them that they are interested in. My sister comes home every day and has to read a book for 15 minutes.

E-mails allow other to convey their own idea which can be understood by others. Another example would be academics. When children are exposed to literacy at a young age they are more likely to do better in all areas of learning than better in some areas of literacy than others.Without the ability to read, students will likely be unable to gain access to higher education. Lastly, would be when children grow up to go out into the real world and find jobs. They will need to know what application they are filling out and how to fill it out. They also need to know where to find jobs on the internet and newspapers and if students don’t know how to read and write they will have a hard time finding a job

There are two types of writing they include interactive writing and writing workshops. According to the findings of the August 2010 study in “The Journal of Educational Research, both of these writings help promote early literacy skills. One method kindergarten teachers can is allowing the children to write independently, but also after writing allowing them to express themselves by sharing with other children. The teacher can also then have conferences with the students one-on-one. The conferences are there to not tell the child they aren’t doing the writing the right way, but to talk to the children about their written and having them ask questions for critical thinking skills