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I have relearn the definition of literacy.

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In page 21 of the textbook discuss about how socio economic background influence literacy achievement. I can relate it with my pervious experience. And it make me more confident because earlier I was thinking everything here will be opposite of what I experience before.

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read a loud is fun not only for kids. a good book and read a loud is fun for adult as well. I realized this from this course. every week one book discussed and video of that book's read a loud inspired me to do the same when I will have my own classroom.

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interactive language experiences, interactive read aloud, shared reading , guided reading , independent reading all these instructional components could be choose by the educator after knowing and observing each learners.

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Selecting Materials for Critical Literacy

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Selecting Materials for Critical Literacy

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text selection for students is very crucial step. what I learnt from the lecture and textbook (page 46, 47) it is not necessary the text/book has a happy ending but its important the story has diversity of cultures, the oppressed group fight for their rights and it includes any social issues which need to be adressed.

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Cambourne's conditions for literacy learning

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Cambourne's conditions for literacy learning

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This is totally a new concept I have learnt from this course.
it has connection with the multi literacy pedagogies I have mentioned. The way a educator follow the instructional components it comes under one of the seven conditions of the Cambourne's engagement model. (page 29, 30 of the textbook)

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With the changing world educators cannot rely upon only pen and paper for enriching literacy among students.  multi modals literacy could be taught by web, PowerPoint slide, image, text etc. It also involves gesture, speech or any kind of technology.

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social constructivist model of learning 

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social constructivist model of learning 

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children learn from the social interactions it includes learning of language as well.

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while learning seven functions of language, I have reflected which functions I usually use for my daily conversation.
mostly regulatory, interactional, personal and Heuristic.
Also, I think as a elementary teacher I should use imaginative and  representational functions more often.

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why it is important to read a loud in classroom 

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why it is important to read a loud in classroom 

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This little girl from my pervious classroom, explaining the story of the book to her peer. although she could not read but she telling the story seeing the pictures. when I used this activity in my classroom I have not thought about how an why its important to read a loud, but now I can relate it with this incident. this shared reading activity inspired her a lot which helped me as an educator to minimize the literacy gap of her and couple of other kids as well.

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1. Bainbridge, J. & Hayden, R. (2017). Constructing meaning: Teaching the language arts K-8 (6th Ed.). Toronto, ON: Nelson.

2. Tompkins, G. (2013).Fifty literacy strategies.Upper Saddle, MA: Pearson

3. Class lectures

4. My previous classroom pictures.