Here are some of the Developmentally Appropriate practices which are useful in developing early literacy skills in young learners are :

1. The Alphabet Knowledge – Wherein pupils will have the ability to recognize names and sound out all the uppercase and lower case letter of the alphabet.

 

2. Phonological Awareness- Pupils will be able to think about sounds in a word rather than just its meaning.

 

3. Composing – Developing child’s ability to formulate ideas into sentences or longer texts and represent them in a conventional orthographic pattern of written language.

 

4. Fluency – Developing the child’s ability to read orally with speed , accuracy and proper expression.

 

5. Vocabulary Development- Develop Child’s knowledge of word and their meaning in both oral and written presentation.

 

6. Book and Print Knowledge- Developing child’s knowledge of books and how print works.

.Children have individual differences different levels of thinking that is why we apply different teaching methods that can help them learn.

First, is we need to know the learner’s ability and capacity to do something in this case we know what strategies we apply to help them learn.

There are different types of teaching methods which can be categorized into four broad types.

1.       Teacher-centered methods, 

Here the teacher casts himself/herself in the role of being a master of the subject matter. The teacher is looked upon by the learners as an expert or an authority. Learners, on the other hand, are presumed to be passive and copious recipients of knowledge from the teacher.       

2.       Learner-centered methods, 

   In learner-centered methods, the teacher/instructor is both a teacher and a learner at the same time. In the words of Lawrence Stenhouse, the teacher plays a dual role as a learner as well “so that in his classroom extends rather than constricts his intellectual horizons”.

3.       Content-focused methods; and 

  In this category of methods, both the teacher and the learners have to fit into the content that is taught. Generally, this means the information and skills to be taught are regarded as sacrosanct or very important. A lot of emphases is laid on the clarity and careful analyses of content. Both the teacher and the learners cannot alter or become critical of anything to do with the content. An example of a method that subordinates the interests of the teacher and learners to the content is the programmed learning approach.

4.       Interactive/participative methods

This fourth category borrows a bit from the three other methods without necessarily laying emphasis unduly on either the learner, content, or teacher. These methods are driven by the situational analysis of what is the most appropriate thing for us to learn/do now given the situation of learners and the teacher. They require a participatory understanding of varied domains and factors.

Most importantly nowadays , Books Should be appealing to pupils and kids for them to get hold of it and read it. 

1. The cover must be appealing and attractive

2. The content itself , the use of words or phrases and the story itself must be interesting 

3. There MUST be a moral lesson to the story.

4. The story must be predictable and has a happy ending.

5. The story must be RELATABLE to the pupils.

2.WHAT BENEFITS  WILL THE BOOK / TEXT PROVIDE FOR YOU STUDENTS?

The benefits they will get are:

1. They will enjoy reading.

2. They will love reading.

3. They will be able to practice their reading and vocabulary skills.

4. They will be able to kill idle time by reading.

5. They will learn something from reading.

3. ASSESS  HOW WELL YOU DID YOUR ASSIGNMENT .

I Can say as a teacher, We are going to do our best to reach out and help our needy pupils the best possible way. And it is safe to say that me as a teacher I am doing it in my own little way.