Literacy involves reading, writing, speaking, listening, presenting and viewing. It is developed through a literacy block in schools incorporating phonics, phonemic awareness, vocabulary, comprehension and fluency. Literacy experiences can be guided, independent, interactive, aloud or shared and should incorporate creativity and technology. Literacy is an ongoing process that changes over time and is crucial for children and society.

1. What is literacy?

2. LISTENINGWRITINGSPEAKINGREADINGPRESENTINGVIEWING

3. “There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all.” - Jacqueline Kennedy

4. In schools…we have a literacy block.90 MinutesUninterruptedWhole group & Literacy Centers

5. 5 Domains of LiteracyPhonicsPhonemic AwarenessVocabularyComprehensionFluency

6. Literacy experiences can be…GuidedIndependentInteractiveAloudShared

7. Incorporate…CreativityTechnology

8. “If you can read this, thank a teacher.” - Anonymous teacher

9. I think…Literacy is a “climb” because it is something we continuously work to achieve, but it changes with time. We can’t give up, we have to keep going.

10. “No skill is more crucial to the future of a child, or to a democratic and prosperous society, than literacy.” - Los Angeles Times, "A Child Literacy Initiative for the Greater Los Angeles Area"

11. Created by:Beverly CampbellUniversity of North Carolina at PembrokeJanuary 31, 2010EDN 5190