Week Four Readings for Thought

This week, our class was looking at Emergent Literacy and the discussion in class was based in part on the views presented in the readings and also the videos watched in class about how ELL students are incorporated into the literacy process.

The questions for thought this week are as follows:
1) What is emergent literacy?
2) How do children develop as readers and writers?
3) How do teachers prepare the environment to support literacy development for all learners?
4) How does an understanding of good discussion promote literacy learning in book club?

The readings for week four as as follows:
Tompkins, Chapter 3: Working with Emergent Readers & Writers
Gibbons, Chapter 2: Classroom Talk: Creating Context for Language Learning
Gibbons, Chapter 3: From Speaking to Writing in the Context of Classroom

Good luck this week and have a good weekend!