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The family culture of literacy in the Jones family emphasized how important literacy was in everyday life and in fostering close relationships. Since not every child is lucky enough to live in a home where reading is important, how can we create a culture of literacy in the classroom?
The article and the textbook both talked about how children with a lot of prior literacy exposure come to school excited to learn how to read: they know why it's important, all the things in the "real world" it will help them to understand. I love the idea of bringing in menus, shopping lists and magazines. One of the most exciting things about learning to read, for me, was the idea that I could finally start to decode all the grown-up stuff I was surrounded by. What kind of real world materials would you like in your classroom?
The link above is a cool idea for a kinesthetic game to get kids more familiar with phonemes; check it out!
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