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Craig McCaughan 700083763

Welcome to my page for my assignment for ECL210, throughout this wiki I will discuss the importance of learning to read, teaching reading, learning to write, teaching writing, some literacy activities, phonics and managing the classroom.

Literacy is not just reading and writing it involves much more, such as speaking and listening, this is why it is such an important subject for children to learn. As teachers it is vital that we understand that all children are different and learn in different ways and at different rates, thus the importance of variety and flexibility within literacy lessons. All reading and writing begins at birth and as the child grows so does their knowledge towards reading and writing (Hill 2006). Within literacy development there are always these six stages of learning when talking about reading and writing: Beginning, Early-emergent, Emergent, Early, Transitional and Extending, all these stages through both reading and writing are vital for children to learn and develop their knowledge of these some what difficult subjects (Hill 2006).

Competency within literacy is central to achievement in all learning areas while students with strong literacy skills will progress through early, middle and late years of schooling (NSW Department of Education and Training 2008). Developing each and every student's literacy skills through balanced, integrated, systematic and explicit literacy teaching is vital for all teachers to get the most out of every child (NSW Department of Education and Training 2008).