Literacy

This blog is ultimately supposed to share my thoughts, opinions, and beliefs on literacy and share my philosophy of teaching.

When looking back through my posts, I realize that I have hit a lot on my past, why I want to be a teacher, and my own experiences with literacy and English, but I have not mentioned too much about my own view of literacy and what it means to me.

When I was younger, I lived in England and we had specific times of the day for different subjects, we had mathematics, science, history, P.E, and literacy. From a young age, I already knew the word
"literacy" and associated it with English.

I have since taken two classes called Literacy and several classes which were English.

I have learned that literacy is a lot more than just reading and writing. It is a lot to do with comprehension, pronunciation, spelling, understanding, and more, on top of reading and writing.

I personally struggled with my literacy skills as a child and found it hard to comprehend what I was reading, and so I feel as though I can really relate to young children who struggle and dislike reading.

Once I had discovered my struggles and knew how to fix them, I found a new love for reading and English. I read book after book, I took spelling test after spelling test (for fun that my parents created), and I wrote so many stories and told everyone I wanted to be an author. I was absolutely in love with English and would jump at the chance to go to the library or read.

Because of my experiences, I want to help my future students to uncover any struggles and develop a new love for English/Literacy just like I did. Literacy is fun, it can reach all ages and interests and is continuous (there are so many books out there that can be read).

Literacy is a big aspect of life and so I know as a teacher that I want to set aside time each day for students to read and/or write and help them fall in love with literacy.

Thank you for sharing this journey with me as I have blogged. I hope it can spark some memories of your childhood in school and perhaps you will be encouraged to find a new love with literacy like I did <3