Not exact matches
Other benefits highlighted by these stakeholders included:
Literacy and numeracy assessments can be used to celebrate learning, identify strengths, needs, barriers to learning and allow teachers to make informed and objective judgements about learning; Focusing teachers» and schools» attention on the need for phonics to be
taught explicitly and systematically to achieve the necessary level of word reading skills that are required to develop skilled reading; Early identification of children with learning difficulties or [those who] need additional instruction.
There are many published programs that make implementing Structured
Literacy in your classroom easier by providing lesson plan maps, scope and sequence, and detailed explanations of the spelling rules that you'll need to
explicitly teach to your students.
Schools are required to
teach phonics and phonemic awareness systematically and
explicitly and to use the DIBELS (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early
Literacy Skills) to monitor students at least monthly and adjust instruction as needed.
She concludes that if students are to achieve at higher levels, educators must emphasize ownership; push for biliteracy rather than using the home language only as a vehicle for English
literacy; have students read multicultural literature; and
teach skills
explicitly, within the context of authentic
literacy activities.
Across all subjects, cross-curricular themes and skills are
explicitly mapped and
taught:
literacy, numeracy, Social, Moral, Spiritual and Cultural education and the fundamental British Values of democracy, rule of law, individual liberty, and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.
All students — but especially struggling readers and students with dyslexia — benefit from structured
literacy instruction that
explicitly teaches language skills and the essential components of reading.
Emotional
Literacy needs to be
explicitly taught to students, especially students with emotional and behavioral disorders and children with autism spectrum disorders.