What Is Literacy?

 

      Literacy is the ability to read and write. It includes skills like being able to recognize sounds and relationships between letters. It is the basic skills needed for effective communication. These skills include speaking, listening, and thinking critically. These skills are developed over years of learning. For one grade level to the next students learn to build onto their literacy foundation. I’ve the years, literacy has become more complex. Everyday experience often expands our vocabulary and literacy skills. The more we experience the easier it is to attach concepts to previous experiences.

    There are lists of different materials that can be used in terms of literacy. Different genres of books feed into different skills. Some are more creative like magazines, and comic books. They can require you to be more creative while others require you to focus more on vocabulary and small details. Literacy skills also differ in different content areas. In science you can use different books, and magazines as supportive documents as well as textbooks. Literacy in science requires being able to understand different concepts compared to Math and English. It’s used to be able to draw conclusions.

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