Literacy in the Classroom

Here are some ways that literacy is shown in the classroom. For instance the children are all encouraged to write throughout their daily activities. As shown in the upper left, the children also participate in what is called interactive writing. This means that together they write a phase but each child just writes one letter in their best handwriting. Next to that is the sign in board. Every morning, Mike has the children read the board (with help from their parents) and sign in with a different symbol, letter, number, or picture.

The students also came up with writing ideas, so that when they are instructed to write or draw about something they can look on the board and see if there is a good idea.