Week 1: Assignment 1: ELA Instruction
English language arts is one of the most important skills that students will learn in their school years. It encompasses reading, writing, language, speaking, listening and language. These are the five basics which are necessary to survive socially and intellectually in the world out there. The common core standards enumerate clear goals for each of these components.
All five skills listed above are all connected and interdependent on each other. Reading requires the student to have good language skills. When a student reads it is important to make sure they have proper comprehension. How do we do that? Through assessments. During assessment, we have students speak or write. Writing skills depend on reading skills. If a child doesn't read well, they probably won't write well either.
All in all, these skills are very important to ensure literacy success in students.
I like how you emphasized the interdependence of all the literary skills. As much as we try to break them down to isolate each one and focus on them individually, we always have to keep in mind the strong connections and mutual reliance that exist.
ReplyDeleteReally well said! The point you mentioned about how ELA gives students tools to survive in the world so true. If students don't learn to communicate effectively they will likely struggle in personal and work relationships and have difficulty presenting themselves well in professional settings.
ReplyDeleteYou also made a nice point that the five basic skills are interdependent. It is not shocking to find that students who struggle in one of the skill areas are affected in the other four areas as well. This is important to keep in mind when a student is struggling so that we can ensure we are mainly targeting the root problem rather than the other areas it may be affecting.