literacy instruction
Teaching to read
Literacy instruction is teaching people to read and write.
The term appears most often in educational contexts discussing methods, curricula, and policies: The district adopted a new approach to literacy instruction.
Debates over literacy instruction—phonics versus whole language, for instance—have shaped elementary education for decades.
- phonicsSound-based reading instruction
- scaffoldingTemporary exterior work platform
- textbooksEducational reference volumes
- classroom environmentConditions within teaching spaces
- critical thinkingObjective evaluation of information
decoding · fluency · reading levels · textual analysis · adult education programs · argumentation · rhetorical skills · read aloud · comprehension · sight words · guided reading · workbooks · vocabulary · inferencing · close reading · formative assessment · synthesis · early childhood education
- literacyreading, spelling, alphabet, writing, vocabulary
- reading skillsvocabulary, decoding, grammar, fluency, comprehension
- teacher educationstudent teaching, teacher certification, teacher prep, teacher education, teacher preparation
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Education in numerical skills
mathematics education · math class · STEM education · physical education · vocational training
literacy instructionilliteracy
Inability to read
slave codes · functional illiteracy · book banning · book burning · ignorance
literacy, instruction, literate, illiterate, illiteracy, literacies, instruct, instructs, instructed