THE UNDERSTANDINGS BEHIND
BYL RESOURCE
No one series or collection can provide all of
the challenge
or support any group of students needs at any one time.
However, teachers who know what the available books offer,
know their students, and know the key elements of literacy
can mix and match and adapt and amend to provide a
comprehensive
collection of material to nurture emerging
readers and
writers to become competent, fluent, and
passionate creators
and re-creators of the printed and
spoken word. The suggestions
and outlines in this resource
are based on the following
understandings:
◊
Reading and writing are modes within literacy and
are
interdependent between themselves and within the
other
modes of listening and speaking.
◊
Reading is
comprehending. Comprehension is inherent
in the act of reading—not a follow-up activity. To
comprehend
a text means to access and interpret
meaning
for oneself as one decodes the words and
the text
structure.
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Writing is recording one’s comprehension of experiences,