Entry #11: Final Considerations
We've explored many components of literacy development throughout this past semester, examining many texts including, but not limited to, Kucer (2015), Muhammad (2020), and Tompkins (2019). At the beginning of this class I thought I was pretty well versed on literacy while considering myself a literate person, this can be seen in my " Literacy Beliefs Profile ". However there are many key concepts that I have now developed a deeper, more principled understanding of. Phonics is the first and most developed aspect that I have now gained a deeper and more principled understanding of. Prior to reading the phonics chapter in Tompkins (2019), I knew what phonics had to deal with but didn't really understand everything that really goes into it. When checking my background knowledge for the deeper dive into " Cracking the Alphabetic Code " hosted by Muratore and Patterson, I originally defined phonics as the way you put words together using sounds or break them apar...
