Nelson Literacy is built on a comprehensive framework that provides multiple opportunities for explicit teaching and practice of the literacy strategies students need to be successful.
Oral Communication
Foundation for literacy learning
Students need numerous opportunities to talk about learning
Students need opportunities to develop skills and strategies that effective speakers and listeners use to interact with others
Reading
Complex process that involves applications of strategies before, during, and after reading
Students need to learn and apply a repertoire of reading strategies
Writing
To be able to communicate ideas with ease and clarity, students need opportunities to write for various purposes and audiences
Understand elements of effective writing and writing process
Media Literacy
Students need skills to critically interpret messages from various media
Use media to communicate their own ideas effectively
