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Television and literacy

Television and literacy nowadays go hand in hand because almost every household has television set and children spend higher percentage of time watching television that playing other games with their friends out in the field. This behavior means that even their teachers are forced to be watching popular programs among the kids so that when they are in class they can relate and communicate with them easily and with what they understand. In creating a class newsletter there are several things that should be considered such as picking a program heading from the list of television program that has a life story of children and how they are supposed to be living. For example,

Hello children,

After school children should go home directly

After school children should help their parent

At home children should be respectful

At home children should obey their parents.

Like how Tom and Jerry do.

With such statements from a popular television program which the same children understand and have been watching they can sing along the lines and therefore memorizing the statements even without getting the exact meaning but we a teacher introduces a behavior change topic they can easily respond to the question in relation to the program and because the teacher have been watching the program then it will be easy to communicate with the pupils. In the process children will be active immediately as they hear something they can relate to and like.

References

Coats, K. (2013). Children's literature & the developing reader. Electronic Version. Retrieved from https://content.ashford.edu/