Teaching How to Read and Write
Our school prepares students forthe unknown world of the future andequips them with the life skills that willcontribute to this world. In addition to teaching students reading and writing skills, we also support them to develop thinking, comprehension, inquiry, and evaluation skills.
It is our main principle to help students take on the skills of reading, writing, and communication as a habit using the language that has an important place and function of enriching the life.
Teaching how to read and write covers five areas of teaching Turkish: listening, reading, speaking, writing, and visual reading and visual presentation.
In ourphonics methodology, students start by learning the sounds of Turkish. After a few sounds that make a meaningful whole, students move to syllables, then to words, and then to sentences.
Students learn cursive handwriting asappropriate according totheir development.
The objective for teaching reading:
Is to raise individuals who read for enjoyment, academic purposes, and to get information; who comprehend what they read and can choose the elements that contribute to their own development
Moreover, we want our students to become selective readers who work on various literary works and inquire, and whose awareness is high as they read diverse resources (such as newspapers, encyclopedia, magazines, etc.).
Therefore, the texts and books we choose are an indispensable part of teaching Turkish. Students see and learn how to use vocabulary, characteristics of words, and the subtleties of language.
The texts chosen for reading are related to the unittheme, supportive (informative), and suitable for reflection and reaching conclusions. The activities related to reading are activities that develop thinking skills, imagination, creativity, and efficient reading skills. We ensure that our students use the library actively.