What is literacy?

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  • Phonological awareness (i.e. the awareness of what sounds are and how they come together to make words). It includes the ability to rhyme, segment words into syllables and single sounds, blend sounds together, identify sounds in different positions in words and manipulate sounds within words.
  • Reading (i.e. the ability to decode written symbols and signs, understand the meaning of words and coordinating these skills together in order to read fluently).
  • Spelling (i.e. the ability to arrange letters in the correct order to make words that are communally understood).
  • Written communication (i.e. the physical performance of handwriting, typing, spelling, grammar and story planning).