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“Understanding how students learn, and 

particularly how they learn to read and 

write, influences the instructional 

approaches that teachers use “ (Tompkins, 

2010, p. 5).  

When creating a literate environment and 

choosing such approaches, teachers must 

understand their students’ needs, select 

relevant and fitting texts, and use suitable 

instructional strategies.