The document discusses how to create an effective literacy environment for beginning readers in the 21st century. It identifies three essential aspects: getting to know students as literacy learners both affectively and cognitively, selecting appropriate and engaging texts, and planning instruction from interactive, critical, and response perspectives. Teachers should discover students' interests, motivations, and abilities in order to plan personalized literacy experiences. A variety of texts at different levels should be selected to match students' needs and interests. Instruction should teach strategic reading and writing, critical thinking, and encourage personal responses to texts.

1. How can teachers create an effective literate environment for the beginning reader in the 21st Century? Pam Egolf EDUC6706: The Beginning Reader, PreK-3 Walden University Instructor: Cindee Easton, M. ED.