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Sodium has a valence of +1, because it has 1 valence electron, which it will readily lose to form compounds with non-metals. Chlorine has a valence of -1, because it needs 1 electron to fill its outer electron energy level (it already has 7). Like sodium, it is easy for chlorine to do this, since it only needs one. In fact, sodium and chlorine easily react with each other to from sodium chloride, or salt.

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Q: Why sodium has valency 1 and chlorine also 1?
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