Using Children’s Literature in the Classroom

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This course is designed to familiarize students with a variety of current literature for children and young adolescents. Students will design strategies for utilizing literature in the classroom as a basis for sound language arts instruction and as a means to integrate reading and literature throughout the curriculum and across various content areas. Issues of student motivation, meeting adolescent needs, reading instruction, response to literature, connections to writing and assessment will be addressed. Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 2 Repeatability: May not be repeated for credit. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Course Level Restrictions: Graduate Semester Schedule Type (Primary): Lecture Schedule Type (Additional): Lecture/Supervised Lab/Clinic,Lecture/Unsupervi Lab/Clinic,Seminar-Small Group,Supervised Lab/Clinic,Unsupervised Lab/Clinic,Independent Study,Directed Study (one-to-one),Asynchronous Instruction,Internship/Practicum,Thesis,Dissertation Click here for the Schedule of Classes.