Methods of Primary Reading and Language Arts for Grades K-2

Catalog description

This course includes a study of methods for teaching early literacy skills to primary grade readers, including phonemic awareness, phonics, emergent literacy, the development of the alphabetic principle, concepts about print letter-sound patterns, comprehension of connected text, vocabulary, fluency, academic language and writing. Candidates will learn classroom-based assessments to evaluate student learning in these areas, including concepts of print interviews, running records, miscue analysis, informal reading inventories, fluency checks, oral retelling rubrics and all embedded within phonemic awareness and phonics knowledge, skills and practices. Through lecture and lab, candidates gain experience in planning and teaching primary reading lessons designed to meet the needs of each learner with respect to achievement level, disability, cultural background and primary language.