Methods of Reading

Catalog description

This course includes a study of methods for teaching 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 connected to text, vocabulary, fluency, academic language and writing. Candidates will learn classroom-based assessments to evaluate student learning in these areas, including concept of print interviews, running records, miscue analysis, informal reading inventories, fluency checks, oral retelling rubrics, 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.