CHILDREN’S LITERATURE

Catalog description

This course will provide the opportunity to critically read, analyze, and respond to children’s literature while exploring a variety of genres. To serve children well, teachers need to be insightful readers of children's literature, as well as understand t he connection between children's literature to oral language and reading development. This course will provide students with the theoretical knowledge and practical experience for enacting an elementary school curriculum for a classroom, including the exploring of social justice themes and multicultural literature, to serve classrooms with diverse student populations. This course employs a genre approach to literature study which includes methods for using children's literature in the classroom through independent reading, read alouds, and collaborative discussions.