• Teaching Reading (and Field Experience)

Catalog description

Identification of relationships among reading, writing, oral language, comprehension processes, and instructional strategies. Description of English language structure, word identification strategies, and the role of vocabulary knowledge in language. Analysis of texts for K-12 classrooms. Assessment strategies for reading and writing needs. Recognition of characteristics and instructional strategies for dyslexia. Prerequisites: Major in special education k-12 academic behavioral strategist or minor in special education Offered: Fall. Special Notes: Includes 35 field experience hours over 12 weeks in supervised reading instruction in a K-12 setting.