Collaborative Reading

Catalog description

This course is required by all students enrolled in the undergraduate Special Education program. The purpose of this course is to provide information regarding methods, materials, and research findings concerned with beginning reading instruction for elementary grades. This course is designed to provide explicit, systematic instruction in Science of Reading methods. Literacy components included: vocabulary, comprehension, fluency, and composition. Following explicit modeling of a variety of systematic strategies, candidates will demonstrate the ability to foster a strong vocabulary foundation in students by developing lessons for explicit Tier 2 vocabulary instruction (vocabulary). Candidates will create lessons that help develop students’ ability to understand, interpret, and critically engage with various types of texts (comprehension). Candidates will demonstrate the ability to develop students’ ability to express thoughts, ideas, and information clearly and effectively in written form (composition).