Teaching of Literacy, Gr 4-8: Processes, Skills & Strategies

Catalog description

This course is a three-credit course, which develops pedagogy in the teaching of reading and the related language arts. Keeping with current theory that the communication processes - reading, writing, listening, and speaking - cannot arbitrarily be divided, this course will present pedagogy in an interrelated and integrated format. Understandings, teaching strategies and techniques will be consistent with the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA), the Structured Literacy (SL) Program Framework Guidelines for 4-8th grades, and the Pennsylvania Core Standards for Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening. Throughout this course, students will have opportunities to establish the habit of on-going professional growth. This class will also provide students with concrete experiences to interact within a school setting. Prerequisite: Admission to Advanced Professional Standing (APS) status.