Integrated Literacy II

Catalog description

A study of methods, materials, and assessment related to literacy instruction. An emphasis on using assessment information for guided reading and writing as well as small group intervention to build literacy skills is provided. The focus is on learning how to integrate skills-based instruction with authentic literacy experiences. Extensive field experience included. Prerequisite: EDUC 355. Offered fall term each year. Three semester hours. EDUC 357/357M. Disciplinary Literacy - In this course, students attain disciplinary literacy knowledge, including building background knowledge, deconstructing complex discipline-specific text structures, posing discipline-specific questions, and providing evidence to support and evaluate claims. During the clinical experience, students observe quality instruction and reflecting on the disciplinary literacy strategies observed. Later in the experience, students move from observing lessons to creating lessons through lesson and unit planning assignments. Students learn and demonstrate knowledge of the following discipline-specific literacy components: Prior knowledge; academic language; instructional strategies involving reading, viewing, listening, speaking, and writing to provide students with opportunities to acquire, comprehend, and communicate discipline-specific information; vocabulary; questioning; culminating daily tasks. Offered spring and summer terms each year. Three semester hours.