Teaching Reading & Language Arts

Catalog description

Teaching Reading and Other Language Arts: This course provides an in-depth study of literacy development focusing on social, cognitive, and linguistic foundations. Critical reading of professional literature extends knowledge base and assists candidates in developing a philosophy of writing instruction emphasizing the writing process, the challenges of the diverse classroom, and the integration across content areas. Demonstration of various instructional approaches and strategies to promote a print-rich environment and to teach children to effectively use syntactic, semantic, grapho-phonic, and pragmatic cueing systems and comprehension of story. Competency in planning learning experiences that incorporate the communication processed in all curricular areas. Common Core State Standards will be used as basis for K-6 lesson development. A field experience is required. (Offered every spring term.)