Language, Writing, and Equity in the Elementary Classroom

Catalog description

In this course, Relay students will cultivate the knowledge and skills to support the oral language and writing development of all students—whether they are native English speakers or multilingual learners. At the beginning of the course, Relay students will learn developmentally 80 appropriate practices to support students’ speaking, listening, and vocabulary development. They will then identify the components of skilled writing, including critical thinking, sentence structure, text structure, writing craft, and transcription, and use these to analyze a writing task. Then, they will dive into four evidence-based writing recommendations and apply them to writing instruction. Lastly, Relay students will study writing lessons and student work samples to plan for instructional techniques such as using the writing process and providing mentor texts to support students as writers.