Fostering Literacy and Language Development Across Disciplines

Catalog description

Explores evidenced based practices for literacy instruction in grade 3-6. Students study foundational reading and writing skills alongside theories and practices of motivation and engagement to support literacy and language development and learning. Students learn assessment measures for identifying individual literacy learning needs and methods for organizing instruction that includes access to diverse texts and resources to support all learners. Threaded throughout the course is the importance of understanding and supporting the diverse linguistic, cultural and learning experiences of students and communities and the awareness of how children comprehend and construct text across multiple modalities. Disciplinary literacy strategies children access for success across content areas are studied. A cumulative GPA of 2.75 is required.