Literacy Practices for the Developing Learner, Grades 2 - 4

Catalog description

Teacher candidates will acquire a thorough understanding of pedagogies to support the literacy development of learners in grades 2, 3, and 4. Candidates will be prepared to use a variety of instructional strategies and materials selectively, appropriately, and flexibly. Candidates will be prepared to use multiple strategies for developing students’ vocabulary/concept knowledge and phonics knowledge/decoding skills in addition to understanding how word meaning and fluency support comprehension. Candidates will be able to teach multiple comprehension strategies that support readers to construct meaning from text, both literary and informational, and monitor their comprehension. Candidates will gain strategies to support learners’ writing skill development. Candidates will be prepared to plan and teach cohesive lessons that embed research-based pedagogies. Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll. Enrollment limited to students with the ACCEPTANCE - TEACHER CANDIDACY attribute.