Principles and Practices of Reading Instruction

Catalog description

The purpose of this course is to provide the preservice teacher with a solid foundation for effective literacy instruction.  This course will review research-based teaching strategies, instructional materials for phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension will as methods and assessments for efficacious literacy instruction.  The primary focus of course content will be on core (tier 1) classroom instruction with discussions of differentiated instruction and frameworks for responsive intervention also addressed.  The targeted grade levels for this course are third through sixth grade.