Content Area Reading for Elementary Students

Catalog description

This course focuses on recent issues, materials, methods, and strategies considerred essential for effective reading instruction in the elementary school content areas.  Components of the course will include comprehension strategies, vocabulary development, reading-writing connections, and word study. The course will also include but not be limited to the five pillars of reading instruction identified by the National Reading Panel (2000): phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.