Early Literacy & Language I

Catalog description

This course is designed to teach the components of early literacy instruction and the science of teaching reading. Using evidence-based reading research, the course focuses on teaching emergent literacy skills, such as oral language development, print awareness, phonological and phonemic awareness, while addressing decoding, encoding, and word analysis skills. Additionally, this course emphasizes how to plan effective and developmentally appropriate instruction for young, diverse learners. This course may require up to 10 hours of experiential learning.