Early Literacy Foundations

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READ 3223. Early Literacy Foundations. Reading and language arts theory, research, and methods for early childhood. Developmentally appropriate instruction with a focus on ways to scaffold and sequence skills and concepts to teach reading, writing, listening, speaking, viewing, and visually representing to young children in early childhood through third grade. Instructional practice capitalizing on oral language; planning for early literacy instruction; and intersections of language, family literacy, and culture in the home for beginning readers. 15-hour practicum required. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.