Basic Reading Instruction Gr 1-Gr 6

Catalog description

This course focuses on current approaches to teaching reading and writing in developmental context. Course topics include creation of language-rich environments; the nature of oral and written communication; assessment of language and reading skills; motivational factors in literacy development at home and in school; approaches to organizing functional reading and writing programs; and approaches to working with English language learners, students with disabilities, and gifted students. Students are exposed to evidence- based methods of instruction and critically examine the concept that instruction should be evidence-based.