Erly Literacy Instr II, Birth-Grd2

Catalog description

This course focuses on the creation of language-rich environments and holistic approaches to reading and writing instruction that meet the needs of children with varying language preparation and aptitudes, as well as the needs of children from diverse backgrounds. Course topics include a range of teaching and learning modalities; connections between speech sounds and spelling; ways to help students achieve fluency and comprehension; spelling conventions; special attention to student reading problems, with identification of services and approaches available for children who are not making adequate progress in reading; assessment and remediation of reading problems; language and literacy for gifted students; the importance of coordination of efforts among general educators, special educators, reading specialists, and parents; and approaches used with language-minority children, including the conditions under which greater or lesser emphasis is placed on reading and writing in the native language. Students do one-on-one work with a child who has reading problems and complete a comprehensive case study based on that work.