Elementary Education Reading Methods

Catalog description

This course addresses evidence-based approaches for the effective teaching of literacy in 1st-5th grade. The five essential components of reading instruction, as identified by the National Reading Panel, of this class include: phonemic awareness skills, phonics skills, reading fluency, vocabulary development, and comprehension strategies. Additionally, reading and writing assessment, content-area skills and strategies for reading to learn, and the reading-writing-thinking connection are emphasized. This course includes a practicum placement in a school setting. The teacher candidate observes and learns to create rich literate environments which foster reading, writing, speaking, listening and technological literacies through the integration of their foundation knowledge, use of instructional practices, approaches and methods, curriculum materials, and the appropriate use of assessment. This course includes a practicum placement in a school setting.