Early Childhood Reading Methods

Catalog description

This course addresses evidence-based approaches for the effective teaching of literacy. 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, the concepts of reading and writing connections, assessment, and content area skills and strategies needed for reading to learn, thinking and written discourse are emphasized. This course includes a practicum placement in a school setting. The Education 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.