Primary Language Arts Methods

Catalog description

This course is designed to prepare students to teach Language Arts to children in preschool through fifth grade from a holistic, developmentally appropriate perspective. Students will become more familiar with best practices, teaching strategies, and classroom application in regards to the disciplines of Language Arts instruction. In addition, National Standards and the Ohio Model Curriculum relating to primary childhood will be explored as well as an interdisciplinary approach in the elementary classroom. The course will involve collaborative learning within a constructivist seminar setting. A field component will allow for observation and strategy implementation in the primary childhood classroom. During this time students will observe, plan and implement lessons, in both whole and small groups. Prerequisites: EDFD101 and EDFD110 Co-requisites: EDEL406,EDEL408 College of Health and Human Sciences School of Education