EDUC 754A - Elementary School Reading

2 hours
The elementary teacher candidate will develop the understanding that the reading process is a broad continuum ranging from emergent literacy to reading across the curriculum in content areas. The course is designed to present the most current best practices in reading instruction, and to help the candidate master skills, strategies, and approaches appropriate for a balanced literacy program that integrates essential skill development, strategy instruction, literature study, and authentic reading and writing experiences. The foundational instructional approaches feature a broad scope of the knowledge of strategies for teaching including: phonemic awareness/phonics, fluency, text comprehension, vocabulary development, literature circles, and reading-writing in specialized content areas for advanced readers. The candidate must complete Field Experience III and Field Experience IV by the conclusion of this course. GR