A course focusing on planning, teaching, and assessing the four broad areas of literacy: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students learn the developmental process of how students learn to read and write. They become familiar with state and national literacy standards, objectives, scope, content, organization of the reading curriculum, and lesson planning. Emphasis is placed on the science of reading and the five components of reading identified by the National Reading Panel-phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. Students apply what they learn in this class in the corequisite practicum courses. This course is to be taken the fall semester prior to student teaching or with
permission of the instructor and Department Chair.
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 2090 Theory of Reading and acceptance into the Teacher Education Program, or permission of the department chair.
Corequisite(s): SPED 3480 Curriculum Adaptations for Language Art Methods.
(Normally offered each fall semester.)
EDUC 2090 Theory of Reading (2 hours)
This course serves as a theoretical foundation for the Reading and Language Arts Methods course. Students will define reading and discuss the purposeful nature of reading. The class presents a historical look at the various theories of reading acquisition with an in depth look at the science of reading and the five components of reading identified by the National Reading Panel-phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 1010 Introduction to Education in the United States, EDUC 2050 Human Development and Learning I and sophomore standing.
(Normally offered each spring semester.)
Archway Curriculum: Essential Connections: Writing Instructive
SPED 3480 Curriculum Adaptations for Language Art Methods (1 hour)
As a corequisite with EDUC 3450 Methods for Teaching Literacy in K-6, this course will involve the critical study of materials, curriculum, and effective instruction used in teaching children and youth with disabilities.
Corequisite(s): EDUC 3450 Methods for Teaching Literacy in K-6.
Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into the Teacher Education Program or permission of the department chair.