Literacy Instruction in the Elementary School
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General
Prefix
ED
Course Number
408
Course ID
00013632-2024-08-26
Course Level
Undergraduate
Department/Unit(s)
College/School
College of Education and Learning Design
Description
Elementary Education initial licensure course. Exploration of the characteristics of readers and writers across developmental stages of literacy. Instructional strategies, research, and theories of teaching literacy across elementary content areas. Academic language, word analysis skills, vocabulary, fluency and comprehension with attention to inclusive strategies for multilingual and diverse classrooms.
Prerequisites
Credits
Min
3
Max
3
Goals and Diversity
MN Goal Course
No
Cultural Diversity
No
Learning Outcomes
Outcome
Analyze children's ability to use written, spoken, and visual language to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences and for different purposes.
Outcome
Construct strategies that provide explicit instruction in general academic and content-specific vocabulary development.
Outcome
Argue the critical role vocabulary knowledge plays in reading.
Outcome
Apply strategies to explicitly teach and provide guided practice in reading comprehension.
Outcome
Facilitate reading comprehension at various stages of development by selecting and using a range of texts, activities, and strategies before, during, and after reading in multiple ways.
Outcome
Design and implement strategies for teaching academic language including syntax, discourse, and vocabulary.
Outcome
Develop plans for literacy instruction that incorporate methods of fluent word-level skills in automatic word reading, oral reading fluency, reading comprehension, and motivation to read.
Outcome
Identify a range of strategies that support multilingual learner's English language development and literacy.
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