Language and Literature in the Elementary Classroom
General
Prefix
ED
Course Number
310
Course Level
Undergraduate
Department/Unit(s)
College/School
College of Education and Learning Design
Description
Elementary education initial licensure program course with a focus on the centrality of language and literature for literacy development, the relationship between oral and written language (ex. phonology, orthography, morphology, semantics, and syntax), and the creation of classroom structures that support student engagement with literacy at school and home. Exploration of genre and multimodal texts in K-6 classrooms, including texts that are culturally and linguistically inclusive, anti-racist, and equity-minded.
Prerequisites
Credits
Min
3
Max
3
Repeatable
No
Goals and Diversity
MN Goal Course
No
Cultural Diversity
No
Learning Outcomes
Outcome
Demonstrate knowledge of the foundations of the reading processes of emergent readers using narrative and informational texts.
Outcome
Include a variety of formal and informal tools to assess students' literacy learning.
Outcome
Develop a model classroom that demonstrates a motivating environment that fosters foundational literacy including developing and providing opportunities for daily independent reading, self-selecting materials to read, frequent opportunities for sharing what is read.
Outcome
Integrate a variety of strategies to motivate students to read at home and encourage parents or guardians to read to their children, in English and/or in the primary languages of English language learners.
Outcome
Demonstrate knowledge of how to select, evaluate and respond to literature from a range of genres, era, perspectives and cultures.
Outcome
Explicate the process of helping children consolidate knowledge of English grammar and improving reading fluency and comprehension.
Dependencies
Courses
ED310
is a
prerequisite
for: