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Kindergarten and Primary Methods in Literacy

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General

Prefix

ED

Course Number

315

Course ID

00013761-2024-08-26

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 kindergarten and primary age children's literacy development. Assessments and instructional strategies for emergent and early learners that provide explicit instructional support for oral language development, phonological awareness, phonics, word analysis skills, reading and writing. We consider equity within literacy education and use inclusive strategies for multi-lingual and diverse learners.

Prerequisites

Credits

Min

3

Max

3

Goals and Diversity

MN Goal Course

No

Cultural Diversity

No

Learning Outcomes

Outcome

Develop and teach an interactive read-aloud lesson, with discussion and language supports for English learners, that contributes to equity and inclusion in the classroom.

Outcome

Develop and teach a word study/phonics lesson based on an emergent or early developmental stage of orthography.

Outcome

Develop and teach a lesson that supports concepts of print, phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, phonics, alphabet recognition, and writing.

Outcome

Develop and teach a small group reading lesson for different stages of development that includes support for decoding, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.

Outcome

Define the following emergent and early literacy concepts: phonemic ewareness, phonemes, phonological awareness, alphabetic principle, phonics, graphemes, phonograms, morphology, morphemes, decoding, syntax, orthography, syllables, consonants, vowels, consonant digraphs, consonant blends.

Outcome

Analyze primary students' writing and plan for a writing conference.

Course Outline

Course Outline

Knowledge of reading processes. 10% Ways oral language translates to print. 20% The interdependent nature of reading, writing, listening, and speaking. 20% Lessons to support the literacy development of kindergarten. 25% Lessons to support the literacy development of primary-age students. 25%

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