Courses

Prerequisite: Teacher Education Program eligibility and RDG 304. This course is required by all students enrolled in the undergraduate Early Childhood/Elementary Education program. The purpose of this course is to provide information regarding methods, materials, and research findings concerned with beginning reading instruction for elementary grades. Foundations of literacy including reading, writing, listening, spelling, and speaking will be emphasized.

This course is required by all students enrolled in the Alt-A Early Childhood Education Programs. The purpose of this course is to provide information regarding methods, materials, and research findings concerned with beginning reading instruction for elementary grades. Foundations of literacy including reading, writing, listening, spelling, and speaking will be emphasized. This course is designed to provide explicit, systematic instruction in Science of Reading methods.

A course focusing on methodology, materials, and techniques for developing systematic instruction and diagnosis appropriate for early childhood and elementary children. This course has a required field experience.

A course focusing on methodology, materials, and techniques for developing systematic instruction and diagnosis appropriate for early childhood and elementary children. This course has a required field experience.

Materials and methods in the teaching of reading, with emphasis on assessment-based instruction and planning a balanced program. Intensive field experience. Writing proficiency is required for a passing grade in this course. A student who does not write with the skill normally required of an upper-division student will not earn a passing grade, no matter how well the student performs in other areas of the course. Writing

In this course, emphasis is placed upon teaching vocabulary, comprehension, and study skills in the content fields in grades six through twelve. The course includes materials and methods of teaching reading through science, English, social science, and mathematics.

Methods, materials and research findings concerned with beginning reading instruction emphasizing P-3.

Materials, methods, and theory of the science of reading appropriate for the middle levels.

The identification and evaluation of reading skills with an emphasis on developing competencies and constructing reading exercises to improve skills using the content materials of secondary school subjects.

Provides knowledge of certain basic developmental and remedial reading skills, practices, and concepts. Extends those learned in previous, reading courses and shows how to apply fundamental skills and knowledge to the classroom. This will include adapting fundamentals of reading instruction to the various subject matter areas (i.e., the sciences, social studies, English, etc.). Survey of special reading programs such as remedial reading and reading instruction as practiced in special education.