School of Educ and Social Sci
Graduate

Term: Fall 2024
Session: 2nd 8 Week On-ground (Oct 21 - Dec 13)
Start Date: Monday, Oct 21, 2024
End Date: Friday, Dec 13, 2024
Availability: On Campus
Day(s): Mon.
Time: 06:00 PM to 10:00 PM

Candidates will be introduced through theory and practice to a variety of strategies for teaching reading and writing in a k-6 setting. Phonemic awareness phonics vocabulary text comprehension and fluency are the focus of the course with a strong connection to current practice and research. Candidates will become aware of ways to analyze and implement reading programs and ways to support children as they develop as readers. Candidates will also become familiar with materials used in the classroom to support literacy development. Additionally each student will develop the basic knowledge skills and strategies for teaching students who are linguistically and culturally diverse and/or have diverse learning needs in the general education classroom.Prerequisite: RDSP6700 Co-requisite: EDUC64003 Credits