Overview
Description
Early literacy theory, instruction, and assessment for pre-kindergarten through third grade students.
Requirements
Prerequisites
- Admission to the Elementary Teacher Licensure Program
- Admission to the Early Childhood Program
- Admission to the Educational Masters Program
- Admission to the Literacy Masters Program
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Elementary Teacher Licensure Program, Early Childhood Program, Educational Masters Program or the Literacy Masters Program.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall and Spring
Terms
fall, spring
Restrictions
Admission to the Elementary Teacher Licensure Program, Early Childhood Program, Educational Masters Program or the Literacy Masters Program.
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- identify and describe foundational theories and research related to early literacy development (emergent literacy, family literacy, oral language development).
- identify and describe the following early literacy instructional and assessment components: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary development, comprehension, and writing.
- describe how the early literacy components (phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary development, comprehension, and writing) support an effective literacy curriculum in prekindergarten through third grade.
- demonstrate how to select, implement, analyze, and use literacy assessments to evaluate students and plan instruction.
- plan lessons and units of study based on theory and research supported curriculum and instructional strategies that will meet the needs of linguistically and culturally diverse students and students with a wide range of skills and abilities.
- to compare, contrast, and apply key early literacy theories and current research to literacy classroom practice and assessment at the graduate level.
- analyze the role of literacy policy in the curriculum and assessment plans in school contexts at the graduate level.