Course Details
Course Code: EDUC612 Course ID: 3949 Credit Hours: 3 Level: Graduate
This course is designed to assist educators in the teaching of reading and language arts. The focus will be on reading, writing, listening, and speaking. The emphasis will be on creating environments conducive to developing all students’ skills in the four language arts using research-based instructional strategies. The course also focuses on differentiating instruction for students of varying literacy levels.
Course Schedule
| Registration Dates | Course Dates | Start Month | Session | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/26/2023 - 12/01/2023 | 12/04/2023 - 01/28/2024 | December | Fall 2023 Session D | 8 Week session |
| 09/25/2023 - 03/01/2024 | 03/04/2024 - 04/28/2024 | March | Winter 2024 Session D | 8 Week session |
Current Syllabi
After successfully completing this course, you will be able to:
- Analyze differences in literacy models of teaching and learning literacy. (NCATE/IRA Standards 1, 2)
- Define, classify, and demonstrate classroom implications of specific theories in literacy achievement and learning. (NCATE/IRA Standards 1, 2)
- Compare and Contrast emerging literacy practice with those of traditional reading readiness programs. (NCATE/IRA Standards 1, 2)
- Select appropriate learning experiences that enhance the development of reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills. (NCATE/IRA Standards 1, 3, 4)
- Explore the relationship between reading and writing and demonstrate the use of specific strategies to implement this interrelationship. (NCATE/IRA Standards 1, 2)
- Assess and develop the different stages of writing and reading. (NCATE/IRA Standard 1, 3, 4)
- Implement a variety of instructional strategies and methods of teaching language growth, reading, and writing through a broad use of a wide variety of children’s literature in a classroom setting. (NCATE/IRA Standard 1, 2, 4, 5)
- Provide instruction designed to develop independent, strategic, motivated readers and writers. (NCATE/IRA Standards 1, 3, 4)
- Design, plan, and implement reading and writing instruction that employs a combination of materials to meet the needs of students in whole groups, dynamic flexible small groups, and independently. (NCATE/IRA Standards 1, 4, 5)
- Use technology for the purpose of teaching reading and writing. (NCATE/IRA Standards 1, 4)
- Understand the range of reading, writing, and speaking difficulties. (NCATE/IRA Standards 1, 3)
- Administer formal and informal assessments of reading and writing literacy. (NCATE/IRA Standards 1, 3)
- Integrate classroom instruction with assessment. (NCATE/IRA Standards 1, 4)
- Support reading, writing, speaking, and listening within and beyond the classroom. (NCATE/IRA Standards 1, 4, 5)
| Name | Grade % |
|---|---|
| Assignments | 27.00% |
| Assignment 1: Language Arts Instruction | 3.38% |
| Assignment 2: Student Learning Assessment | 3.38% |
| Assignment 3: Home-School Literacy Connection | 3.38% |
| Assignment 4: Vocabulary Research and Planning | 3.38% |
| Assignment 6: Children's Literature Database | 3.38% |
| Assignment 7: Read Aloud Lesson Plan | 3.38% |
| Assignment 8: Bank of Writing Rubrics | 3.38% |
| Assignment 9: Biography Presentation | 3.38% |
| Discussions | 51.00% |
| Week 1: Introductions | 2.83% |
| Week 1: Ways to Teach Your Favorite Literature | 2.83% |
| Week 2: Assessment Word Study | 2.83% |
| Week 2: School and Community Relations | 2.83% |
| Week 3: Word Study Vignette | 2.83% |
| Week 3: Vocabulary Development Beyond the Classroom | 2.83% |
| Week 4: Developing Lifelong Readers | 2.83% |
| Week 4: Reading a Passive Process? | 2.83% |
| Week 4: Interpretations and Critiques | 2.83% |
| Week 5: Bringing Home to School? | 2.83% |
| Week 5: Integrating Reading and Writing | 2.83% |
| Week 6: Teaching Manuscript | 2.83% |
| Week 6: Writers Workshop | 2.83% |
| Week 7: Dramatic Presentations | 2.83% |
| Week 7: Demographic Effects on Language | 2.83% |
| Week 8: Language Diversity Effect | 2.83% |
| Week 8: Response to Intervention | 2.83% |
| Week 8: Implications of this Course | 2.83% |
| Case Study | 12.00% |
| Assignment 5-Case Study: Frank the First Grader | 3.00% |
| Case Study 1: Student Development Over Time | 3.00% |
| Case Study 2: A Snapshot of Reading and Writing | 3.00% |
| Case Study 3: Writer's Workshop | 3.00% |
| Classroom Instructional - Observation Paper | 5.00% |
| Classroom Instructional-Observation Project | 5.00% |
| Final Project | 5.00% |
| Final Project: Creating an Ideal Language Arts Classroom | 5.00% |