Description
This course will focus on pedagogical approaches to emergent through fluent literacy acquisition. Teacher candidates will learn about word recognition (decoding/phonics, sight words, high frequency words, structural analysis), comprehension (explicit/literal, implicit/inferential, and evaluative), vocabulary, spelling, writing and fluency instruction. This course will also examine various research-based assessment practices for elementary school teachers. Five (5) weeks of fieldwork are required. (3 units; As offered)