EDCI 36203 - Literacy Instruction In K-3 Classrooms

Credit Hours: 4.00. Candidates will learn about theories of language and literacy development as related to the research and practice of a balanced approach to literacy instruction in the primary grades, K-3. Typically offered Spring.

Course Learning Outcomes
1. Create environments that foster language development.
2. Select, analyze and adapt materials for developmentally appropriate literacy instruction.
3. Select, use and interpret appropriate assessment, documentation and observation tools to inform instruction.
4. Use assessments to identify teaching strategies to support emergent and beginning readers.
5. Understand the role of the family in children’s literacy development and involve families in reciprocal respectful relationships to support this development.

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