Learning to Read: Beginning Reading Instruction (EDUC 255)
3 Semester Hours of Graduate Credit
COURSE OVERVIEW
Teach beginning reading using a balanced and integrated approach. Explore the latest reading research and connect it to practical strategies in order to meet state and/or local standards in beginning reading instruction.
Apply a balanced and integrated approach.
- Direct teach of phonemic decoding, comprehension strategies, and literature appreciation.
- Encourage independent reading using a variety of texts.
- Explore relationships among words to teach vocabulary.
- Use writing to foster greater understanding of text.
Develop effective practices for teaching reading proficiency skills.
- Phonemic awareness
- Phonelogical awareness
- Decoding
- Fluencey
- Comprehension
Prevent reading failure through intervention and assessment.
- Screen students using informal assessments.
- Diagnose students using formal assessments.
- Monitor students’ progress.
- Establish an effective intervention system.
INSTRUCTOR
This course is offered through Performance Learning Systems. PLS instructors are experienced classroom teachers and possess excellent facilitation skills.
COST
$460.00 (includes material fee)
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