Course Objectives

COURSE OUTCOMES

After completing this course, pre-service teachers/teachers will be able to:

5.    describe reading as a holistic process comprising comprehension, fluency, and word recognition/solving.

6.    Identify phases of second language development and the implications for reading and writing instruction

7.    identify various phases in reading development.

8.    explain the reciprocal nature of reading and writing and the effects of children’s language on their development as readers and writers

9.    develop a repertoire of strategies for teaching comprehension, vocabulary, fluency, and

word recognition/solving to diverse early readers, including multilingual learners and children learning a new language.

10.  differentiate instruction through various classroom organizational structures and teaching strategies.

11.  Identify supports for learning to read and write, including family and community.