METHODS OF TEACHING WRITING PREK-4

PREREQUISITE: EDEL2000, GRADE OF C OR BETTER This course will provide opportunities for you to learn how to teach PreK-4 students to learn to write for a variety of purposes, based on the Pennsylvania academic standards and assessment anchors. You will learn how to use backwards-design to create lessons that focus on student growth areas, and how to assess writing samples to inform further instruction. In this process you will also learn how to improve your own writing so that you can serve as a model for your students. You will be expected to demonstrate model handwriting for printing and cursive.