METHODS OF TEACHING READING PREK-4
EDEL 3035 | 3 Credits | UG
PREREQUISITE: EDUC1010, GRADE OF C OR BETTER This course provides the foundation for teaching reading according to PA academic standards and assessment anchors for PreK through grade 4, for students with a broad range of abilities and diverse cultural backgrounds. The focus is on research-based instruction around the Five Big Ideas of Reading: fluency, comprehension, vocabulary, phonemic awareness and the alphabetic principle. Strategies for dealing with struggling readers will be emphasized, and you will learn to differentiate your reading instruction for students reading above-, on-, and below-level. This will be exciting, intense, hands-on work that will teach you to understand reading in a whole new way.