RLL538 Literacy Methods I: K-4

Introduces key issues in literacy research and instruction, K-4. Students will engage in discussion of and planning for differentiated instruction in all the language arts (reading, writing, listening, speaking, viewing and visual representation). Reading and writing will be taught as mutually supportive, holistic processes. Students will learn about instructional strategies and materials appropriate for emergent, beginning and early fluent readers. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Elementary Education M.A.T. Program, ELE500, and EPS511. 2 semester hours