IntegLangArts &ReadingDivEarly,Chld (EDU 506A)
Term: 2009-2010 Academic Year Spring
Description
The goals of this course are to enable the teacher candidate to teach effectively the integrated language arts as a meaningful and interwoven combination of listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills as they apply to an interdisciplinary context. Teacher candidates will learn to select varied methodololgies for inclusive instruction in accordance with the New York State Learning Standards in English Language Arts (ELA). The implementation of effective writing processes that employ current research-based methods, technology, and assessment techniques will be addressed. Teacher candidates will be exposed to various theories of reading instruction, including the formation of literature circles, writing workshops that involve journal and portfolio process and product construction. Through professor-classroom lesson presentation, the teacher candidate will demonstrate the principles of an integrated approach to teaching literature and the use of oral and written expression for inc