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Are you looking for fun ways to engage your emergent or early readers and writers? This course focuses on emergent literacy skills for grades PreK-3. The instructional strategies focus on early reading and writing strategies for teachers to incorporate into their curriculum, the connection to oral language, the development of reading fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. Assessment strategies and techniques will be thoroughly discussed. Strategies for working with struggling readers are also included.

"I found this course to contain lots of ideas and strategies that really enhance literacy learning. I also really appreciated how many websites and other sources were listed." - Karen Savage

Three Enrollment Options

Course Registration Only $124

Course plus graduate level credit from USD ($124 plus $200)

Course plus continuing education units from USC ($124 plus $200)

 

Topical Outline:

Unit One Introduction to the Course Teaching Reading in PreK-3: The Big Difference Assignment #1: Write an autobiography Assignment #2: Article reflection Test #1 Unit Two Early Reading Strategies Phonemic Awareness Phonics and Decoding Test #2 Unit Three Guided Reading  Word Recognition Techniques Oral Language Assignment #3: Respond to a classmate Test #3

Unit Four Reading Fluency Vocabulary Development Comprehension Test #4 Unit Five Literacy Work Stations Emergent Writing Literacy Assessment Test #5 Unit Six Struggling Readers Getting Parents Involved: Reading at Home Resources for Emergent Literacy Assignment #4: Develop a lesson using rhyming, chanting, and/or singing

 

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