Elementary Literacy Methods & Content (323-0-20)

Instructors

Terrie Bridgman

Meeting Info

Annenberg Hall G08: Wed 6:00PM - 8:50PM

Overview of class

Elementary Literacy Methods and Content is organized to provide pre-service and in-service teachers with the professional background to provide literacy instruction to culturally and linguistically diverse students in grades 1-5. The course moves from knowledge and beliefs about literacy to the applications of organizing and managing creative and effective literacy classroom practices.

Students will examine, evaluate, and reflect upon their beliefs about literacy and the belief systems of others, including current discussions and debates around antiracist teaching practices, balanced literacy, Science of Reading, and Dyslexia. We share key instructional routines within the literacy block and utilize metacognitive strategies related to reading and writing practices. We believe literacy and learning are lifelong processes.