Curriculum Const And Assmt: Reading And Language Arts –

rdg537

(4 credits)

This course focuses on the most current research, theory, and methods of reading instruction, while providing students with the background knowledge in language arts necessary to prepare an integrated unit of instruction. Various instructional and assessment techniques, including research-based phonics, are modeled. A practical application project, based on work with a student in a K-8 school setting, is incorporated into the course requirements.

This graduate-level course is 8 weeks. To enroll, speak with an Enrollment Advisor.

Topics and Objectives

Theories and Strategies for Reading Instruction
- Analyze the reading process
- Identify theories and principles on which effective reading is based
- Examine the components of phonology, morphology, semantics, graphophonics, and syntax
- Identify the effective components of a lesson plan
Preparation for the Practicum
- Investigate the use of informal assessments
- Plan for initial tutoring sessions
Assessing Growth in Literacy
- Interpret an Informal Reading Inventory (IRI) or Running Record to identify student strengths, weaknesses, and reading level
- Analyze ways to organize and manage diagnostic information
- Implement a program of remediation based on assessment findings
Children’s Literature
- Explore a variety of genres
- Integrate children’s literature into units and lessons
Learning to Read
- Examine the roles of listening comprehension and oral expression in the development of literacy
- Examine the use of effective oral reading practices to support literacy development
- Analyze the relationship of listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking
- Analyze the interrelationships among cognitive development, metalinguistic awareness, and language learning
- Examine the concept of early literacy
- Apply the relationship of listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking to lesson planning and an integrated unit
Language Learning and Literacy
- Identify instructional strategies and activities for language acquisition
- Examine the value and importance of parental support and involvement in literacy development
The Place of Explicit and Systematic Phonics in Learning to Read and Write
- Examine word attack strategies readers use to process written language for meaning
- Investigate the utility of phonics and structural analysis generalizations
- Analyze the place of phonics in a reading program
- Analyze methods of evaluating phonics mastery
- Analyze print processing techniques and how they relate to developing appropriate and useful reading strategies
- Analyze student writing to evaluate application of phonics elements
- Examine the depth of present knowledge of phonics elements through pretest/posttest measures
Comprehension Connections
- Examine schema theory and how it relates to reading comprehension
- Examine pre-reading, during-reading, and post-reading activities that enhance comprehension
- Evaluate the use of pre-reading, during-reading, and post-reading activities in a tutorial/small group/classroom context
- Identify instructional practices and methods for teaching comprehension
- Deliver and evaluate lessons based on continuous diagnostic assessment
- Examine the relationship between fluency and comprehension
Reading to Learn
- Examine the elements of reading comprehension in reading to learn
- Analyze various study strategies and their application
Vocabulary Building
- Evaluate pedagogical approaches in vocabulary development
Applications of Writing in the Classroom
- Describe the stages of the writing process
Applications of Writing in the Classroom (continued)
- Identify student and teacher behaviors during the various stages of the writing process
- Compare and contrast methods for evaluating student writing, including analytic scoring
- Analyze the integration of grammar, spelling, and handwriting during writing
Managing the Reading Language Arts Classroom
- Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of basal programs
- Examine the ways in which basals are used in a classroom
- Identify ways in which teachers can organize and group students for reading instruction
- Examine the use of effective oral reading practices to support literacy development

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While widely available, not all programs are available in all locations or in both online and on-campus formats. Please check with a University Enrollment Advisor.
Transferability of credit is at the discretion of the receiving institution. It is the student’s responsibility to confirm whether or not credits earned at University of Phoenix will be accepted by another institution of the student’s choice.

Curriculum Const And Assmt: Reading And Language Arts –

rdg537

Theories and Strategies for Reading Instruction

Preparation for the Practicum

Assessing Growth in Literacy

Children’s Literature

Learning to Read

Language Learning and Literacy

The Place of Explicit and Systematic Phonics in Learning to Read and Write

Comprehension Connections

Reading to Learn

Vocabulary Building

Applications of Writing in the Classroom

Applications of Writing in the Classroom (continued)

Managing the Reading Language Arts Classroom

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