ED516 Teaching Literacy Across Curriculum

Focus is on strategies for developing literacy in the Language Arts classroom and across the curriculum for grades 4-8. Students design an interdisciplinary thematic unit, using: narrative and expository literature, content frameworks, Common Core Curriculum State Standards, and best research-based practices. Study of quantitative assessment includes discussion of state and national accountability initiatives, as well as the use of assessment results to improve instruction. Undergraduate Prerequisite: ED224 or Instructor Permission. If this class is taken at the 500 level, it is a graduate course and expectations for student performance are at an advanced level. Course requirements and/or evaluation of requirements are more rigorous than at the lower division section of this course. 15 hours of field experience is required.