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FRASER UNIVERSITY
Summer Session 2003
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Kathie Cornell
Designs for Learning: Reading
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Office: TBA
Phone: TBA
Monday! Wednesday
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D03.00
8:30-12:20 in EDB 7610
PREREQUISITE:
Educ 401/402
Enabling learners to read and write with confidence is a fundamental goal for all elementary teachers. This
course will examine the theories supporting the teaching of reading and writing and relate those principles to
current classroom practice. We will explore the nature of the reading process and model and discuss
structures and strategies to promote literacy acquisition throughout the grades. The following topics will be
addressed:
• The Big Ideas Around Literacy
• Emergent Literacy
• Learning Environments That Promote Literacy
• Reading and Writing Connections
• Cues, Clues and Strategies Readers Use
• Using Literature to Enhance Literacy
• Developing a Balanced Literacy Program
• Assessment and Evaluation to Support Learning
REQUIREMENTS
Participants will be expected to attend class prepared to discuss assigned readings and become
actively involved in group activities. Assignments will include:
• Child Study on Reading Behaviour
(participants will work with an elementary-age child throughout the course. It is expected that the
participant will find a child who is an early reader or a struggling reader to work with. If this is not possible
the course instructor will help make contacts in Burnaby.)
• Reading Strategy Demonstration
• Individual Inquiry Project
REQUIRED READINGS
May, Frank. Reading as Communication (6th ed.). Prentice-Hall Inc., 2001.
Province of B.C. Performance Standards: Reading. Victoria, BC: Ministry of Education
Province of B.C. English Language Arts IRP. Victoria, BC: Ministry of Education
Province of B.C. Performance Standards: Writing. Victoria, BC: Ministry of Education
Available in
class: Reading 44: A Core Reading Framework School District 44 North Vancovuer
Custom Courseware Package (articles and resource materials)
A list of recommended texts, library reserves and suggested resource books will be given out on the first day
of class.