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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY ?
SUMMER SEMESTER 2008
EDUC 473W-4
DESIGNS FOR LEARNING: READING ?
(D100)
oDianne Duiismore ?
Office: EDB 9508 ?
Office Hours: Tuesday 1:00-3:30 or by appointment
Tuesday 8:30-12:20 pm AQ 5017
PREREQUISITE:
Educ
401/402.
Course Description
The ability to read and write effectively is fundamental to success in school. Thus, providing students
with high quality instruction that enables them to become effective readers and writers is one of the most
important challenges faced by teachers. This course focuses on how best to meet this challenge. To this
end, we will explore the research supported theoretical principles that undergird effective instructional
practices in reading and learn about, model and discuss various methods of evaluation and instruction
designed to develop the reading skills of students.
Topics Covered
1. Reading Instruction: A Historical Perspective
2.
Developmental Stages/Phases of Reading
3.
The Reading Process
4. Early Literacy Instruction
5.
Comprehension and Vocabulary Instruction
6.
Reading- Writing Connections
7.
Reading Motivation
8.
Reading and Technology
9.
Developing an Effective Program of Literacy Instruction
10.
Assessment and Evaluation
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the semester:
1.
You will create a year-long instructional plan in reading for the grade level/course you are planning
to teach.
2.
You should be able to identify, evaluate and select appropriate instructional materials and methods of
instruction using your understanding of the phases of reading development, cognitive processes related
to reading, and factors relevant to the context of your classroom and school.
3.
You should be able to collect, analyze, and interpret data that provide information regarding students'
level of development in literacy and use this information in the planning process;
4.
You should view yourself as an emerging and engaged member of the reading education discourse
community.
Texts
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EDUC Outline
Cunningham, P. M., Moore, S. A., Cunningham, J. W., & Moore, D.W. (2000). Reading and writing in
elementary classrooms: Research ?
based k-4 instruction (5th ed.). Toronto: Pearson. [CMCM]
Rasinski, T. V., & Padak, N.D. (2001). From phonics to fluency: Effective teaching of decoding and
reading fluency in the elementary school. Toronto: Allyn & Bacon. [R&P]
Additional readings from photocopies on file in CET and or/on the WWW
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