SIN FRASER UNIVERSITY

Intersesssion 2003

LVUL4I/Z

-'4

Cathy Morgan

Designs for Learning:

Office: NWTEC

Elementary Language Arts

Phone: (250) 635-6511

*DO100

E-mail: cmorgan@cmsd.bc.ca

*Locat

ion: Terrace, BC

PREREQUISITE:

Educ 401/402.

This course will focus on developing knowledge, skills and strategies to create a stimulating and balanced

English/Language Arts program. Issues in the six Language Arts strands will be examined through current

theory and practice. The course will provide the opportunity to examine your understandings about the ways in

which students use language in communicating and meaning making.

Participants will take part in seminars, group work, literature responses, classroom field studies, demonstrations,

and completion of a literacy unit. You will be invited to consider your own literacy learning and ways to integrate

First Nations content. Due to the broad nature of the course (K-12), students will be able to complete a

self-directed inquiry of a Language Arts topic at their preferred teaching level.

TOPICS

language acquisition

= the process of reading and writing

integration of all Language Arts strands

early literacy

understanding the complexities involved in teaching Language Arts in multi-cultural environments

= reading and writing across the curriculum

=> assessment and evaluation

literature experiences for children and youth

strategies for effective Language Arts instruction

impact of community on developing literacies

enhancing the home-school studies

REQUIREMENTS

=' regular attendance and participation

completion of assigned professional readings

completion of oral and written assignments

planning an integrated Language Arts unit

completion of classroom field studies

REQUIRED READINGS

1.

Tompkins, Gail E. Language Arts Content and Teaching Strategies.

2.

Trelease, Jim. The Read-Aloud Handbook. (Elementary)

3.

North Vancouver School District; Reading 44 (Primary or Intermediate)

4.

Other readings will be identified and made available at the first class and throughout the course.