WMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

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Summer Session 2001

EDUC 473 '4

KathieCornell

Designs for Learning: Reading

Office: TBA

Phone:

291-3395 / 469-9729

Monday, Wednesday & Friday

D03.00

13:00-16:50 in WMX

2200

PREREQUISITES

Educ 401/402

COURSE DESCRIPTION

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

REQUIREMENTS

Participants will be expected to attend class prepared to discuss assigned readings and become

actively involve themselves in group activities. Assignments will include:

• Child Study on Reading Behaviour

(participants will work with an elementary-age child throughout the course)

• Reading Strategy Demonstration

• Individual Inquiry Project

REQUIRED READINGS

May, Frank. Reading as Communication (5th ed.). Prentice-Hall Inc., 1998.

Province of B.C. Performance Standards: Reading. Victoria, BC: Ministry of Education

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.