*MON FRASER UNIVERSITY 46

Summer Semester 2001

EDUC 473 - 4 ?

Kay Polansky

Designs for Learning: Reading

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Office: TBA

Phone: 291-3395

E01.00

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Email: kpolansk@sfu.ca

Thursday 17:30-21:20 in EDB 8620

PREREQUISITES

Educ 401/402

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course offers both theoretical and practical information about teaching reading in Grades K-12.

I use a cooperative learning approach, modeling many strategies that are central to teaching reading

in B.C. schools. Many of our discussions and projects will occur in small groups, and you are expected

to be an active participant in the class.

TOPICS COVERED:

Reading, language, and literacy: Where reading fits in a balanced literacy program

Reading as the active construction of knowledge

Reading as a socio-cultural process

Teaching reading comprehension: Strategies and metacognition

Use of literature and expository texts

Grand conversations: Establishing a literate community

Emerging literacy: Getting it right from the start

Reading and writing connections

Teaching vocabulary and word meanings

Literacy instruction for special populations

Classroom management/Parent involvement

Assessment and evaluation

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

Active participation in class

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20%

Written reflections to assigned readings

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40%

Final project ?

40%

REQUIRED TEXTS:

May, Frank (1998)

Reading as Communication

(Fifth Edition). Prentice-Hall, Inc.

Other required readings (professional journals and/or professional texts) will be self-selected