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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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SUMMER SESSION 2008
EDUC 473W-4
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DESIGNS FOR LEARNING: READING
(E300)
Shelley Lammie
e-mail: shelley_lammie@shaw.ca
TUESDAY & THURSDAY 5:30-9:20
AQ 5050
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.
Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Instruction
6.
Reading- Writing Connections
7.
Reading Motivation
8.
Developing an Effective Program of Literacy Instruction
9.
Assessment and Evaluation
Objectives:
By the end of the semester students will:
1.
Have created a year-long instructional plan in reading for the grade level/course you are planning to
teach.
2.
Be able to identify, evaluate and select appropriate instructional materials and methods of instruction
for the classroom based on one's understanding of the phases of reading development, cognitive
processes related to reading, and factors relevant to the context of one's classroom and school.
3.
Be able to collect, analyze, and interpret data that provides information regarding students' level of
development in literacy and know how to use this information when planning.
Required Texts:
Rasinski, T. V, Padak, N. D. (2007). From Phonics to Fluency: Effective Teaching of Decoding and
Reading Fluency in the Elementary School (2nd ed.). Toronto: Allyn & Bacon ISBN: 020550308X
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EDUC Outline
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Cunningham, P.M., Moore, S. A., Cunningham, J.W., & Moore, D.W. (2004). Reading and Writing in
Elementary Classroom: Research-based K-4 Instruction
(5th ed.).
Toronto: Allyn & Bacon ISBN:
0205463703
Additional readings from photocopies on file in CET and or/on the WWW
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