Curriculum and Instruction in Language and Literacy I (E1)

Three credits · Undergraduate

This course is designed to prepare prospective elementary teachers to teach the language arts: reading, writing, speaking, listening, and viewing. Also included is comprehensive literacy programming, children’s literature, authentic assessment, and organizing the classroom for language instruction across the curriculum. Throughout this course, the practical influence of various language arts theories is emphasized with a particular focus upon early literacy in the lower elementary grades. Three credits. EDUC 412A C & I in Early Elementary Mathematics (E1) This course includes an examination of the early elementary school mathematics program (grades Primary – 3), and of various approaches to teaching mathematics to children, with emphasis on exploring strategies for the development of conceptual understanding through multiple representations. Three credits. EDUC 412B C & I Upper Elementary Mathematics (E1) This course includes an examination of the upper elementary school mathematics program (grades 4 – 6), and of various approaches to teaching mathematics to children, with emphasis on exploring strategies for the development of conceptual understanding through multiple representations. Three credits.