ECED 280 - Literacy Skills for Teachers

Credits: 3
Variable Credit Course: No

Lecture Hours: 33
Lab Hours: 0
Worksite/Clinical Hours: 0
Other Hours (LIA/Internships): 0

Course Description: Develop fundamental reading, writing, and/or test-taking skills needed for success on standardized exams and in teaching preschool through 3rd grade.

Prerequisite: None.
Meets FQE Requirement: No
Integrative Experience Requirement: No

Student Learning Outcomes

Identify the main idea and supporting details of a reading selection.
Analyze the relationships among ideas or information within one or more reading selections.
Use critical reasoning skills to evaluate a reading selection.
Analyze the writer’s purpose, intent, and point of view in a reading selection.
Determine the meaning of words and phrases in context.
Apply study skills to aid in understanding reading selections, graphs, tables, and charts.
Recognize writing that effectively communicates intended messages.
Apply revision strategies to written works.
Prepare an organized, developed composition in response to instructions regarding content, purpose, and audience.

Course Contents

The main idea and supporting details of a reading selection.
Relationships among ideas or information within one or more reading selections.
Critical reasoning skills to evaluate a reading selection.
The writer’s purpose, intent, and point of view in a reading selection.
The meaning of words and phrases in context.
Study skills to aid in understanding reading selections, graphs, tables, and charts.
Writing that effectively communicates intended messages.
Revision strategies to written works.
An organized, developed composition in response to instructions regarding content, purpose, and audience.

Instructional Units: 3