ED 3323 Reading Comprehension for Elementary Teachers (Blk 1)

Three hours (On Campus)

Elementary teacher candidates will become familiar with vocabulary development and its importance and role in reading development. Candidates will examine reading comprehension skills and strategies as they relate to imaginative/literary texts as well as informational/expository texts. Candidates will examine the importance of speaking and listening as part of comprehensive reading and language arts instruction through practical presentations, and teaching experiences in the classroom and in the field experience placement. Candidates will demonstrate an understanding of formal and informal methods of reading comprehension assessment and its relationship to instruction through practical teaching experiences both in the classroom and in the field experience placement. Field experience required.

Prerequisite: ED 2143
Corequisite: ED 3333
Offered on campus Fall semester