EDU 624 - Elementary and Middle School Reading

Credit Hours: 3

For pre-K through 6th-grade teachers. Includes field experiences in the diagnosis and remediation of reading disabilities and provides the educator opportunity to engage with one reader to discover student strengths and needs and develop a case study. Includes interest inventories, English language learning screening, visual and auditory discrimination tools, language expression and processing screening, phonemics, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, comprehension, spelling and writing assessment tools, and instructional strategies. Explores current models of reading assessment and support, as well as classroom applications designed to develop effective reading skills and dispositions, including differentiated instruction in response to student needs. For elementary certificate holders, satisfies the Michigan Department of Education reading requirement for professional certificates issued after July 1, 2009, per 2007 PA 32, MCL 380.1531(4).

Location:
Online