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2014-2015 Graduate Bulletin 
    
2014-2015 Graduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ASTL 5723 - Understanding and Implementing Best Practices in Teaching Beginning (Literacy II)

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Prerequisite: Teacher certification and admission into the RODP M.Ed. program
This course will engage candidates in reading and discussions to explore theory understand best practices, and implement best practices in literacy instruction grades PreK-3. It will begin with an exploration of theory and best practices for family literacy from the birth of a child to school age. Theory and best practices will be examined from entrance into school, preschool to kindergarten, followed by explorations of best practices for teaching reading and writing in the primary grates. Candidates will be expected to work with primary grade children as they attempt to understand and implement best practices in emergent and early literacy development.