Program Overview

Program Overview

The university program includes a course titled READ 3320 Principles and Practices of Reading Instruction. This course is worth 3 Semester Credit Hours, consisting of 3 Lecture Hours.

Course Objectives

The purpose of this course is to provide the preservice teacher with a solid foundation for effective literacy instruction. The course will review research-based teaching strategies, instructional materials for phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension, as well as methods and assessments for efficacious literacy instruction.

Course Content

The primary focus of the course content will be on core (tier 1) classroom instruction, with discussions of differentiated instruction and frameworks for responsive intervention also addressed. The targeted grade levels for this course are third through sixth grade.

Key Areas of Focus

• Research-based teaching strategies
  • Instructional materials for phonics
  • Instructional materials for vocabulary
  • Instructional materials for fluency
  • Instructional materials for comprehension
• Methods and assessments for efficacious literacy instruction
• Core (tier 1) classroom instruction
• Differentiated instruction
• Frameworks for responsive intervention