MRD 7803 Strategies and Materials for Teaching Reading and Writing

Students study the rationale for and implementation of integrated reading and writing programs. Emphasis is on strategies and techniques that develop decoding/word recognition skills and automaticity, oral and silent reading fluency, word study and vocabulary knowledge, reading comprehension skills, methods for self-monitoring, questioning, and reading enjoyment. Students explore materials used to implement balanced literacy programs. Establishing objectives, including critical thinking, evaluative criteria, and appropriate evaluation techniques for assessing progress are studied. MRD candidates are required to model/demonstrate strategies in classrooms other than their own and conference with teachers. This course is used in conjunction with MED Instruction: Teacher of Reading, with emphasis on the candidate's classroom needs.

NOTE: This course is used in conjunction with MED Instruction: Teacher of Reading, with emphasis on the candidate's classroom needs.