spacerLearner's Edge Inc. Courses

Subject: EDUCNumber: 793
Title: Reaching Young Readers: Improving Reading Skills K-3
Level: GraduateMedium: Text-based
Semester: On-goingUnits: 3
Cost: $360Register: Online Registration (LEI courses)
Description: 
At last, a reading course for primary teachers that incorporates the most recent research and relevant strategies. Explore the five core instructional areas and how each affects student achievement: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. Whether your students have special needs or show no apparent learning difficulties, this course will expand your repertoire of teaching strategies and help you put students on the road to literacy.

Recommended Grades K-3
Objectives: 
  1. Participants will explore the five core instructional areas of reading: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension.
  2. Participants will learn specific strategies in each of these instructional categories.
  3. Participants will apply their learning by designing activities for their classroom that incorporate the strategies explored in the course.
Textbook: 
Instructor: Kyle Pederson, Joe Cotter, Dr. William Martin
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