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Topic |
Assignment
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Burns, Roe & Smith
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Strickland & Morrow
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January 14
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Overview of the course
Defining Literacy
Defining Children's Literature
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Start Children's Literature File
Use Classroom Resources to help you get started.
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Chapter 1
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Part 1
Chapters 1-6
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January 19
|
Martin Luther King Day
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January 21
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Defining Reading
Processes of Reading and Comprehending
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Discussion of Chapters 1-6
Children's Literature File
Learning Log
Goodman- "Reading: A Psycholinguistic guessing game."
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Part 2- Chapter 7
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January 26
January 28
|
Models of Literacy
Top-down, Bottom-up, Interactive
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Children's Literature File
Learning Log
Goodman- "Reading: A Psycholinguistic guessing game."
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February 2
February 4
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Lesson Planning
Lesson Planning/ Emergent Literacy
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Chapter 2
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Chapter 8
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February 9
February 11
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Emergent Literacy (definition and competencies)
Emergent Literacy/ Guiding Instruction
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Emergent Literacy Tape Analysis
Stage 1: Emergent Reader
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Chapter 12
Chapter 7 (LEA)
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Chapter 13
Chapter 9
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February 16
February 18
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TEST PREP
TEST ONE
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Children's Literature File
Readings
Lesson Plans Draft
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Chapters 1, 2, 12 &7
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Part 1
Chapters 7, 8, 9 & 13
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February 23
February 25
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Word Recognition
Strategies for phonics, decoding, and word attack
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Stage 3: Fledgling Reader
Reading Rods
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Chapter 3
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Chapter 10
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March 1
March 3
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Meaning Vocabulary
Meaning Vocabulary Strategies
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Learning to Read and Write
Lesson Plan Final Draft
Learning Log due
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Chapter 4
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March 8 & 10
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Spring Break
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March 15
March 17
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Comprehension Strategies
Comprehension/ Questioning
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Stage 4/ Transitional Reader
Characteristics of exemplary first grade reading instruction
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Chapter 5
Chapters 6 & 9
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Chapter 12
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March 22
March 24
|
TEST PREP
TEST ONE
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Children's Literature File
Readings
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Chapters 3, 4, 5, 6, & 9
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Chapters 10 & 12
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March 29
March 31
|
No Class
Major Approaches
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Work on Literature File
Large group lesson/ small group follow-up
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Chapter 8
Chapter 7
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April 5
April 7
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Major Approaches
Major Approaches
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Effective primary grades literacy instruction= balanced literacy instruction
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Chapter 10
Chapter 13
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Chapter 15
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April 12
April 14
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Major Approaches
Major Approaches/ Literature
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Implemented Lesson Plan and Feedback Due
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April 19
April 21
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Children's Literature
Children's Literature
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Literature database Due
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Chapter 11
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Chapter 14
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April 26
April 28
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Reading Recovery
Special Needs
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Second Lesson plan due
Opening the dialogue
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Chapter 14
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May 7
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FINAL EXAM
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12-3 pm
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