ECE 302 Literacy Methods I

3 Credits

Literacy Methods I focuses on the foundations for early literacy learning and the instructional strategies for teaching beginning reading and writing from Pre-Kindergarten to Grade 1. All aspects of the literacy curriculum and teaching young children reading skills before the age of formal instruction are investigated. An emphasis is placed upon effective and developmentally appropriate strategies for young children. Additionally, students examine issues that impact literacy learning, such as diversity, home-school connections, the role of play in learning, creating a print-rich environment, and oral language development. Students also learn how to implement specific literacy assessments in order to make sound instructional strategies for developing beginning readers and writers.

Prerequisite(s): ECE 101 / EDU 101

NOTE: There is a required field component for this course. All students are required to have valid clearances to participate in field experience. Students may not take ECE 302 Literacy Methods I unless they have been officially accepted to the Early Elementary (PK-4) and Special Education (PK-8) major.