Mar 29, 2024  
2020-2021 SUNY Potsdam Academic Catalog 
    
2020-2021 SUNY Potsdam Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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EDLS 306 - Literacy Foundations


3 Credit(s)

Gen Ed: AC.
This course is designed for pre-service teachers responsible for teaching literacy skills and abilities to children in grades PK-6. As a literacy methods course, it teaches the whys and hows of developmental literacy based on its historical, cultural, political, and social foundations. Students critically examine traditional and contemporary literature as historically and culturally situated texts reaching all children including English Language Learners. Additionally, students plan and teach an interdisciplinary early literacy project linked to the NYS ELA Common Core Standards using formal and informal literacy assessment tools. This course is part of the Childhood/Early Childhood Education Program’s Block I Field Experience in which students will complete 30+ hours of classroom field experience. It is taught in conjunction with the methods courses Math Methods (EDUC 310 ), Social Studies Methods (EDUC 312 ) and Teaching Special Needs (EDUC 314). Fall and Spring.

Prerequisite(s): EDLS 207 .



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