• Great Basin College -1500 College Ave., Elko, NV 89801 • Instructor: Teresa Stauffer • Meets: Mondays 4-6:45 Syllabus EDRL 443 Literacy II CONTACT INFORMATION • • • • • OFFICE: DCIT 260 phone: 775-753-2359 cell: 989-619-4207 email: teresa.stauffer@gbcnv.edu Office Hours: M:12-3, T:10-12 • • • • General Information GBC Handbook Guidelines Attendance is expected Late work is unacceptable This course requires group work Grading policy: • 90-100 A • 80-89 B • 70-79 C • 60-69 D • 59 and below F • Written work except assessments can be turned in at least 24 hour early for formative comments •The handbook rules will be followed unless arrangements with the instructor involving schedule of assignments or attendance is made in advance •Plagerism is unacceptable and all plagerized work will be assesed as cheating •APA format for written essay assignments is manditory •Lessons taught in a practicum setting is expected and must be secured in a timely manner •No questoin is too small, no comment too time consuming. Please ask, seek help. NEED HELP? MATERIALS AND BOOKS Suggested: Vacca & Vacca, (2015). Reading & Learning to Read, Pearson. ***will be available in the bookstore. Suggested: Eide, (2011). uncovering the Logic of English: A common sense solustion to America's Literacy Crisis, PediaLearning. Course Description: Designed to help pre-service elementary teachers understand and apply current research and best practices in teaching reading, writing, listening and speaking from a holistic, integrated perspective. The course emphasizes the relationship between literacy, language arts, and other curricular areas, as well as teaching methods and strategies specifically related to language arts. Content area reading, selection and use of appropriate materials, resources, and technologies will be addressed. Prerequisite: Must have been admitted into the Teacher Education Program and be taking EDEL 315. Learner Outcome INTASC Standard Assessment Students will demonstrate understanding of Mentor texts in a book club setting by creating strategy lessons Standard 1(d,e,f,g) Standard 2 (c,d) Standard 3 (b,d,i,j) Standard 4 (d,f,h,m,o,p) Standard 8 Students will demonstrate understanding of planning and managing the workshop approach to reading instruction by Standard 1 (d,e,f,g) Standard 2 (c,d) Standard 3 (b,d,i,j) Standard 4 (d,f,h,m,o,p) Each week design mentor text strategy-mini lesson to share for book club format – students will share these and create a usable anthology of strategies for the mentor texts. With the creation of each strategy mini-lesson for book clubs, the planning and explanation of center activities will also be listed. planning strategies for book clubs and centers. Students will engage in the writing process to gain content knowledge of the traits of writing and several model of instruction for writing by completing writing samples, and an assessment. Students will demonstrate an understanding of the Writer’s Workshop approach at a variety of grade levels by planning. Standard 1 (b,f,i) Standard 7 Artifact for Portfoliorequired Students will create writing samples for the models of teaching writing. A mid-term test over the content of the processes shared will be given. Standard 1 Standard 3 Standard 6 Standard 7 Standard 8 Students will design a plan that includes the Writer’s workshop model for writing instruction. Students will demonstrate an understanding of the instruction of grammar conventions though the use of notebooks. Standard 6 Standard 8 Students will use notebooks as a strategy for instruction with grammar and formative assessment. Students will demonstrate an understanding of ways that technology is integrated in reading and writing instruction. Standard 4 Standard 7 Standard 8 Students will engage in collaborative colleague planning by sharing instructional strategies in the book club format. Students will demonstrate understanding in integrating content areas in unit construction by Standard 9 Students will include technology in strategies used in planning for writing instruction, grammar instruction, and book clubs (reading instruction) Students will share strategies to create usable anthologies of ideas. Standard 4 Standard 5 Standard 7 Standard 8 Students will create a integrated unit which will include reading and writing workshops, social studies, math, and science creating an integrated unit. in content using a mentor text. This will be the final assessment. There will be periodic reading and writing assignments that will directly relate to classroom teaching in today’s schools. The strategy assignments due on a weekly basis are required and must be created in a way that can be digitally shared with the other students of the course. Since you will be sharing your strategies with the other students of the class, be sure to be conscientious to attend every class period. Each class period will begin with the reading club format and will follow with the informational, interactive lecture format. The class will be lecture captured for your study purposes and review. IMPORTANT NOTICE: ALL ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE DUE AS STATED IN THE MODULES. OTHER NOTICES, COMPUTER GLITCHES, OR CHANGES BY THE INSTRUCTOR ARE ONLY VALID IF THEY APPEAR IN THE MODULES.