Learning and Teaching Literacy in Childhood Settings I: Literacy in the Primary Grades

Introduction to language and literacy development from kindergarten to grade 3. Focuses on the processes of reading, writing, listening and speaking and ways to design appropriate teaching strategies for supporting children’s growth across these four areas of literacy development. Processes of language and literacy development; focus on phonological awareness; phonics; word recognition; comprehension; fluency; and vocabulary development. Ten hours of fieldwork is required.