READ 3800 - Approaches to Teaching Writing

(4) Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to Educator Preparation; READ 3200 and READ 3600
Co-requisite: ECED 3500 or SPED 3500
This course focuses on approaches for planning and implementing writing instruction and for assessing student writing in the elementary grades, P-8. Candidates will explore the developmental nature of writing, approaches to teaching and assessing writing, and strategies for integrating digital and multimodal literacy skills into the writing curriculum. We examine and use specific strategies for writing instruction that effectively address the needs of second-language learners. Literature for intermediate and accomplished readers in a variety of genre and formats will be integrated throughout the course. This course includes a field experience in a fourth or fifth grade classroom.