RDG 3111 - Emergent Literacy K-3

Credits: 3

Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): EDU 2111

Description: This K-3 literacy course focuses on language arts components of emergent literacy development, including oral language development, listening, phonological and phonemic awareness, the alphabetic principle, high frequency vocabulary development, decoding, spelling, and writing development, and fluency development. Instructional strategies and assessment techniques that support the acquisition of literacy, current approaches in teaching emergent readers, and materials used in literacy instruction are also covered.