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An Introduction to Underlying Principles and Research for Effective Literacy Instruction
(Grades K-8)

An Introduction to Underlying Principles and Research for Effective Literacy Instruction
(Grades K-8)
Learn strategies that follow the No Child Left Behind policies for research-based literacy and reading instruction. Study developmental stages through which children gain independence in the use of phonemic awareness, phonics, and word recognition. Explore the levels of skills required for students in kindergarten through eighth grade to expand their vocabulary and comprehension proficiency. Become familiar with the literacy needs of English language learners (ELL), students with learning disabilities, and other struggling readers. At the conclusion of the course, create a literacy plan for your classroom.

Subject(s): Reading/Language Arts , Instructional Strategies
Grade(s): K-2 , 3-5 , 6-8
Producer: WordWise

An Introduction to Underlying Principles and Research for Effective Literacy Instruction
(Grades K-8)
Learn strategies that follow the No Child Left Behind policies for research-based literacy and reading instruction. Study developmental stages through which children gain independence in the use of phonemic awareness, phonics, and word recognition. Explore the levels of skills required for students in kindergarten through eighth grade to expand their vocabulary and comprehension proficiency. Become familiar with the literacy needs of English language learners (ELL), students with learning disabilities, and other struggling readers. At the conclusion of the course, create a literacy plan for your classroom.

Subject(s): Reading/Language Arts
Grade(s): K-2 , 6-8
Producer: WordWise

Children's Authors on the Web: Online Sites that Motivate Students to Write (Grades K-6)

Children's Authors on the Web: Online Sites that Motivate Students to Write (Grades K-6)
Discover an exciting method that motivates students to read and write by using author studies. Through a problem-based approach, learn to conduct an author study that integrates the use of technology and the Internet. Explore author websites and other Internet sources to build a collection of resources that introduce students to a variety of genres, while encouraging them to experiment by communicating with others in different forms. Create an individual author study, which, in turn, provides you with a well-developed plan that inspires students to read, write, and use technology

Subject(s): Reading/Language Arts , Technology Integration , Instructional Strategies
Grade(s): K-2 , 3-5 , 6-8
Producer: Indiana University

Effective Writing Instruction (Grades 1-3)

Effective Writing Instruction (Grades 1-3)
Explore the theory and practice of effective writing instruction for students in the first through third grades. Discover how to set up and maintain a Writing Workshop. Survey obstacles to good student writing and share insights with online colleagues. Learn to teach the evaluation of source credibility. Determine how to support English language learners’ (ELL) diverse learning needs. As your final project, either write a synthesis paper or design a class website to accompany a Writing Workshop program..

Classroom Link-Access to students recommended. PBS Classroom Link courses ask learners to implement lessons with their class or with a small group of students (options for learners without access to students are available.

Subject(s): Reading/Language Arts
Grade(s): K-2 , 3-5
Producer: EDC

Effective Writing Instruction (Grades 4 - 6)

Effective Writing Instruction (Grades 4 - 6)
Explore the theory and practice of effective writing instruction for students in the fourth through sixth grades. Enhance your enjoyment of teaching writing to students at this developmental cusp. Capitalize on the students’ greater autonomy by focusing on teaching research paper writing. Learn how to find topics that capture and maintain young writers’ interests, explore the connection between reading and writing, and consider the use of writing across the curriculum. Explore how a computer facilitates research paper writing, storage, and revision. Examine your own writing life and how it impacts your writing instruction..

Classroom Link-Access to students recommended. PBS Classroom Link courses ask learners to implement lessons with their class or with a small group of students (options for learners without access to students are available.

Subject(s): Reading/Language Arts
Grade(s): 3-5 , 6-8
Producer: WordWise

Effective Writing Instruction, Grades PreK-K
Explore the theory and practice of effective writing instruction for students in pre-kindergarten through kindergarten. Acquire theoretical and practical information that you can apply immediately in your classroom. Use an array of strategies for supporting students’ writing development—including modeled writing, shared writing, interactive writing, and independent writing—to help you improve both your assessment of, and writing instruction for, young students..

Classroom Link-Access to students recommended. PBS Classroom Link courses ask learners to implement lessons with their class or with a small group of students (options for learners without access to students are available.

Subject(s): Reading/Language Arts
Grade(s): K-2
Producer: EDC

Facilitating Oral Language Development (Grades PreK-3

Facilitating Oral Language Development (Grades PreK-3)
Gain both theoretical and practical information about facilitating oral language development in pre-kindergarten through third grade students. Learn authentic ways to assess students’ oral language, practice strategies for teaching vocabulary to young students, and differentiate instruction to meet the needs of diverse students, including English language learners (ELL).

Classroom Link-Access to students recommended. PBS Classroom Link courses ask learners to implement lessons with their class or with a small group of students (options for learners without access to students are available.

Subject(s): Reading/Language Arts
Grade(s): K-2, 3-5
Producer: EDC

Integrating the Internet into the K-2 Language Arts Curriculum

Integrating the Internet into the K-2 Language Arts Curriculum
Explore numerous Internet resources that can enhance classroom learning and then learn how to choose and successfully integrate such resources into your existing curriculum. The National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) serve as a guide for selecting the most appropriate resources. As a final task, develop a plan for meaningfully integrating your chosen Internet resources into your language arts curriculum.

Subject(s): Reading/Language Arts , Technology Integration , Instructional Strategies
Grade(s): K-2
Producer: Indiana University

Teaching Narrative and Expository Comprehension (Grades 4-6)

Teaching Narrative and Expository Comprehension (Grades PK-K)
Strengthen your knowledge of the factors that affect student comprehension, including the impact of genre, and learn comprehension assessment strategies. Create activities that use play, art, drama, and technology to extend student learning beyond book reading sessions. Design a professional development seminar that shares the strategies for fostering narrative and expository comprehension in PreK-K students.

Classroom Link-Access to students recommended. PBS Classroom Link courses ask learners to implement lessons with their class or with a small group of students (options for learners without access to students are available.

Subject(s): Reading/Language Arts, Instructional Strategies
Grade(s): 3-5 , 6-8
Producer: EDC

Teaching Narrative and Expository Comprehension (Grades PK-K)

Teaching Narrative and Expository Comprehension (Grades PK-K)
Strengthen your knowledge of the factors that affect student comprehension, including the impact of genre, and learn comprehension assessment strategies. Create activities that use play, art, drama, and technology to extend student learning beyond book reading sessions. Design a professional development seminar that shares the strategies for fostering narrative and expository comprehension in PreK-K students.

Classroom Link-Access to students recommended. PBS Classroom Link courses ask learners to implement lessons with their class or with a small group of students (options for learners without access to students are available.

Subject(s): Reading/Language Arts , Instructional Strategies
Grade(s): K-2
Producer: EDC

Teaching Narrative and Expository Text Comprehension (Grades 1-3)
Strengthen your knowledge of the factors that affect student comprehension, including the impact of genre, and learn comprehension assessment strategies. Explore how to support English language learners’ (ELL) diverse learning needs. Develop lesson plans for direct instruction of comprehension skill, and a plan that uses a collaborative approach to teaching a comprehension skill. As a final task, evaluate the effectiveness of your school’s reading comprehension curriculum..

Classroom Link-Access to students recommended. PBS Classroom Link courses ask learners to implement lessons with their class or with a small group of students (options for learners without access to students are available.

Subject(s): Reading/Language Arts
Grade(s): K-2 , 3-5
Producer: EDC

Teaching Narrative and Expository Text Comprehension (Grades 4-6)
Learn to assess student comprehension and plan appropriate instruction for fourth- through sixth-grade students. Explore strategies for teaching writing to English language learners (ELL). Develop narrative and expository text lesson plans that use a collaborative teaching approach for direct instruction of comprehension skill..

Classroom Link-Access to students recommended. PBS Classroom Link courses ask learners to implement lessons with their class or with a small group of students (options for learners without access to students are available.

Subject(s): Reading/Language Arts
Grade(s): 3-5, 6-8
Producer: WordWise

Teaching Narrative and Expository Text Comprehension (grades PreK-K)

Teaching Narrative and Expository Text Comprehension (grades PreK-K)
Strengthen your knowledge of the factors that affect student comprehension, including the impact of genre, and learn comprehension assessment strategies. Create activities that use play, art, drama, and technology to extend student learning beyond book reading sessions. Design a professional development seminar that shares the strategies for fostering narrative and expository comprehension in PreK-K students.

Classroom Link-Access to students recommended. PBS Classroom Link courses ask learners to implement lessons with their class or with a small group of students (options for learners without access to students are available.

Includes additional coursework and/or readings for greater depth (eligible for 3 credit hours).

Subject(s): Reading/Language Arts
Grade(s): K-2
Producer: WordWise

Teaching Phonemic Awareness and Phonics (Grades PreK-5)
Delve into teaching phonemic awareness and phonics to elementary school students. Study the stages of literacy development and engage in assessing the performance of developing readers. Reflect upon the relationships among oral language, phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, phonics, and written language—and use this insight to establish a balanced language arts program. Learn to design instructional activities that strengthen students’ skills in phonemic and phonological awareness, letter-sound correspondence, and phonograms.

Subject(s): Reading/Language Arts
Grade(s): K-2 , 3-5
Producer: WordWise

Teaching Phonemic Awareness and Phonics (Grades PreK-5)

Teaching Phonemic Awareness and Phonics (Grades PreK-5)
Delve into teaching phonemic awareness and phonics to elementary school students. Study the stages of literacy development and engage in assessing the performance of developing readers. Reflect upon the relationships among oral language, phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, phonics, and written language—and use this insight to establish a balanced language arts program. Learn to design instructional activities that strengthen students’ skills in phonemic and phonological awareness, letter-sound correspondence, and phonograms.

Includes additional coursework and/or readings for greater depth (eligible for 3 credit hours).

Subject(s): Reading/Language Arts
Grade(s): K-2, 3-5
Producer: WordWise

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