Teaching Phonics and Spelling for Beginning and Transitional Readers (Grades 1-3)

Teaching Phonics and Spelling for Beginning and Transitional Readers (Grades 1-3)
Discover research-based instructional activities for teaching phonics and spelling to beginning and transitional readers. Examine the best ways to help students develop oral reading fluency through learning letters, letter-sound correspondence, letter-sound patterns, and high-frequency words. Topics and methods include principles that provide the foundation for No Child Left Behind policies. Study traditional versus contemporary perspectives on spelling instruction, then assess a student’s instructional level in spelling to set appropriate goals for that student. At the conclusion of the course, create a case study of a second grade speller.

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

Grade(s): K-2, 3-5
Producer: WordWise

Teaching Phonics and Spelling for Beginning and Transitional Readers (Grades 1-3)
Discover research-based instructional activities for teaching phonics and spelling to beginning and transitional readers. Examine the best ways to help students develop oral reading fluency through learning letters, letter-sound correspondence, letter-sound patterns, and high-frequency words. Topics and methods include principles that provide the foundation for No Child Left Behind policies. Study traditional versus contemporary perspectives on spelling instruction, then assess a student’s instructional level in spelling to set appropriate goals for that student. At the conclusion of the course, create a case study of a second grade speller.

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

Teaching Phonics and Spelling for Emergent Readers (Grades PreK-K)
Discover research-based instructional activities for teaching phonics and spelling to emergent readers and writers. Topics and methods include principles that provide the foundation for No Child Left Behind policies. Practice assessing the performance of emergent readers and analyzing students’ work samples to determine their knowledge levels. Use assessment data to design instructional activities for teaching letter-sound correspondence, high-frequency words, word recognition, and spelling. As a final exercise, create a case study of an emergent speller.

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: WordWise

Teaching Phonics and Spelling for Emergent Readers (Grades PreK–K)

Teaching Phonics and Spelling for Emergent Readers (Grades PreK–K)
Discover research-based instructional activities for teaching phonics and spelling to emergent readers and writers. Topics and methods include principles that provide the foundation for No Child Left Behind policies. Practice assessing the performance of emergent readers and analyzing students’ work samples to determine their knowledge levels. Use assessment data to design instructional activities for teaching letter-sound correspondence, high-frequency words, word recognition, and spelling. As a final exercise, create a case study of an emergent speller.

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: McREL

Teaching Reading Fluency (Grades 2-5)
Discover the importance of reading fluency in the reading process. Learn how to assess students’ fluency using quantitative and qualitative techniques. Apply an array of practical, research-based strategies to help students gain reading fluency both at school and at home. Explore how technology fosters students’ reading fluency. This course is also ideal for helping older, struggling readers. Content aligns with the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Standards 1, 2, 3, 4, and 12.

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 Reading in Mathematics

Teaching Reading in Mathematics
Gain an understanding of the importance of reading in mathematics. Address skills and knowledge that students need to read mathematics material more effectively. Learn and share strategies to help struggling students organize ideas, understand text organization, make meaningful connections, and persevere through challenging reading materials. Assess the effectiveness of different teaching strategies in your classroom. This course is aligned with the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Communication Standards.

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): Mathematics , Reading/Language Arts
Grade(s): 3-5 , 6-8 , 9-12
Producer: McREL

Teaching Reading in Science
Give your students the right reading skills and they will be better prepared to understand their science textbooks. Explore strategies for training students to read science texts in new ways, thus expanding their reading comprehension and understanding of science content. Discuss effective strategies to help your students organize ideas, understand text organization, set goals for reading, make meaningful connections, and persevere through challenging reading materials.

Subject(s): Reading/Language Arts , Science
Grade(s): 3-5 , 6-8 , 9-12
Producer: McREL

Teaching Reading in the Content Areas
Master new approaches for teaching reading across the content areas by adapting strategies that meet the needs of students in various grade levels. Explore environments that promote effective reading and learning. Examine the particular skills and knowledge that students need in order to read content material effectively. Discover methods to help students become more independent as readers and learners. Create learning experiences that encourage your students to access prior knowledge, set a purpose or target for reading, organize and summarize ideas, take notes, and reflect on what they have discovered through their reading..

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 , 9-12
Producer: McREL

Teaching Vocabulary: Word Meaning and Word Knowledge (Grades Pre-K-2)

Teaching Vocabulary: Word Meaning and Word Knowledge (Grades Pre-K-2)
Learn to evaluate your beginning students’ word knowledge, incorporate vocabulary instructional strategies into your teachings, and design more effective lesson plans. Study the role vocabulary knowledge plays in the relationship between the written vocabularies of reading and writing, and in the oral vocabularies of listening and speaking. Analyze vocabulary-related standards, and evaluate your own instructional practices with respect to the National Council of Teachers of English/International Reading Association (NCTE/IRA) standards and your state’s standards.

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 Vocabulary: Word Meanings and Word Knowledge (Grades 3-5)
Learn to evaluate your elementary school students’ word knowledge, incorporate proven vocabulary instructional strategies into your teachings, and design more effective lesson plans. Study how to enhance reading comprehension through context-based instruction, direct instruction and incidental exposure. Then evaluate your own instructional practices with respect to the National Council of Teachers of English/International Reading Association (NCTE/IRA) standards and your state’s standards.

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): 3-5
Producer: EDC

Teaching Vocabulary: Word Meanings and Word Knowledge (Grades 3-5)
Learn to evaluate your elementary school students’ word knowledge, incorporate proven vocabulary instructional strategies into your teachings, and design more effective lesson plans. Study how to enhance reading comprehension through context-based instruction, direct instruction and incidental exposure. Then evaluate your own instructional practices with respect to the National Council of Teachers of English/International Reading Association (NCTE/IRA) standards and your state’s standards.

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
Producer: EDC

Teaching Vocabulary: Word Meanings and Word Knowledge (Grades PreK-2)
Learn to evaluate your beginning students’ word knowledge, incorporate vocabulary instructional strategies into your teachings, and design more effective lesson plans. Study the role vocabulary knowledge plays in the relationship between the written vocabularies of reading and writing, and in the oral vocabularies of listening and speaking. Analyze vocabulary-related standards, and evaluate your own instructional practices with respect to the National Council of Teachers of English/International Reading Association (NCTE/IRA) standards and your state’s standards.

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 Writing in Mathematics

Teaching Writing in Mathematics
Investigate the benefits and challenges of using writing in mathematics and discover tools to integrate writing in meaningful ways in the classroom. Use a mathography lesson to gain insight into your students’ attitudes. Apply principles learned to help your students organize and communicate mathematical concepts. Interact with other learners to draw upon their prior knowledge and experiences. As a final task, develop a plan of action for implementing writing in a mathematics 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): 6-8, 9-12
Producer: McREL

Teaching Writing in Science (Grades 6-12)
Examine how writing fits into your science curriculum and learn new instructional strategies for your students. Explore writing strategies that deepen students’ understanding of science, and help you better assess that understanding. Help your students engage in persuasive writing tasks, and develop an instructional plan over the length of the course for using writing effectively in your classroom. Put your plan into action and draw conclusions from the experience.

Subject(s): Reading/Language Arts , Science
Grade(s): 6-8 , 9-12
Producer: McREL

Teaching Writing in the Content Areas (Grades 6–12)
Review the research basis for incorporating writing instruction across the curriculum; address the issue of finding the time to write; evaluate writing assessments; study readily adopted practices to promote writing in your classroom; and, finally, develop a plan to bring writing into your classroom, regardless of the content area.

Subject(s): Mathematics , Reading/Language Arts , Science
Grade(s): 6-8 , 9-12
Producer: McREL

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