ELEM 3301 - Integrated Lit. and Language I

Three credit hours.

The course continues the continuum of Emergent Literacy and addresses the needs of students at a higher literacy level. This course focuses on the foundations of the early and fluent stages of literacy for third- and fourth-grade students. Emphasis is given to learning to teach through the components of a comprehensive literacy program with special attention placed on independent reading, literature study and comprehension, integrating literacy in content, and the reading and writing connection.

Prerequisites: Admission to the Elementary Education program; ELEM 2301 - Children’s Literature; ELEM 2303 - Emergent Literacy.
Corequisites: ELEM 3200 - Field Experience II.