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.