EG 6763 - Reading in the Content Area (3)

This course is for candidates in the M.Ed. with reading specialty program. Candidates will practice strategies to help K-12 teachers in all content areas enhance student learning, particularly with relation to reading and writing. It emphasizes teaching activities, study strategies, and specialized skills for learning content by reading a variety of text structures. The course provides an overview of how students learn to read and the importance of meta-cognitive skills in reading. The focus will be on strategies to help reading specialists recognize and respond to the variety of ability levels and linguistic and cultural backgrounds in a classroom. Ed.S courses will have additional assignments.