EDU 317 - Children’s Literature in Grades K-5

Credits: 3

The course offers pre-service elementary (grades K-5) teachers practical ideas to help their future students read competently and think critically and to encourage students’ enjoyment of reading through multiple instructional strategies, technologies, and language activities based on research and best practices of what works for all children. A variety of reading materials will be explored: new books published in the last five years, reflecting diverse and multicultural standards and competencies; literature based on different topics, themes, content/subject areas, a variety of situations and settings; and various and different types of informational texts as well as more traditional stories, poems, biography, and non-fiction.
Prerequisite: Admittance into the teacher education program
Offered: Spring evening

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EDU 317 - Children’s Literature in Grades K-5