EDU 453: CP: LANG ARTS INTEGRATION ECE

This DATA course presents candidates with methods, materials, and organizational techniques for providing integrated language arts in the differentiated early childhood classroom. The course will highlight strategies for reading, writing, speaking, listening, viewing, and visually representing across the early childhood curriculum. This course will also address candidate attainment of grammatical competence in oral and written communication to improve syntax and writing style. During the 7-week DATA practicum conducted in the second half of the semester, candidates will have opportunities to plan, implement, and evaluate lessons that address differentiation of essential language arts content, instructional practices, and student products based on student readiness, interest, and learning profile. This course will focus heavily on teacher candidate proficiency development and should be taken during the semester before the Clinical Residency experience. Prerequisite: Stage II Admission to Clinical Practice Block.