| Course Title: The Process of Teaching and Learning: Developing Literacy in Early Childhood and Elementary Schools |
| Start Date: 03/18/2021 End Date: 05/11/2021 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2021 |
| Description: Through a balanced and integrated approach students will learn to develop literacy in early childhood/elementary schools. Class members will learn about emergent literacy, diagnosing language needs, integrating phonics skills in a literature-based program, the teaching of process writing, children's fiction and nonfiction literature, and the use of portfolios for assessment. Course required for spring semester practicum students. Course evaluation is based on written and oral work done individually and in groups. Requires a prepracticum. |
| Distribution(s): NO - Meets No Distrib. Rqmt |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate     | Credits:4.00     |
| Faculty         | Phone         | Email address         |
| Jennifer Jacoby   |           | jacoby@mtholyoke.edu   |
| Meeting Dates         | Method         | Meeting days         | Meeting times         | Building name         | Room     | Frequency     |
| 03/18/2021 - 05/11/2021   | Flex. Immersive Lecture   | Monday   | 12:45PM - 02:00PM   | TBA   | TBA   | Weekly |
| 03/18/2021 - 05/11/2021   | Flex. Immersive Lecture   | Tuesday and Thursday   | 12:45PM - 01:45PM   |   |   | Weekly |
| 03/18/2021 - 05/11/2021   | Flex. Immersive Lecture   | Wednesday and Friday   | 12:45PM - 02:30PM   |   |   | Weekly |
| Permission of the Instructor is required of all students who wish to register.   | ||
| Requisite Courses         | ||
| None |           |           |
| Comments         |
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| Course Tags         | ||
| MOD0002   | MOD-2: Courses meeting in Module 2   | This course meets in Module 2.   |
| MEET0003   | +MEET-3: Expects to meet 3 days per week, on average   | This class is expected to meet 3 days per week, on average   |
| Cross-listed Sections         |
| None   |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open     | Capacity: 15     | Enrollment: 8     | Available: 7     | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List         | Required         | Publisher Full Price         |
| To be determined. |           |           |
| Additional Book Comments         |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class.   |