Date

Assignments due

Aug. 29

Syllabus

Aug. 31

Personal Literacy Autobiography

Ch. 1—Becoming an Effective Teacher of Reading

Create a Graphic Organizer (See Textbook Compendium)

Sept. 5

Labor Day

Sept. 7

Me Box

Ch. 2—Teaching the Reading and Writing Processes           Create a Venn Diagram comparing Reading and Writing Processes

Sept. 12

Ch. 9—Assessing Students’ Literacy Development

Create a K-W-L Chart

Sept. 14

Exam #1—Ch. 1, 2, 9

Sept. 19

Introduction of ABC books

Sept. 21

Ch. 3—Working with Young Readers and Writers

Bring handwriting paper with alphabet written in D’Nealian and Zaner-Bloser

Sept. 26

Ch. 4—Cracking the Alphabetic Code

View the Guided Reading Lesson on the CD-ROM.  Do a Quickwrite after viewing the video.

Sept. 28

Field Experience

Oct. 3

Me Box Reflection due

Ch. 5—Developing Fluent Readers and Writers

Create an Anticipation Guide

Oct. 5

Exam #2—Ch. 3, 4, 5

Handwriting Test

Oct. 10

ABC Books due

Oct. 12

Ch. 6—Expanding Students’ Knowledge of Words

Create an idiom poster (p. 207) and a word map (p. 212).

Oct. 17

Shared Literature Experience Reflection due

Ch. 7—Facilitating Students’ Comprehension: Reader Factors

Using a picture book or journal article, create a Connections Chart (p. 219) with two examples each of text-to-self, text-to-world, and text-to-text

Oct. 19

Field Experience

Oct. 24

Ch. 8—Facilitating Students’ Comprehension: Text Factors

Oct. 26

Ch. 8, cont.

Oct. 31

Examining Contextual Factors due

Exam #3—Ch. 6, 7, 8

Nov. 2

Ch. 10—Teaching with Basal Reading Textbooks

Nov. 7

Ch. 11—Teaching Literature Focus Units

Nov. 9

Ch. 11, cont.

Nov. 14

DRTA/DLTA Reflection due

Nov. 16

Ch. 12—Orchestrating Literature Circles

Nov. 21

Ch. 12, cont.

Nov. 23

Thanksgiving Break

Nov. 28

Ch. 13—Implementing Reading and Writing Workshop

Nov. 30

Ch. 14—Reading and Writing in the Content Areas

Dec. 5

Ch. 14, cont.

Dec. 7

Literacy File due

Final Exam Period

Exam #4—Ch. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14