EDRD 3350 - Integrated Reading/Writing Instruction in the Middle Grades

3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102.
This course is designed to develop appropriate research-based teaching strategies that will enable candidates teaching or mentoring in a middle grades classroom to effectively integrate reading and wiritng instruction. Candidates will apply learning theories, teaching techniques, instructional materials, and assessment procedures for middle grades learners that apply to both reading and writing instruction. Students will develop and implement plans for teaching writing through content area reading texts that promote critical thinking and cross-curricular engagement.