COURSE OUTLINE: EDRD 355 Template
Class Meeting / Topic/Topics / Assignments Due / Related Readings1 / How Children Learn to Read / Syllabus, Professionalism Policy, Professional Dispositions
Begin Chapter 1 (Glaser & Moats) (p. 7-13)
**Assign NAEP Activity
2 / How Children Learn to Read / NAEP Activity Due / NAEP Discussion
Chapter 1 (Glaser & Moats)
Theoretical Models (Pgs. 24-28 in Glaser & Moats) and BRI Theories Information
3 / Understanding Research / Using Research and Reason in Education by Stanovich and Stanovich
Glaser & Moats (p. 9-10)
Course Doc: Using Research and Reason in Education
**Assign Research Project
4 / How Children Learn to Read
Emergent Literacy / Complete Chapter 1 (Glaser & Moats)
Chapter 3 (Cecil) select sections: Reading readiness (p. 39-40), Emergent literacy (p. 40-44), Concepts about print (p. 45), Reading aloud (p. 48-51)
Course Doc: The Language Explosion
**Assign Read Aloud Lesson Plan
5 / Exam 1 (50 points)
Chapter 3 (Cecil), Theories notes
Standards (Mississippi & Common Core)
Common Core State Standards Introduction
Oral Language, Vocabulary, and Comprehension / Exam #1
In class--Language Arts Framework Activity / Begin Chapter 2 (Glaser & Moats)
Course Docs: Common Core State Standards K-5
MLAF Link on Blackboard
**Assign CCSS Activity
6 / Oral Language, Vocabulary, and Comprehension / Article #1 for Feedback Due / Complete Chapter 2 (Glaser & Moats)
7 / Phonological Sensitivity and Assessment
Difference Between Phonemic Awareness and Phonics
*Reading Rockets Video:
Sounds and Symbols / Assessment of Phonological Sensitivity (APS) text—pgs. 2-8.
Review and practice procedures for administering the APS—pgs. 11-14.
Chapter 3 (Glaser & Moats)
Put Reading First pgs. 1-10 on Blackboard
Report of NRP pgs. 7-8 on Blackboard
Phoneme Awareness Activities Packet
**Assign Emergent Reader
8 / Phoneme Awareness
Difference Between Phonological and Phonemic Awareness / CCSS Activity Due / CCSS Discussion
Chapter 3 (Glaser & Moats)
Put Reading First pgs. 1-10 on Blackboard
Report of NRP pgs. 7-8 on Blackboard
**Review Emergent Reader Assignment Directions and APS Procedures
9 / Phoneme Awareness
Phonics / Complete Chapter 3 (Glaser & Moats)
Begin Chapter 4 (Glaser & Moats)
Put Reading First 11-19
Report of NRP 8-11
10 / Phonics
*Moats DVD / Research Project Due / Chapter 4 (Glaser & Moats)
Put Reading First 11-19
Report of NRP 8-11
11 / No Class Meeting:
Go to PDS Site 8am-10am / Meet at PDS Site / Discuss read-aloud assignment with CI
12 / Phonics
Peer evaluation and feedback on read-aloud lesson plan / Read-aloud lesson plan for peer evaluation AND/OR for 355 instructor approval / Chapter 4 (Glaser & Moats)
Put Reading First 11-19
Report of NRP 8-11
13 / No Class Meeting:
Go to PDS Site 8am-10am / Meet at PDS Site
14 / Phonics / Read-aloud lesson plan for 355 instructor approval if not previously approved / Chapter 4 (Glaser & Moats)
Put Reading First 11-19
Report of NRP 8-11
Phonics Activities Packet
15 / No Class Meeting:
Go to PDS Site 8am-10am / Meet at PDS Site / Clinical Instructor read-aloud lesson plan feedback and approval
16 / * Oral Phonics Exam (100 points)
Students will meet individually with instructor during class to complete exam. / Emergent Reader Assessment Due / When not meeting with instructor, students will read the document below and complete the guide. Once the oral exams are complete, the class will discuss the article or will discuss at the beginning of the next class.
Course Doc: What Can I Say? Article and Guide (DO NOT READ PRIOR TO CLASS)
18 / No Class Meeting:
Go to PDS Site 8am-10am / Meet at PDS Site
19 / Reading Fluency
**Barksdale Fluency Module / Read Aloud Reflection & Lesson Plan Due / Chapter 5 (Glaser & Moats)
Put Reading First 21-31
Report of NRP 11-13
**Assign Field Experience Reflective Paper Assignment
20 / No Class Meeting:
Go to PDS Site 8am-10am / Meet at PDS Site / Complete Focused Observation Checklist & Take Notes
21 / Reading Fluency
**Barksdale Fluency Module
*Reading Rockets Video: Fluent Reading / Chapter 5 (Glaser & Moats)
Put Reading First 21-31
Report of NRP 11-13
21 / No Class Meeting:
Go to PDS Site 8am-10am / Meet at PDS Site
22 / Reading Fluency
**Barksdale Fluency Module
*Reading Rockets Video: Fluent Reading / Chapter 5 (Glaser & Moats)
Put Reading First 21-31
Report of NRP 11-13
Fluency Activities: Partner Reading, Readers’ Theater, Echo Reading, Choral Reading
23 / Exam 2 (130 points)
Vocabulary / Exam #2:
Chapters 1-5 (Glaser & Moats)
Begin Vocabulary: Putting the Pieces of the Puzzle Together
Course Doc: Putting the Pieces of the Puzzle Together and Guide
24 / Vocabulary
Begin Core Program Evaluation
In-class assignment: Evaluating a core reading program / Field Experience Paper Work Due AND
Field Experience Reflective Paper Due / Chapter 7 –126-129, 144-145(Cecil)
Put Reading First 33-45
Report of NRP 13-14
Review of Glaser & Moats 48-61
Course Doc: FCCR Guide for Reviewing Reading Programs
25 / Complete Core Program Evaluation
26 / Reading Comprehension
Informational Text in the Classroom
Reading-Writing Connections
Informational Text in the Classroom / Chapter 8—148-153, 153-169 & Chapter 10—pgs. 200-202, 211 (Cecil)
Chapter 9—172-184, 191-193 & Chapter 10—pgs. 215-220 (Cecil)
Put Reading First 47-57
Report of NRP 14-15
27 / Reading Comprehension
Informational Text in the Classroom
Reading-Writing Connections
Informational Text in the Classroom
*Reading Rockets Video:
Reading for Meaning
*Reading Rockets Video:
Writing and Spelling / Chapter 8—148-153, 153-169 & Chapter 10—pgs. 200-202, 211 (Cecil)
Chapter 9—172-184, 191-193 & Chapter 10—pgs. 215-220 (Cecil)
Put Reading First 47-57
Report of NRP 14-15
Course Doc: Reading Motivation: What the Research Says.
28 / Informing Instruction
Foundations in the Classroom
*LETRS DVD: Part 3, Demo 26
*Fountas & Pinnell DVD:
Classroom Management / Chapter 12 (Cecil)
Chapter 6 (Glaser & Moats)
29 / Exam Week
Final Exam (125 points) / Final Exam includes
- Chapters 8-13 of Cecil and Chapter 6 of Glaser & Moats (75 points)
- Cumulative for Chapter 3 of Cecil and Chapters 1-5 of Glaser & Moats (50 points)