Teachers enrolled in this course will...

Know

• why reading is so important for children and what research has to say about motivating students to read.
• what struggling readers really need.
• the principles and components of effective reading instruction.
• what good readers do before, during and after.
• how to aid their students in choosing appropriate text.

Understand

• the effectiveness of fluency, readers’ theatre and vocabulary instruction.
• that wide varieties of reading programs/assessment tools exist and preview a few.
• the difference between emergent, progressing, transitional and fluent readers.
• the negatives of “Round Robbin Reading”.

and Be Able To

• identify and discuss current instruction/strategies that enhance reading instruction.
• make use of a wide variety of interactive websites that exist to support reluctant readers.
• discuss the implementation of the strategies .