Literacy Foundations (TEd 620)

3 credits
Semester: Fall 2010
Instructor: Roni Jo Draper

Sept 7 - Dec 7, 4:30 - 7:30 pm

Tues Nov 23: Thanksgiving Holiday

Posting fees for this class will be $90. Please bring a check made out to BYU for that amount on the first day of class. 

REQUIRED TEXTS 

Farstrup, A. E., & Samuels, S. J. (Eds.) (2002). What research has to say about reading instruction (3^rd ed.). Newark, DE: International Reading Association. ISBN 0872071774

This book is available at the IRA website at www.reading.org for $35.95 (20% discount for members). I believe this is the cheapest, easiest, and fastest way to order and receive the book.

Various articles included in the course packet which will be distributed the first class.

Reading Comprehension Instruction (TEd 623)

3 credits
Semester: Winter 2011
Instructor: Tim Morrison

Jan 4 - Mar 22, 4:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Includes one Thursday: Jan 27

Posting fees for this class will be $90. Please bring a check made out to BYU for that amount on the first day of class. 

REQUIRED TEXTS

Block, C.C., & Pressley, M. (Eds.) (2008).  Comprehension instruction:  Research-based best practices.  New York:  Guilford Press.

Content Area Literacy (TEd 603)

3 credits
Semester: Spring 2011
Instructor: Roni Jo Draper

Mar 29 - June 21, 4:30 - 7:30 pm

Posting fees for this class will be $90. Please bring a check made out to BYU for that amount on the first day of class. 

REQUIRED TEXTS     

The following texts are required reading for this class and are excellent resources for teachers who have a desire to infuse literacy instruction into their regular teaching of content.

• Buehl, D. (2001). Classroom strategies for interactive learning (2^nd ed.). Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
• Draper, jR. J., Broomhead, P., Jensen, A. P., Nokes, J. D., & Siebert, D. (2010). (Re)imagining content-area literacy instruction. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.
• Fisher, D., & Frey, N. (2001). Responsive curriculum design in secondary schools: meeting the diverse needs of students. Scarecrow Education.
• The adolescent literacy position statement is available online at www.reading.org

Literacy Assessments & Interventions  (TEd 625)

3 credits
Semester: Fall 2011
Instructor: Erika Feinauer

Sept 6 - Dec 6, 4:30 - 7:30 pm

Tuesday Nov 22: Thanksgiving Holiday

Posting fees for this class will be $90. Please bring a check made out to BYU for that amount on the first day of class. 

REQUIRED TEXTS 

Afflerbach, Peter. (2007). Understanding and using reading assessment, K-12. Newark, DE:

International Reading Association. (ISBN 978-0-87207-585-6)

McKenna, Michael C., & Stahl, Katherine A. Dougherty. (2009). Assessment for reading instruction (2^nd ed). New York: Guilford Press.  (ISBN 978-1-60623-035-0)

Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement. (2003).  Put reading first:  The building blocks of reading instruction.  Download at:  

http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/publications.html

Additional readings as assigned

Strongly Recommended Texts (Choose ONE)

Buehl, D. (2009). Classroom strategies for interactive learning. 3^rd Ed. Newark, DE:

International Reading Association. (ISBN 978-0-87207-686-0)

Caldwell, J.S., Leslie, L. (2009). Intervention strategies to follow informal reading inventory assessment: So what do I do now? 2^nd Ed. New York:  Allyn & Bacon. (ISBN-13: 978-0-205-60855-3 / ISBN-10: 0-205-60855-8)

Ellery, Valerie. (2005). Creating strategic readers: Techniques for developing competency in phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.  (ISBN

Lenski, S., Wham, M.A., Johns, J., Caskey, M. (2011). Reading & Learning Strategies. 4^th Ed.

Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hung Publishing Company.  (ISBN 978-0-7575-3821-6)

Young, J. R., & Bevans, J. (2005). Learning to take a running record. Provo, UT: BYU. (CD

available on the textbook floor of the Bookstore: $2.50)

Literature for Young People (TEd 621)

3 credits
Semester: Winter 2012
Instructor: Chris Crowe

Jan 3 - Mar 10, 4:30 - 7:30 pm

Includes one Thursday: Jan 26

Posting fees for this class will be $90. Please bring a check made out to BYU for that amount on the first day of class. 

REQUIRED TEXTS

Books

Science Verse, Jon Scieszka

Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and the

Endurance, Jennifer Armstrong

The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton

Out of the Dust, Karen Hesse

They Called Themselves the KKK: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group, Susan Campbell

Bartoletti

Red Hot Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Being Young and Latino in the United States, Lori Carlson, ed.

Guinea Pig Scientists, Leslie Dendy and Mel Boring

Mississippi Bridge, Mildred D. Taylor

The Friendship, Mildred D. Taylor

Nightjohn, Gary Paulsen

The Forbidden Schoolhouse, Suzanne Jurmain

Left for Dead, Pete Nelson

Whirligig, Paul Fleischman

American Born Chinese, Gene Luen Yang

An award-winning book [as assigned; see list to be provided in class]

Articles

I’ll email the assigned articles to you as .pdf files.

Literacy Development and Instruction (TEd 622)

3 credits
Semester: Spring 2012
Instructor: Erika Feinauer

March 27 - June 19, 4:30 - 7:30 pm

Posting fees for this class will be $90. Please bring a check made out to BYU for that amount on the first day of class. 

REQUIRED TEXTS

McGee, L.M., & Richgels, D. J. (2008).  Literacy beginnings:  Supporting young readers and writers (5^th ed). Boston, MA:  Pearson Learning.

Reeves, A. R. (2004).  Adolescents talk about reading:  Exploring resistance to and engagement with text. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.

Course packet (various required readings) - will be available the first day of class.

Writing as a Process (Ted 524)

3 credits

Semester: Fall 2012

Instructor: Deborah Dean

Sept 4 - Dec 4, 4:30 - 7:30 pm

Tuesday November 20: Thanksgiving Holiday

Posting fees for this class will be $96. Please bring a check made out to BYU for that amount on the first day of class. 

REQUIRED TEXTS