Literacy Foundations (TEd 620)
3 credits
Semester: Fall 2010
Instructor: Roni Jo Draper

September 7––December 7, 4:30–7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, November 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. and Samuels, S. J. (Eds.) (2002). What Research Has to Say about Reading Instruction (3rd ed.). Newark, DE: International Reading Association. ISBN: 0872071774. This book is available at the IRA website at www.reading.org for $35.95—a 20 percent discount for members. I believe this is the cheapest, easiest, and fastest way to order and receive the book.

• Various articles are 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

January 4––March 22, 4:30–7:30 p.m.

Includes one Thursday: January 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. and 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

March 29––June 21, 4:30–7:30 p.m.

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 (2nd ed.). Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
• Draper, R. J., Broomhead, P., Jensen, A. P., Nokes, J. D., and Siebert, D. (2010). (Re)Imagining Content-Area Literacy Instruction. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.
• Fisher, D. and 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 and Interventions  (TEd 625)
3 credits
Semester: Fall 2011
Instructor: Erika Feinauer

September 6––December 6, 4:30–7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, November 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. and Stahl, Katherine A. Dougherty (2009). Assessment for Reading Instruction(2nd 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.
• Additional readings as assigned.

Strongly Recommended Texts (Choose ONE)

• Buehl, D. (2009). Classroom Strategies for Interactive Learning (3rd ed.). Newark, DE: International Reading Association. ISBN: 978-0-87207-686-0.

• Caldwell, J. S. and Leslie, L. (2009). Intervention Strategies to Follow Informal Reading Inventory Assessment: So What Do I Do Now? (2nd ed.). New York:  Allyn & Bacon. ISBN-13: 978-0-205-60855-3 / ISBN-10: 0-205-60855-8.
• Ellery, V. (2005). Creating Strategic Readers: Techniques for Developing Competency in Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary, and Comprehension. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
• Lenski, S., Wham, M. A., Johns, J., and Caskey, M. (2011). Reading and Learning Strategies (4th ed.). Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hung Publishing Company. ISBN: 978-0-7575-3821-6.
• Young, J. R. and 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

January 3––March 10, 4:30–7:30 p.m.

Includes one Thursday: January 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 p.m.

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. and Richgels, D. J. (2008). Literacy Beginnings: Supporting Young Readers and Writers (5th 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 (and 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

September 4––December 4, 4:30–7:30 p.m.

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