Module Information
In Course 1, you will focus on collaboration and assessment. In Module 1, you will set up the organizational process for the rest of the course to include a reflection journal and weekly Collaboration Group meetings with student roles. In addition, you will look at cultural standards and think about how you will integrate these standards in your culturally responsive classrooms, learn key reading terms, and read about risk factors in reading difficulties.
In Module 1, you will:
- Write a personal literacy narrative and a philosophy statement about the teaching of reading.
- Make personal connections through a reflection journal and weekly Collaboration Group meetings.
- Participate productively in the Collaboration Group process.
- Identify how cultural standards are integrated into your classroom.
- Define key terms in reading instruction and explain beginning literacy concepts.
- Read and discuss the risk factors related to reading difficulties and use that information in planning instruction.
- Evaluate your own growth and the effectiveness of the module.
Module Overview and Due Dates
Note: Listed below are the individual assignments that will need to be emailed to the instructor. See the lesson directions for reading assignments and other group work due dates.
Lesson 1.1: Collaboration Group
Collaboration Group meeting date _____
Lesson 1.2: Personal Literacy Narrative and Philosophy Statement
Collaboration Group meeting date _____
Personal literacy narrative and philosophy statement due _____
Lesson 1.3: Cultural Considerations
Collaboration Group meeting date _____
Note-taking Guide due _____
Lesson 1.4: Key Elements in Reading: Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary, and Comprehension
Collaboration Group meeting date _____
Lesson 1.5: Risk Factors of Future Reading Difficulties and Circumstances That Promote Success for Beginning Readers
Collaboration Group meeting date _____
Lesson 1.6: Evaluation and Literacy Talk
Collaboration Group meeting date _____
Module 1 Evaluation due _____
Textbooks for This Module
Burns, M. S., Griffin, P., & Snow, C. (Eds). (1999). Starting out right: A guide to promoting children’s reading success. Washington, DC: National Academy Press. ISBN 0-309-06410-4
Partnership for Reading. (2001). Put reading first: The research building blocks for teaching children to read – K-3. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education. Available at
www.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading/publications/reading_first1.html and
www.nifl.gov/nifl/partnershipforreading/publications/PFRbooklet.pdf
Attendance Form
You may print the Attendance Form chart, which can help keep track of participant attendance for each module.
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