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Welcome to the course website for EED 375: Teaching Reading in the Elementary School I at SUNY New Paltz. This course is an undergraduate course that introduces elementary teacher candidates to concepts in literacy for young learners.

COURSE INFORMATION

Instructor Info. Kiersten Greene, PhD
Old Main 224. greenek@newpaltz.edu

SUNY New Paltz Catalog Description. Introduction to emergent literacy in the primary classroom, use of reading procedures, skills, techniques, and materials for instruction in areas such as phonemic awareness, word analysis, and comprehension in reading, writing, listening, speaking, and visual literacy.

Time and location. Thursdays, 11:00am-1:50pm in Old Main 132.

Student Learning Outcomes. Teacher candidates who successfully complete this course will be able to:

  • understand key reading concepts that influence primary (PreK-2nd grade) student reading development: phonological and phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, comprehension, vocabulary, and motivation/ engagement
  • use knowledge of effective instructional practices to design developmentally appropriate lessons and activities that align with primary (K-2nd) level English Language Arts learning standards (CCSS / NYS) and support students’ engagement with literacy
  • understand and implement informal assessments of primary (PreK-2nd ) level literacy skills
  • understand how to use connections among the language arts (reading, writing, listening, speaking, and viewing) to support primary (PreK-2nd) students’ literacy development
  • support students’ literacy learning and engagement with a variety of children’s literature
  • identify how their literacy engagement, skill, and knowledge influence students’ literacy learning and engagement

Required Course Texts:

  1. Reutzel, D, & Cooter, R. (2015). Teaching children to read: The teacher makes the difference. Boston: Pearson.
  2. NYS Common Core State Standards: Spiral bound edition available at the campus bookstore. If you download the linked version, be sure to also download:
    1. Appendix A
    2. Appendix C
  3. edTPA Early Childhood Education Assessment Handbook.
  4. articles available for download on Blackboard.

Additional Required Materials:

  1. binder for edTPA Early Childhood Assessment Handbook
  2. Readings and viewings online
  3. Tabs for CCSS and edTPA (you need approximately 20)
  4. Book Club book (either rented or purchased)
  5. LiveText:

All candidates accepted to Education programs leading to initial teaching certification (B.A., B.S., and MAT/MSforT programs), as well as the MS.Ed. programs in TESOL, Literacy, and Special Education, are required to have a LiveText account. LiveText is an assessment management and ePortfolio platform with a number of benefits to candidates; over the course of your preparation program, the assessment of several assignments and observational assessments will be performed using LiveText. If you already have a LiveText account, you do not need to purchase another, though you may need to contact LiveText to have the account switched to SUNY New Paltz if your membership was obtained at another institution. If you do not have a LiveText account, follow the instructions below to register.

To register for LiveText, follow these procedures; if you encounter any difficulties during this process, please call the LiveText technical support line at 1-866-548-3839:

  1.  Go to www.livetext.com and click on the PURCHASE/REGISTER tab at the top of the LiveText homepage.
  2.  Click the Select This Option button under Purchase Membership. The registration form opens below.
  3.  STEP 1: Select the appropriate membership option.
    1.  Candidates in all initial preparation programs (BS/BA/MAT/MSforT), as well as the Special Education and TESOL programs, require the Field Experience Module.
    2.  Candidates in the Literacy (but not dual-certification with Special Education) programs can use the basic package.
  4.  STEP 2: Register Your Student Membership. Please complete your profile to the best of your ability. Name, Date of Birth, Institution Email, and Personal Email are required fields.
    1.  The institutional email is your SUNY New Paltz –issued email address; you must provide this email address in this field in order for your professors to see your name in the course list.
  5.  STEP 3: Create Your LiveText Membership Account. You will be prompted to create a unique username and password. When creating a username, the name will be compared to all LiveText users. If you receive the message “Username is already taken”, you will have to modify your username.
  6.  Select a security question from the dropdown menu. This may be used in the username/password recovery process.
  7.  Select the Terms of Service check box and Click the Almost done! Continue to Billing button to proceed to the payment screen.
  8. Enter your billing information to create your account. After successfully completing the registration process, LiveText will display this screen with your newly created username and password. Your login information will also be sent to the personal email address provided during account registration.