This course is designed to prepare aspiring middle school teachers for integrating literacy into the entire school day, including organizational structures that support meaningful relationships and learning. Emphasis will be placed on the value of collegial planning and teacher cooperation to provide a literacy curriculum that is relevant, challenging, integrative, and exploratory. The course will include best practices in teaching reading and writing, strategies and methods that emphasize active student engagement, as well as the development of classroom structures and practices that are designed to support the teaching of South Carolina Curriculum Standards.
Corequisites
500i