RDG 410 Complete Class
WEEK 1
Week 1 Individual Assignment: Reflection Paper
Write a 350- to 700-word reflection paper in which you include the following:
Describe what you think you will need to know to be an effective language arts teacher.
Explain why you feel this knowledge will help you become an effective language arts teacher.
RDG 410 Week 1 Summary
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WEEK 2
Week 2 Individual Assignment: Phonics Competency Assessment
Resource: University of Phoenix Material: Phonics Competency Pretest.
Week 2 Learning Team Assignment: Phonemic Awareness and Phonics Minilesson
Develop a minilesson as an individual, using Chapter 4 for an example, and post it to the learning team forum.
Choose one of the minilessons of the team members.
Create a 5- to 7-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint®presentation
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WEEK 3
Week 3 Individual Assignment: Integrated Unit Matrix or Graphic Organizer
Resource: Figures 14-10, 14-11, & 14-12, in Literacy for the 21st Century.
Develop a matrix or graphic organizer that identifies or describes the topic and the content areas to be addressed in the integrated unit.
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WEEK 4
RDG 410 Week 4 Individual Assignment: Directed Reading Thinking Activity
Develop a guided reading lesson or a Directed Reading Thinking Activity (DRTA) for a narrative text.
Write one to two questions for before, during, and after reading to encourage students predictions.
Identify 4 to 5 prediction points in a piece of childrens literature.
Explain why these points were chosen.
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WEEK 5
Week 5 Individual Assignment: Classroom Observation Paper
Select one lesson, if permitted at your field experience placement site, that you developed for this course and teach it to students in a grade-appropriate classroom.
Reflect on your experience as part of the Field Experience Observation Record, including revisions that you would make to the lesson based on the experience.
Write a 700- to 1,050-word reflection summarizing your observations. Include the following:
How the teacher organizes for instruction.
What teaching method theory is being used, as described in Chapter 1 of the text.
Examples of effective teaching practices.
The nature of the print environment; would you consider it print-rich?
If the students appear to be active learners.
Determine what has influenced the teachers organization for literacy instruction.
Note: Remember to document your observation on the BSEd Field Experience Observation Record located on your student Web site.
Week 5 Individual Assignment: E-Portfolio Assignment Integrated Unit
Resource: University of Phoenix Material: TaskStream Assignment: Integrated Unit located on your student Web site.
Develop a primary or intermediate language arts integrated unit that focuses on a theme, topic, novel, or an author.
Upload and submit the Integrated Unit to your e-portfolio.
Week 5 Learning Team Assignment: Comprehension Lesson Plans
Choose three comprehension strategies using an instructional approach of guided or shared reading.
Develop three formal lesson plans.
Include objectives, state standards addressed, materials, procedures, and assessments.
Week 1 to 4 DQs Included 2 DQs for each week