EDC 420 - Elementary Methods: English Language Arts and The Arts

1. Analyze Arizona’s standards for English Language Arts (ELA) and the Arts.
2. Develop differentiated learning targets.
3. Illustrate the factors that influence literacy development.
4. Choose high-quality instructional resources.
5. Plan standards-based, data-driven instruction.
6. Design integrated learning experiences in ELA and the Arts.

1. Academic Standards for English Language Arts & the Arts
   1. Unpacking Academic Standards
   2. Examining Learning Progressions
2. Effective Literacy Instruction
   1. Learning to Read
   2. Adjusting Instruction to Meet Students’ Needs
   3. Differentiated Learning Targets
   4. Evaluating Instructional Resources
3. Assessing Students’ Literacy Development
   1. Classroom Assessment
   2. Diagnostic Tests
   3. High-Stakes Testing
   4. Portfolio Assessment
4. Children’s Literature
   1. Valuing Literature for Children
   2. Evaluating Literature for Children
   3. Categories of Literature
   4. Bringing Children and Books Together
5. Scaffolding Students’ Reading Development
   1. The Reading Process
   2. Reading Strategies and Skills
   3. Organizing for Reading Instruction
6. Scaffolding Students’ Writing Development
   1. The Writing Process
   2. Teaching Writing
   3. Assessing Students’ Writing
7. ELA and the Arts Across the Curriculum
   1. Multigenre Projects
   2. Thematic Units