ELE 3350(005) Language Arts in the Elementary Schools Fall 2008Early Childhood, Elementary and Middle Level Education DepartmentELE 3350(005) Language Arts in the Elementary Schools Fall 2008 Credit Hours: 2-0-2Instructor: Dr. Kiran PadmarajuOffice: 1322 Buzzard Hall (Inside the Reading Center)Office Hours: MW: 2:30 – 4:30 pm R: 1:30 to 2:30 pmPhone: Office – (217) 581 7879 Home – (217) 531 8955Email: [email protected] Class Meetings: MW 1:00 – 2:15 p.m. BUZZ 2160 Unit Theme: Educator as Creator of Effective Educational Environments: Integrating diverse students, subjects, strategies, societies, and technologies.Catalog Course Description: Objectives, research, teaching methods, and materials for teaching and evaluating the language arts. Field-based activities will be provided in conjunction with ELE 3000.Prerequisites & Concurrent Enrollment: Concurrent enrollment in ELE 3280 and ELE 3000, or permission of department chair. University Teacher Education requirements apply and department requirements for enrollment must be met, including an expectation of second semester junior standing.Course Purpose: Recent literature is emphasizing the relationship between reading and other language arts; therefore, a two semester hour course in language arts will allow prospective teachers the opportunity to readand utilize the current research and teaching techniques expected of a competent teacher.Current Textbook:Tompkins, G.E., (2005). Language Arts: Content and Teaching Strategies (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill Prentice Hall, Pearson Education Inc.Teaching Model: The Information Processing Family Models.Joyce, B., Weil, M., & Calhoun, E. (2009). Models of teaching. (8th ed.). Boston: Pearson.Dispositions: Teacher candidates in the department of EC/ELE/MLE will exhibit professional ethical practices, effective communication, sensitivity to diversity, the ability to provide varied teaching practices evidenced in a supportive and encouraging atmosphere for learning.Live Text Assessment Requirement: For those classes with Live Text or Practicum- If the portfolio or Live Text requirements are rated, by the instructor, to have been completed in less than a satisfactory manner then no more than a "D" may be earned in the class regardless of the number of points earned.Standards: Course requirements and demonstrated competencies are aligned with the following standards:- Illinois Professional Teaching Standards (IPTS) http://www.isbe.net/profprep/PDFs/ipts.pdf - Technology Standards for all Illinois Teachers (ICTS) http://www.isbe.net/profprep/CASCDvr/pdfs/24120_coretechnology.pdf - Language Arts Standards for all Illinois Teachers (ICLAS) http://www.isbe.net/profprep/CASCDvr/pdfs/24110_corelangarts_std.pdf - Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI) http://www.acei.org/Synopsis.htm - National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) http://www.naeyc.org/accreditation/next_era.aspOutcomes Specific to ELE 3350: The students will be able to:- Demonstrate a mastery of basic skills in language arts.- Demonstrate knowledge of the nature of language systems (phonological, syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic).- Demonstrate an understanding of the developmental philosophy in relation to language arts (listening,speaking, writing, reading, viewing, visual representing).- Understand language acquisition and development.- Describe the role of language arts (i.e., listening, oral expression, and written expression components)in the curriculum.- Identify appropriate instructional techniques in a multicultural setting.- Design instruction to develop and utilize the cognitive and affective processes by which pupils learn.Course requirements /Demonstrated Competencies Course Requirement Demonstrated Competencies Aligned StandardsJournal Article Review Performance includes analyzing professional articles and their implication to the teaching of language arts. The review writings will beevaluated by a rubric.IPTS 2, 7ICTS 1A, 2A, 2E, 5B, 7ICLAS 1, 2, 3NAEYC 3, 4a, 4b, 4cACEI 3.1, 3.3, 3.5Writing Project Performance includes demonstration of writing skills and the writing process by going through the different stages of the writing process to come up with a final piece of writing.IPTS 1 and 7ICLAS 1, 2, and 3ACEI 1, 2.1, NAEYC 1, 3, and 4Integrated Thematic UnitThe students will demonstrate the ability to design a multidisciplinary teaching unit prepared to be used in a classroom designed on a selected theme and incorporating multiple language arts, lesson plans and content areas.IPTS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8ICLAS 1, 2, and 3ACEI 1, 2.1, 2.8,3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, and 4NAEYC 1, 3, 4 and 5Multicultural Project The students will demonstrate strategies to select and use appropriate multicultural literature for the language arts classroom.IPTS 1, 2, 3, and 5ICLAS 1, 2, and 3ACEI 1, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2NAEYC 1, 2, 3, and 4Participation Performance includes presence and contribution during class meetings, and support of peer classmates.IPTS 2, 7, 11ICLAS 4.5NAEYC 3, 4a, 4b, 4c, 5ACEI 3.1,3.5Exams The students will demonstrate their content and pedagogical knowledge of language arts by completing assessment tools.IPTS 2, 7, 11ICLAS 4.5NAEYC 3, 4a, 4b, 4c, 5ACEI 3.1, 3.5ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:A. Assignments/Projects:Assignments Brief Description PointsJournal ArticleReviewThe students will do a critical review of an article associated with the teaching of language arts from a peer-reviewed journal.30 Writing ProjectEach student will go through all the stages of the writing process over the course of two weeks to put together a children’s book. A publishing kit will be used to get a hard-bound published copy of yourbook. Creativity is the key to this assignment. The more creative and interesting the final product, the higher the grade will be. 50 Thematic Unit This thematic collection of lessons and activities will integrate multiple elementary disciplines and all the six language arts while concentrating on a specific theme. The objective is to have elementarystudents improve their language arts skills while learning about and participating in learning activities from various content areas.80 Exams Three written exams that may consist of multiple measures, includingmultiple choice, short answer, and essay questions will beadministered. Questions will be derived from lecture, assignedreadings, discussions, and student-generated