ELE 3350 Fall 2006 Language Arts in the Elementary SchoolStandardsStandardsRequired Text:Online ResourcesResourcesMaterials and ResourcesMaterials and ResourcesCourse ObjectivesObjectivesAssignmentsAssignmentsConceptual FrameworkAccommodationsAccommodationsAcademic HonestyAcademic Honesty PolicyGradingKey Dates/AssignmentsTentative CalendarELE 3350 Fall 2006 Language Arts in the Elementary Schoolby Marie FeroCourse Title: Language Arts in the Elementary School Credit Hours: 2 Instructor: Dr. Marie A. Fero Phone: 217-581-7907Office: Buzzard HallEmail: [email protected] Hours: posted on doorTerm: Fall 2006 Prerequisites: Junior standing (60 semester hours). Concurrent enrollment with ELE 3280 and ELE 3000 is recommended with permission of the department chair.Required Text: Tomkins, Gail E. (2002). Language Arts: StandardsStandardsIL-CAS.ELED.2 STANDARD: Curriculum: English Language Arts -- The competent elementary teacher demonstrates proficiency in theuse of oral and written English; understands and communicates ideas, information, and perspectives in reading,writing, speaking, and listening; and promotes all students' ability to apply language and thinking skills to many different genres, concepts, and situations.IL-CAS.ELED.2.A K: Understands phonological, word analysis, and vocabulary strategies.IL-CAS.ELED.2.B K: Understands skills and strategies involved in reading for various purposes: Factual information, personal response, literary appreciation, critical analysis, and social interactions.IL-CAS.ELED.2.C K: Understands a diverse body of works, authors and movements of U.S. and world literature, children's and young adult literature, and characteristic features of various literary genres.IL-CAS.ELED.2.D K: Understands skills and strategies involved in writing for various purposes and audiences, incorporating knowledge of English grammar and mechanics, and the critical analysis of written work in terms of organization, clarity, and style.IL-CAS.ELED.2.E K: Understands skills and strategies involved in listening for various purposes: Factual information, personal response, literary appreciation, critical analysis, and social interactions.IL-CAS.ELED.2.F K: Understands skills and strategies involved in speaking to audiences for various purposes: Information, persuasion, and entertainment.IL-CAS.ELED.2.G K: Understands the research process and study skills.IL-CAS.ELED.2.H P: Demonstrates proficiency in the use of oral and written English.IL-CAS.ELED.2.I P: Teaches the reading, writing, speaking and listening processes.IL-CAS.ELED.2.J P: Teaches using a diverse body of works, authors, and movements of U.S. and world literature, children's and young adult literature, and characteristic features of various literary genres.IL-CAS.ELED.2.K P: Selects and uses a wide range of instructional resources and technologies to support reading, writing, and research.IL-PTS.1 STANDARD: Content Knowledge: The competent teacher understands the central concepts, methods of inquiry, and structures of the discipline(s) and creates learning experiencesthat make the content meaningful to all students.IL-PTS.2 STANDARD: Human Development and Learning: The competent teacher understands how individuals grow, develop and learn and provides learning opportunities that support the intellectual, social, and personal development of all students.IL-PTS.3 STANDARD: Diversity: The competent teacher understands how students differ in their approaches to learning and creates instructional opportunities that are adapted to diverse learners.IL-PTS.4 STANDARD: Planning for Instruction: The competent teacher understands instructional planning and designs instruction based upon knowledge of the discipline, students, the community, and curriculum goals.IL-PTS.5 STANDARD: Learning Environment: The competent teacher uses an understanding of individual and group motivation and behavior to create a learning environment that encourages positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation.IL-PTS.6 STANDARD: Instructional Delivery: The competent teacher understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies to encourage students' development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills.IL-PTS.7 STANDARD: Communication: The competent teacher uses knowledge of effective written, verbal, nonverbal, and visual communication techniques to foster active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive interaction in the classroom.IL-PTS.8 STANDARD: Assessment: The competent teacher understands various formal and informal assessment strategies and uses them to support the continuous development of all students.IL-PTS.9 STANDARD: Collaborative Relationships: The competent teacher understands the role of the community in education and develops and maintains collaborative relationships with colleagues, parents/guardians, and the community to support student learning and well-being.IL-PTS.10 STANDARD: Reflection and Professional Growth: The competent teacher is a reflective practitioner who continually evaluates how choices and actions affect students, parents, and other professionals in the learning community and actively seeks opportunities to grow professionally.IL-PTS.11 STANDARD: Professional Conduct and Leadership: Thecompetent teacher understands education as a profession, maintains standards of professional conduct, and provides leadership to improve student learning and well-being.Required Text:Patterns and Practice. 6th ed. New Jersey, Merrill-prentice Hall, Inc.Required: LiveTextOnline ResourcesResourcesLibrary of Congress: American Memory http://www.loc.gov A web site created and maintained by the Library of Congress containing primary source documents for use in K-12 and teacher education classrooms. Phonics in Context: Odds and Ends (unitedstreaming video) http://www.unitedstreaming.com/index.cfm?media_file_id=2778 The fourth kit in this series will teach children linguistic patterns and phonics concepts in an entertaining andlively way. Through songs, riddles, poems and games, students will learn how to recognize and form compound words, suffixes and irregular plurals. The program also includes sections on silent letters, long vowel combinations, and sight words that end in -gh and words with a schwa. Graphic animations and sound effects appeal to students and help them learn the main concepts presented in the videotapes.John Henry (unitedstreaming video)