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Foundations of Literacy Acquisition is designed to enable candidates to understand the five language processing requirements of proficient reading and writing: phonological, orthographic, semantic, syntactic, and discourse.  Additionally, candidates will increase their understanding of the reciprocal relationships among phonemic awareness, decoding, word recognition, spelling, and vocabulary knowledge. Candidates will also explore the characteristics of a student with dyslexia.  This course includes a 10-hour field experience.

There are two texts required for this endorsement (both texts are used in both courses). Candidates are responsible for having the books by the first night of class. 

1. Shaywitz, S., and Shaywitz, J. (2020). Overcoming Dyslexia (2nd Edition). New York, Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN: 978-0679781592

2. Burkins, J., and Yates, K. (2021). Shifting the Balance: 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Balanced Literacy Classroom. Grandview Heights, OH, Stenhouse. ISBN: 978-1625315106

Class Schedule:

August 22 - F2F

August 29 - Asynchronous

Sept 5 - F2F

Sept. 12 - Asynchronous

Sept. 19 - F2F

Sept. 26 - Asynchronous

Oct. 3 - F2F

Oct. 10 - Asynchronous

Oct. 17 - F2F

Oct. 24 - Asynchronous

Oct. 31 - F2F

Nov. 7 - Asynchronous

Nov. 14 - F2F

Nov. 28 - Asynchronous

Dec. 5 - F2F

Dec. 12 - Asynchronous

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