ECED 342 - Language Arts and the Social Sciences for All PK-2 Learners

(3 credits)
Prerequisite: ELED 305 and ELED 314 and ELED 315
Corequisite: ECED 361 and ECED 375
This standards-based course integrates the components of the language arts (listening, speaking, writing, reading, viewing and visually representing) and the four major topics of the social sciences (civics, geography, history and economics). Teacher candidates will examine and practice strategies focusing on the PK-2 learner. Emphasis will be given to the consideration and practice of content and strategies to develop oral language, writing and spelling, and visual literacy, as well as the use of informational texts across all disciplines, but with added emphasis in the social sciences. Offered fall and spring semesters. (CWRM)