Description
Prerequisite: Acceptance into the BA Elementary Education program and successful completion of EDU courses 345-378.
In this course, pre-service teachers will develop their own personal philosophy about teaching writing, will participate in activities that develop their own writing and will practice, record and acquire a variety of techniques and methods for teaching and assessing limited-English-proficient K-8 students in Navajo Nation Schools. The pre-service teachers will gain facility with he writing process, six trait writing instruction and assessment, writing portfolios, a variety of assessment methods, and a variety of options for publishing student writing. Pre-service teachers will experience the importance of integrating writing across the content areas as both a tool for learning and as a subject of study.