Provides pre-service elementary teachers with theoretical foundations and practical skills necessary to become reflective professionals who can design and implement effective writing instruction for their students while development their own skills in writing.

Prerequisites: 2.75 GPA, EDFE 110. Theory and practice in teaching reading and language arts in pre-kindergarten through grade three. Instructional strategies and learning environments that nurture emergent literacy, practical methods of assessment. 30 hours of field experience.

Majors only (Urban Education). Prerequisites: 2.75 GPA, EDFE 110. Study of theory and practice, instructional strategies and learning environments in teaching reading and language arts in pre-kindergarten through grade three.

Prerequisite: EDFE 110, 2.75 GPA required. Elementary teacher candidates will learn strategies and assessment techniques for instructing students in literacy at designated schools. Successful completion is required for teacher candidates prior to enrollment in Block I.