This course is designed specifically for secondary school teachers as it outlines the essentials of the reading process necessary for secondary students to become proficient learners of content. Types of reading, elements of assessment, skills of the reading process, the incorporation of reading instruction into content delivery and the affective aspects of the processes of reading will be examined.

Overall Course Objectives | Major Course Topics | Course Format | Orientation | Course Requirements | Texts and Materials | Course Web Site

Overall Course Objectives

Once you have completed this course you will be able to:

• Meet the Part I certification requirements of the State of Maryland in the area of secondary education in reading
• Recognize and appreciate the relationship between reading and learning skills
• Be able to develop content lessons that will help students become independent readers

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Major Course Topics

• Role of content teacher
• Assessment/vocabulary development/lesson plans
• Reading strategies

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Course Format

This course:

• Is not self-paced.
• Does not require real-time chats.

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Orientation

This course does not have a face-to-face orientation.  There is a required orientation that you will complete online.

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Course Requirements

• Review the “What you should know before you register” section of the Distance
  Learning Homepage.
• Twelve quizzes, each consisting of 10 multiple choice questions and short essay questions.
• Reading lesson plan and various reading strategy assignments
• Online group discussions

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Texts and Materials

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