Rgd 410 complete course material a graded

RGD 410 Complete Course Material A Graded

RDG 410 Week 1 Individual Assignment Reflection Paper

Write a 350- to 700-word reflection paper in which you include the following:

• Describe what you think you will need to know to be an effective language arts teacher.

Explain why you feel this knowledge will help you become an effective language arts teacher.

RDG 410 Week 2 Individual Assignment Phonics Competency Assessment

Resource:University ofPhoenix Material: Phonics Competency Pretest

Complete the Phonics Competency Pretest found on your student Web site. There is a Phonics Competency Help Guide posted in the Course Materials Forum.

RDG 410 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Phonemic Awareness and Phonics Minilesson

Develop a minilesson as an individual, using Chapter 4 for an example, and post it to the learning team forum.

Choose one of the minilessons of the team members.

Create a 5- to 7-slide Microsoft^® PowerPoint^® presentation.

Submit this assignment to one team member’s Assignment Link

Submit your Week 2 Learning Team Phonemic Awareness and Phonics Minilesson Peer Evaluation Form. This form should be submitted to your Individual Forum.

RDG 410 Week 3 Individual Assignment Integrated Unit Matrix or Graphic Organizer

Resource: Figures 14-10, 14-11, & 14-12, in Literacy for the 21st Century

Develop a matrix or graphic organizer that identifies or describes the topic and the content areas to be addressed in the integrated unit.

RDG 410 Week 3 Weekly Team Review & Discussion Question

Respond to weekly discussion questions. Responses should be at least 200-300 words.

• DQ 1: Identify a comprehension strategy presented in this week’s readings. Describe an activity you would use to implement it at a grade level you would like to teach?

DQ 2: Many consider round-robin reading to be an inappropriate oral reading strategy. What other oral reading strategies are more effective?

RDG 410 Week 4 Individual Assignment Directed Reading Thinking Activity

Develop a guided reading lesson or a Directed Reading Thinking Activity (DRTA) for a narrative text.

Write one to two questions for before, during, and after reading to encourage students’ predictions.

Identify 4 to 5 prediction points in a piece of children’s literature.

Explain why these points were chosen.

RDG 410 Week 4 Weekly Team Review & Discussion Question

Review the objectives from Week Four and discuss additional insights and questions that may have arisen.

Develop a team response to the following question.The response should be at least 200-300 words. This assignment will be graded based on the substantive response criteria detailed in the Instructor Policies document posted in the Course materials Forum.

• Students should be fluent writers by the third grade. What approaches might be used in the classroom, at home, in school, and in the community to ensure that this occurs?

Submit this assignment to one team member’s Assignment Link

RDG 410 Week 5 E-Portfolio Assignment Integrated Unit

Resource:University of Phoenix Material: Task Stream Assignment: Integrated Unit located on your student website.

Develop a primary or intermediate language arts integrated unit that focuses on a theme, topic, novel, or an author.

Upload and submit the Integrated Unit to your e-portfolio.

RDG 410 Week 5 Individual Assignment Classroom Observation Paper

Select one lesson, if permitted at your field experience placement site, that you developed for this course and teach it to students in a grade-appropriate classroom.

Reflect on your experience as part of the Field Experience Record, including revisions that you would make to the lesson based on the experience.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word reflection summarizing your observations. Include the following:

• How the teacher organizes for instruction.
• What teaching method theory is being used, as described in Chapter 1 of the text.
• Examples of effective teaching practices.
• The nature of the print environment; would you consider it print-rich?
• If the students appear to be active learners.
• Determine what has influenced the teacher’s organization for literacy instruction.

Note: Remember to document your observation on the BSEd Field Experience Record located in the Teacher Education Handbook.

RDG 410 Week 5 Individual Assignment Six Traits Minilesson

Select one team member’s Six Traits Minilesson to present to the class.

RDG 410 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Comprehension Lesson Plans

Choose three comprehension strategies using an instructional approach of guided or shared reading.

Develop three formal lesson plans.

Include objectives, state standards addressed, materials, procedures, and assessments.

Submit this assignment to one team member’s Assignment Link

Submit your Week 5 Learning Team Comprehension Lesson Plan Peer Evaluation Form. This form should be submitted to your Individual Forum.

RDG 410 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Six Trait Minilesson Presentation

Select one team member’s Six Traits Minilesson to present to the class.

Create a 5- to 7-slide presentation. All team members must be involved in the presentation.

Submit this assignment to one team member’s Assignment Link

Submit your Week 5 Learning Team Six Traits Minilesson Presentation Peer Evaluation Form. This form should be submitted to your Individual Forum.