EDUC 215 - Elementary Instructional Strategies in Grades 3-6

Credits: 2
Lecture Contact Hours: 2
Description: This course is designed to provide an in-depth exploration of core teaching practices with essential elements associated with being a professional educator in grades 3-6. Students will gain knowledge of the following: designing single lesson and sequence of lessons; long and short-term learning goals for students; explaining and modeling content, practices, and strategies; implementing norms and routines for classroom discourse and work; implementing organization routines; checking for student understanding during and at the conclusion of lessons; and eliciting and interpreting individual student’s thinking. Students will review current best practices in elementary instruction and assessment. Students will complete relevant fieldwork through video observations.

Prerequisites: Admission to the Alternative Route to Interim Teacher Certification Program.
Corequisites: None
Recommended: None

Course Category: Occupational
This Course is Typically Offered: Winter, Spring, Fall
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Course Competencies

Summarize current best practices related to 3-6 instruction.
Apply core teaching practice, explaining, and modeling content strategies to lesson plans.
Develop a unit plan.
Develop an effective lesson plan derived from the unit plan.
Design long-term and short-term learning goals for students.
Illustrate the relationship between assessment and instruction.
Identify ways to pose questions or tasks to elicit and interpret individual student thinking.
Identify norms and routines for classroom discourse and work.
Demonstrate uses of technology to support instruction and enhance learning.
Illustrate methods of checking for student understanding during and at the conclusion of lessons.