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Classroom Instruction Courses: Reading, Writing, and Communication |
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| Explores strategies that effectively incorporate children's literature into science and social studies lessons and units. Studies the rationale for using literature in subject areas and suggests appropriate books, both fiction and nonfiction, based on curriculum criteria. Demonstrate knowledge of an integrated approach to teaching the designated subject areas and read a variety of children's books, creating a resource bibliography. Designed primarily for teachers in elementary and middle school. Class not open to: Undergraduate level. |
| 6948 |
Pearson, Molly |
(5 credits) |
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Arranged Course completion time: up to one year. |
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Tuition: $400 flat fee |
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Register: To register for this course, use the enclosed registration form, print and send the form found online at www.spu.edu/spiral, or call 800/482-3848. |
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Fees:
plus cost of materials.
Course medium: print.
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Notes: Access to a classroom or group of children is required for completion of course activities. |
| 7311 |
Pearson, Molly |
(5 credits) |
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Arranged Course completion time: up to one year. |
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Tuition: $400 flat fee |
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Register: To register for this course, use the enclosed registration form, print and send the form found online at www.spu.edu/spiral, or call 800/482-3848. |
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Fees:
plus cost of materials.
Course medium: print.
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Notes: Access to a classroom or group of children is required for completion of course activities. |
| Covers alphabetizing, spelling, synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, word usage, contractions, abbreviations, capitalization, punctuation and proofreading. Presents a variety of game formats easily adapted for multi-level skill areas in language arts. Includes strategies for individuals working above or below grade level, and is designed for classroom teachers working with students in grades 2-3 for large-group or whole-class work. |
| 7036 |
Bennett, Mary |
(5 credits) |
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Arranged Course completion time: up to one year. |
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Tuition: $450 flat fee |
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Register: To register for this course, use the enclosed registration form, print and send the form found online at www.spu.edu/spiral, or call 800/482-3848. Please include an email address and current teaching situation on the registration form. |
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Fees:
includes all materials.
Course media: print/CD-ROM.
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| Presents skill areas selected from multi-school objectives for grades 3-6. Includes activities developed for intermediate grade students that can be used across the curriculum with independent homework assignments that motivate and encourage active student participation. Offers classroom-ready materials, which include a prerecorded cassette tape, large group and learning center activities, as well as independent assignments that develop spelling, alphabetizing, word usage, synonym, antonym, capitalization, punctuation, syllabication and proofreading skills. |
| 7037 |
Bennett, Mary |
(5 credits) |
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Arranged Course completion time: up to one year. |
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Tuition: $450 flat fee |
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Register: To register for this course, use the enclosed registration form, print and send the form found online at www.spu.edu/spiral, or call 800/482-3848. Please include an email address and current teaching situation on the registration form. |
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Fees:
includes all materials.
Course media: print/audio cassette.
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| Examines the research on ways to teach vocabulary in the classroom, with a focus on engaging strategies. Studies a variety of ways to expand the listening and reading vocabularies of elementary-age students. Develops an awareness that "fundamentals are fun" in vocabulary growth, and that fun is fundamental for that growth. |
| 6959 |
Soine, Karen |
(5 credits) |
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Arranged Course completion time: up to one year. |
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Tuition: $425 flat fee |
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Register: To register for this course, use the enclosed registration form, print and send the form found online at www.spu.edu/spiral, or call 800/482-3848. |
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Fees:
plus cost of materials.
Course media: print/audio CD/video cassette.
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| Explores the role of literacy development in the content-area classroom. Compares and contrasts historical approaches to literacy in the content areas. Applies and adapts literacy assessment techniques to content area reading and writing. Articulates the role of cooperative learning in content-area literacy development. |
| 7082 |
Kovacevich, Harriett |
(5 credits) |
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Arranged Course completion time: up to one year. |
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Tuition: $400 flat fee |
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Register: To register for this course, use the enclosed registration form, print and send the form found online at www.spu.edu/spiral, or call 800/482-3848. All materials must be purchased from LessonLab Skylight at www.lessonlab.com/spu/coursematerials. |
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Register: To register for this course, call 800/482-3848, use the enclosed registration form, or register online at www.spu.edu/spiral. All materials must be purchased from LessonLab SkyLight at www.lessonlab.com/spu/coursematerials. |
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Fees:
plus cost of materials.
Course media: print/DVD.
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| Focuses on the development of literacy through the infusion of thinking and process skills across the curriculum. Introduces current research and theory in the field. Provides participants with repertoire of skills and strategies to foster literacy in their classrooms. |
| 7087 |
Angello, Nancy |
(5 credits) |
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Arranged Course completion time: up to one year. |
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Tuition: $400 flat fee |
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Register: To register for this course, use the enclosed registration form, print and send the form found online at www.spu.edu/spiral, or call 800/482-3848. All materials must be purchased from LessonLab Skylight at www.lessonlab.com/spu/coursematerials. |
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Register: To register for this course, call 800/482-3848, use the enclosed registration form, or register online at www.spu.edu/spiral. All materials must be purchased from LessonLab SkyLight at www.lessonlab.com/spu/coursematerials. |
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Fees:
plus cost of materials.
Course media: print/video cassette.
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| Provides dynamic 'expansive learning' experiences in units of forty-five 'Travelogue lessons' that follow a specific and historic geographical itinerary. These readings are derived from primary source accounts to foster high academic achievement proficiencies and appreciation for these moral dramas. Many of these compelling accounts directly involve the experiences of young people--the boy Marco Polo venturing on the Silk Road, for example. Emphasizes Social Studies and Language Arts. |
| 6961 |
Scheuerman, Richard |
(5 credits) |
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Arranged Course completion time: up to one year. |
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Tuition: $400 flat fee |
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Register: To register for this course, use the enclosed registration form, print and send the form found online at www.spu.edu/spiral, or call 800/482-3848. |
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Fees:
plus cost of materials.
Course media: print/CD-ROM.
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| Provides dynamic 'expansive learning' experiences in units of forty-five 'Travelogue lessons' that follow a specific and historic geographical itinerary. These readings are derived from primary source accounts to foster high academic achievement proficiencies and appreciation for these moral dramas. These timeless moral themes are implicit and consistent in journey accounts of notable individuals ranging from those of Abraham and Herodotus to Eleanor of Aquitane and Lewis and Clark. Emphasizes Social Studies and Language Arts. |
| 6963 |
Scheuerman, Richard |
(5 credits) |
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Arranged Course completion time: up to one year. |
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Tuition: $400 flat fee |
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Register: To register for this course, use the enclosed registration form, print and send the form found online at www.spu.edu/spiral, or call 800/482-3848. |
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Fees:
plus cost of materials.
Course media: print/CD-ROM.
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| Provides dynamic 'expansive learning' experiences in units of forty-five 'Travelogue lessons' that follow a specific and historic geographical itinerary. These readings are derived from primary source accounts to foster high academic achievement proficiencies and appreciation for these moral dramas. These timeless moral themes are implicit and consistent in journey accounts of notable individuals ranging from those of Abraham and Herodotus to Eleanor of Aquitane and Lewis and Clark. Emphasizes Social Studies and Language Arts. |
| 6964 |
Scheuerman, Richard |
(5 credits) |
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Arranged Course completion time: up to one year. |
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Tuition: $400 flat fee |
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Register: To register for this course, use the enclosed registration form, print and send the form found online at www.spu.edu/spiral, or call 800/482-3848. |
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Fees:
plus cost of materials.
Course media: print/CD-ROM.
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| Provides elementary teachers practical ideas for integrating spelling into their language programs. Uses relevant research to provide information regarding how children learn to spell and how to use this information to assess students' needs. Examines the links between spelling and other areas of literacy, including the proposition that growth in speaking and listening, viewing and representing, reading and writing leads to growth in spelling. Offers instructional strategies to address spelling in other subject areas and to support the needs of second language learners, struggling spellers, and skilled spellers. |
| 7179 |
Kane-Ronning, Susan |
(3 credits) |
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Online |
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Tuition: $40 per credit |
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Register: To register for this course, visit www.armchaired.com. |
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Fees:
plus cost of materials.
Course media: print/Internet.
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| Explores and expands the concepts of reading and writing to, with, and by children. Offers a constructive, child-centered framework and extensive practical examples of learner-centered instruction beyond third grade. Includes specific instructional strategies and uses of fiction and non-fiction. Emphasizes research on literacy instruction, including English language learners. Provides theory, structure, and a practical focus in linking writing and reading. Also gives clear examples for intentional teaching, planning, assessing, and evaluation. |
| 7184 |
Kane-Ronning, Susan |
(3 credits) |
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Online |
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Tuition: $40 per credit |
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Register: To register for this course, visit www.armchaired.com. |
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Fees:
plus cost of materials.
Course media: print/Internet.
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| Explores the ways subject matter informs art and how art projects can explore subject matter, expanding an understanding of the material. Explains how artistic thinking across disciplines can bring each student's creative nature to learning, new ways of receiving, processing, assimilating, and using information. Encourages students to see how adding an element of art to a concept can help express their grasp of that concept. |
| 6970 |
Soby, Jeanette |
(5 credits) |
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Arranged Course completion time: up to one year. |
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Tuition: $400 flat fee |
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Register: To register for this course, use the enclosed registration form, print and send the form found online at www.spu.edu/spiral, or call 800/482-3848. |
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Fees:
plus cost of materials.
Course medium: print.
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| Incorporates two texts: Assessing and Teaching Beginning Readers, and Assessing and Teaching Beginning Writers to create a comprehensive and focused course on the teaching of reading and writing. Focuses on the intentional and appropriate planning of literacy instruction. The authors have created The Early Literacy Continuum for early childhood teachers to use in order to plan instruction. This course is intended for early childhood educators and administrators who are interested in refining assessment and teaching practices and who see early childhood as fertile ground for young students to move along a literacy continuum. |
| 7192 |
Kane-Ronning, Susan |
(5 credits) |
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Online |
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Tuition: $40 per credit |
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Register: To register for this course, visit www.armchaired.com. |
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Fees:
plus cost of materials.
Course media: print/Internet.
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| Shows how all of the intelligences, including linguistic, logical-mathematical, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and naturalistic will help students acquire reading and writing skills. This approach helps students who are not strong in linguistic intelligences, which encompasses reading and writing. This course is meant for special education teachers and regular pre-kindergarten through grade 12 teachers. It uses Howard Garner's multiple intelligences theory and recent brain research on reading and writing with historical, anthropoligical, biographical, and psychological perspectives on literacy. Strategies, tips, and resources for teaching grammar, spelling, decoding and reading comprehension are provided. |
| 7193 |
Kane-Ronning, Susan |
(3 credits) |
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Online |
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Tuition: $40 per credit |
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Register: To register for this course, visit www.armchaired.com. |
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Fees:
plus cost of materials.
Course media: print/Internet.
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| Please see Computer Prerequisite C in the registration information for minimum computer requirements. Addresses the fundamentals of ethical, legal and social issues that school information personnel face in grades K-12. Explores the role of the information specialist in facilitating ethical, legal and social information challenges by reflecting the needs of teachers and students. Aids in understanding the broader implications in the school environment and society as they relate to education. |
| 7170 |
Pearson, Molly |
(4 credits) |
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Online |
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Tuition: $360 flat fee |
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Register: To register for this course, use the registration form found online at www.spu.edu/spiral or call 800/482-3848. Please note that there is a minimum enrollment requirement of six for this course. No registrations will be accepted after September 15, 2008. Please include an email address on the registration form. |
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Fees:
includes all materials.
Course media: print/Internet.
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Notes: While this course has no formally scheduled class sessions, it does require weekly participation in class bulletin board discussions. |
| Explores the richness of multicultural literature for the elementary classroom. Discusses the controversies in the field, how to carefully select multicultural literature and the best practices to introduce this material to students. Create a practical bibliography of multicultural literature and learn about ways to incorporate it in the classroom. |
| 6987 |
Pearson, Molly |
(3 credits) |
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Arranged Course completion time: up to one year. |
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Tuition: $240 flat fee |
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Register: To register for this course, use the enclosed registration form, print and send the form found online at www.spu.edu/spiral, or call 800/482-3848. |
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Fees:
includes all materials.
Course medium: print.
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| Addresses why some multicultural literature is not respectful of the culture represented or historically accurate. Learn about the controversies in the field and how to carefully select multicultural literature for students in grades 6-12. Utilize best practices to find ways to incorporate great multicultural books in the secondary classroom. |
| 6988 |
Pearson, Molly |
(3 credits) |
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Arranged Course completion time: up to one year. |
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Tuition: $240 flat fee |
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Register: To register for this course, use the enclosed registration form, print and send the form found online at www.spu.edu/spiral, or call 800/482-3848. |
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Fees:
plus cost of materials.
Course medium: print.
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| Examines why many picture books on the market today were written for middle and high school students--even adult readers. Analyzes picture books, some with serious themes and humor too sophisticated for young children, and discusses where these books can fit into the curriculum. Learn how picture books can bring a deeper understanding of the reality of people's lives to the hearts of readers in today's classroom. |
| 6989 |
Pearson, Molly |
(3 credits) |
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Arranged Course completion time: up to one year. |
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Tuition: $240 flat fee |
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Register: To register for this course, use the enclosed registration form, print and send the form found online at www.spu.edu/spiral, or call 800/482-3848. |
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Fees:
plus cost of materials.
Course medium: print.
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Notes: Access to a classroom or group of children is required for completion of course activities. |
| Provides 50 highly effective and motivational activities that address the problem of connecting phonetic instruction and motor, visual, auditory and inference skills to "real reading," achieved by linking these concepts to children's choices in literature. Activities include a blackline master, follow a game format, and are designed for the whole class before being used in small groups or on a one-to-one basis. Learn why letter and sound correlation activities and other reading subskills are more meaningful to students when connected to a favorite book. Designed for teachers of primary ESL and LEP students. |
| 7043 |
Bennett, Mary |
(5 credits) |
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Arranged Course completion time: up to one year. |
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Tuition: $450 flat fee |
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Register: To register for this course, use the enclosed registration form, print and send the form found online at www.spu.edu/spiral, or call 800/482-3848. Please include an email address and current teaching situation on the registration form. |
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Fees:
includes all materials.
Course medium: print.
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| Appraises methods of reading instruction as they relate to today's classroom environment and the diverse needs of students. Provides an overview of emergent literacy, followed by instruction in phonics, phonemic awareness and building emergent readers' print and alphabetic awareness. Explores vocabulary development. Examines methods of reading instruction and strategies for building reading comprehension. |
| 7089 |
Angello, Nancy |
(5 credits) |
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Arranged Course completion time: up to one year. |
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Tuition: $400 flat fee |
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Register: To register for this course, use the enclosed registration form, print and send the form found online at www.spu.edu/spiral, or call 800/482-3848. All materials must be purchased from LessonLab Skylight at www.lessonlab.com/spu/coursematerials. |
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Register: To register for this course, call 800/482-3848, use the enclosed registration form, or register online at www.spu.edu/spiral. All materials must be purchased from LessonLab SkyLight at www.lessonlab.com/spu/coursematerials. |
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Fees:
plus cost of materials.
Course media: print/DVD.
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| Emphasizes the importance of knowing students, knowing them well as developing readers, and knowing their interests and preferences. Also explores the importance of knowing the curriculum, knowing the important aspects to teach, the proficiencies required, and knowing the texts students are to read. This enables teachers to help students work through the texts, and help them manage increasingly more complex texts. Equivalent: CEU 2808. |
| 7203 |
Kane-Ronning, Susan |
(3 credits) |
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Online |
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Tuition: $40 per credit |
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Register: To register for this course, visit www.armchaired.com. |
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Fees:
plus cost of materials.
Course media: print/Internet.
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| Addresses thinking strategies that help students become proficient readers and writers at the secondary level. Stresses the importance of accessible text, strategies to help students hold and remember and reuse information, and assessment that drives instruction. Explores how to model the reading process for students, ways to supplement and enhance the use of required textbooks, specific strategies taught in context, comprehension constructors, assessment strategies, and ways to balance content and reading instruction. Focuses on the writer as learner, using cultural diversity/multiculturalism, and the use of songs to help remember organizational structure. Equivalent: CEU 2810. |
| 7204 |
Kane-Ronning, Susan |
(3 credits) |
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Online |
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Tuition: $40 per credit |
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Register: To register for this course, visit www.armchaired.com. |
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Fees:
plus cost of materials.
Course media: print/Internet.
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| Provides a practical way to study words with students, based on the research on invented and developmental spelling. Uses the framework of the five stages of spelling or orthographic development. Complements the use of any existing phonics, spelling, and vocabulary curricula using this developmental format. Covers the stages and necessary assessments to determine students' levels, the particular stages of literacy development, and developmentally appropriate activities to accompany these stages. May be repeated for credit up to 20 credits. |
| 7205 |
Kane-Ronning, Susan |
(5 credits) |
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Online |
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Tuition: $40 per credit |
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Register: To register for this course, visit www.armchaired.com. |
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Fees:
plus cost of materials.
Course media: print/Internet.
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| Please see computer prerequisite D in the registration information for minimum computer requirements. Examines picture books, middle grade fiction, non-fiction, and young adult novels with strong female characters. Explores how to integrate the stories into the classroom as a means of empowering and providing role models in literature for our female learners. Each learner will create a personal bibliography of empowered female literature based on the needs of their educational setting and student ability level. |
| 6990 |
Hardwick, Melinda |
(5 credits) |
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Arranged Course completion time: up to one year. |
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Tuition: $400 flat fee |
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Register: To register for this course, use the enclosed registration form, print and send the form found online at www.spu.edu/spiral, or call 800/482-3848. |
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Fees:
plus cost of materials.
Course medium: print.
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| Please see computer prerequiste D in the Registration Information for minimum computer requirements. Examines picture books, middle grade fiction, non-fiction, and young adult novels with the focus on male characters. Explores how to integrate the stories into the classroom as a means of encouraging, inspiring, and providing role models in literature for our male readers. Each learner will create a personal bibliography of literature for boys based on the needs of their educational setting and ability level. |
| 6991 |
Hardwick, Melinda |
(5 credits) |
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Arranged Course completion time: up to one year. |
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Tuition: $400 flat fee |
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Register: To register for this course, use the enclosed registration form, print and send the form found online at www.spu.edu/spiral, or call 800/482-3848. |
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Fees:
plus cost of materials.
Course medium: print.
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| Emphasizes three important principles that help teachers to use a variety of best practices with children who are struggling readers: children need to read a great deal to become proficient readers; children need to access appropriate books; and children need to develop fluent reading to become proficient readers. Summarizes research and explores methods to monitor reading and expand reading activites. May be repeated for credit 1 time. |
| 7207 |
Kane-Ronning, Susan |
(3 credits) |
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Online |
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Tuition: $40 per credit |
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Register: To register for this course, visit www.armchaired.com. |
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Fees:
plus cost of materials.
Course media: print/Internet.
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| Defines the problem of early reading failure in our schools, and effective reading instruction for kindergarten and first grade, one-on-one tutorial instruction, and reading instruction strategically organized on a school-wide basis. Offers specific assessment, instructional and management procedures, and practical classroom-tested pedagogical knowledge combined with current research using a developmental framework. |
| 7208 |
Kane-Ronning, Susan |
(3 credits) |
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Online |
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Tuition: $40 per credit |
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Register: To register for this course, visit www.armchaired.com. |
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Fees:
plus cost of materials.
course media: print/Internet.
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| Explores and explains effective literacy learning for culturally and linguistically diverse children in the early years of school. Describes ways to meet the needs of children by consciously improving literacy teaching in mainstream classrooms using a theoretical model of literacy development. Creates a meeting of minds between children and their teachers, drawing on extensive research that synthesizes the insights, perspectives, and finds from international studies. |
| 7209 |
Kane-Ronning, Susan |
(5 credits) |
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Online |
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Tuition: $40 per credit |
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Register: To register for this course, visit www.armchaired.com. |
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Fees:
plus cost of materials.
Course media: print/Internet.
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| Illustrates how and why students move along a continuum of literacy in kindergarten. Addresses questions about the kindergarten teacher's role in literacy learning, based on a set of beliefs about literacy and teaching and learning that are critical to the effective professional development of teachers of young children. These beliefs include the following: learning occurs best when it is built on learner's strengths, learning is developmental, and personal reflection is key to developing learning. |
| 7210 |
Kane-Ronning, Susan |
(3 credits) |
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Online |
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Tuition: $40 per credit |
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Register: To register for this course, visit www.armchaired.com. |
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Fees:
plus cost of materials.
Course media: print/Internet.
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| Describes the process of teaching reading to children who learn to read with insight and to talk and write about their reading. Provides teachers with the steps needed to approach each component of the reading curriculum, including independent reading, guided reading, book talks word study, and reading aloud. Describes the essential components of a reading workshop, and how to teach the qualities of good reading. |
| 7211 |
Kane-Ronning, Susan |
(5 credits) |
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Online |
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Tuition: $40 per credit |
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Register: To register for this course, visit www.armchaired.com. |
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Fees:
plus cost of materials.
Course media: print/Internet.
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| Computer Prerequisites: Participants will need access to a computer with a connection to the Internet. They will also need to have access or install QuickTime, Flash, and Adobe Reader. Provides participants with a comprehensive knowledge base in the reading process and the instructional techniques that are most effective for teaching students to read. |
| 7065 |
Kovacevich, Harriett |
(5 credits) |
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Arranged Course completion time: up to one year. |
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Tuition: $450 flat fee |
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Register: To register for this course, call Teachscape at 877/984-7277. |
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Fees:
includes all materials.
Course media: print/Internet.
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| Please see Computer Prerequisite B in the Registration Information for minimum computer requirements. Provides information on what scientifically-based research means and discusses the myths and misconceptions of science. Discusses the various types of research and the constraint levels in educational research. Covers the internal and external validity of educational research. Examines quasi-experimental design, pre-experimental design, and single case design. Presents information on replication and research synthesis, and discusses evaluation instruments for Stage 1 of a Reading First program. This is the first course in a three-course series. It is recommended, but not required, that these courses be taken in order. |
| 6992 |
Jackson, Mick |
(3 credits) |
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Arranged Course completion time: up to one year. |
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Tuition: $240 flat fee |
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Register: To register for this course, use the enclosed registration form, print and send the form found online at www.spu.edu/spiral, or call 800/482-3848. |
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Fees:
includes all materials.
Course media: print/CD-ROM.
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| Please see Computer Prerequisite B in the Registration information for minimum computer requirements. Reveals three critical elements of effective reading instruction that will lead to student success in the classroom: the organization of instruction; curriculum design, and instructional delivery as noted by Carnine, Silbert & Kame'enui (1997). Covers the evolution of Reading, and examines key legislation that affects reading instruction. This is the second course in a three-course series. It is recommended, but not required, that these courses be taken in order. |
| 6993 |
Jackson, Mick |
(3 credits) |
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Arranged Course completion time: up to one year. |
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Tuition: $240 flat fee |
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Register: To register for this course, use the enclosed registration form, print and send the form found online at www.spu.edu/spiral, or call 800/482-3848. |
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Fees:
includes all materials.
Course media: print/CD-ROM.
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| Please see Computer Prerequisite B in the Registration Information for minimum computer requirements. Focuses on learning to read, reading to learn, and an introduction to reading assessment. As part of these two key areas of reading instruction, the five elements of effective reading instruction will be highlighted, including definitions, implications for instruction and future directions. These five elements include instruction in: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and text comprehension. Also provides information on important assessment terms and definitions and will explore how reading assessment fits within the Reading First Program. This is the third course in a three-course series. It is recommended but not required that these courses be taken in order. If course 3 is taken prior to course 1 some additional research may be required. |
| 6994 |
Jackson, Mick |
(4 credits) |
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Arranged Course completion time: up to one year. |
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Tuition: $320 flat fee |
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Register: To register for this course, use the enclosed registration form, print and send the form found online at www.spu.edu/spiral, or call 800/482-3848. |
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Fees:
includes all materials.
Course media: print/CD-ROM.
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| Explores some of the different awards given to both children's literature and their authors. Looks at children's book awards such as: The Jane Addams Book award, given to books that foster a better understanding of the world; The Dolly Gray Award, given for books, which recognize high quality children's books that portray individuals with developmental disabilities; and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, given to a children's writer or illustrator whose books have made a lasting contribution to literature for children. Also includes information on current blogs, websites and publications that profile excellence in children's literature. |
| 6995 |
Hardwick, Melinda |
(5 credits) |
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Arranged Course completion time: up to one year. |
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Tuition: $400 flat fee |
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Register: To register for this course, use the enclosed registration form, print and send the form found online at www.spu.edu/spiral, or call 800/482-3848. |
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Fees:
plus cost of materials.
Course media: print/Internet.
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| Presents strategies for teaching children who are at-risk, including children with learning and behavioral disabilities, children of poverty, and children who speak English as a second language. Integrates scientifically-validated practices into a systematic teaching process that uses data from students in authentic classrooms to guide practice. Presents five components validated by the National Reading Panel including phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. Curriculum-based assessment measures, including DIBELS, are presented to identify children at risk for reading failure and to monitor student progress. Using DIBELS assessments to pinpoint student skill development as students acquire alphabetic principle is also covered. Lastly differentiated instruction and specific strategies to maximize learning for all students are provided. |
| 7212 |
Kane-Ronning, Susan |
(5 credits) |
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Online |
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Tuition: $40 per credit |
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Register: To register for this course, visit www.armchaired.com. |
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Fees:
plus cost of materials.
Course media: print/Internet.
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| Offers a complete picture of how to skillfully teach meaning making and fluency within any instructional context. Provides frameworks for high-quality instruction that describe appropriate expectations for comprehending, fluency, and vocabulary development. Provides effective teaching strategies for the following: comprehending, word solving fluency and vocabulary; writing about reading in a variety of genres and using writing as a tool for thinking; using guided reading with fiction and nonfiction books; discussing books during interactive read-aloud and literature study; and taking part in shared and performance reading. Instruction is included for running reading records of reading behavior to assess comprehension and fluency, and to then use those assessments to inform and differentiate teaching. |
| 7213 |
Kane-Ronning, Susan |
(5 credits) |
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Online |
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Tuition: $40 per credit |
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Register: To register for this course, visit www.armchaired.com. |
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Fees:
plus cost of materials.
Course media: print/Internet.
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| Offers secondary teachers an opportunity to learn the craft of writing a short story. Athough the course focuses on teachers as writers, classroom teachers will find the lessons to be applicable to young writers too. The course focuses on constructing a short story from personal experience. Topics for creating the short story include, developing strong characters, story structure, and revision. |
| 7169 |
Hardwick, Melinda |
(5 credits) |
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Arranged Course completion time: up to one year. |
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Tuition: $400 flat fee |
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Register: To register for this course, use the enclosed registration form, print and send the form found online at www.spu.edu/spiral, or call 800/482-3848. |
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Fees:
plus cost of materials.
Course media: print/Internet.
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| Studying the book "The Reading/Writing Connection" by Boothe Olsen, this course details the process of teaching writing and responding to literature. Provides ways of teaching task-specific strategies and provides examples of lessons that help students learn to generate specific detail and metaphor in their writing. Lastly, it provides specific scaffolding strategies to engage students in learning strategies for interpreting literature. |
| 7216 |
Kane-Ronning, Susan |
(5 credits) |
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Online |
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Tuition: $40 per credit |
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Register: To register for this course, visit www.armchaired.com. |
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Fees:
plus cost of materials.
Course media: print/Internet.
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| Focuses on the intentional and appropriate planning of literacy instruction. The authors have created The Early Literacy Continuum for early childhood teachers to use in order to plan instruction. Utilizing assessment to guide instruction, the assessment continuum provides a method for teachers to identify what children need. |
| 7217 |
Kane-Ronning, Susan |
(3 credits) |
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Online |
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Tuition: $40 per credit |
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Register: To register for this course, visit www.armchaired.com. |
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Fees:
plus cost of materials.
Course media: print/Internet.
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| Discusses writing and the teaching of poetry, giving inside information that is not typically in educational courses and text. Includes the rationale for teaching poetry and different poetry forms. Targets sixteen specific and different poetry forms, giving form, samples, and bibliographical citations as models. Covers several types of poetry, such as acrostic, ballad, blues, Cinquain, Haiku, limerick, riddle, sonnet, and many others. |
| 7218 |
Kane-Ronning, Susan |
(3 credits) |
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Online |
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Tuition: $40 per credit |
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Register: To register for this course, visit www.armchaired.com. |
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Fees:
plus cost of materials.
Course media: print/Internet.
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| Offers secondary teachers an opportunity to learn the craft of writing a picture book. Focuses on teachers as writers; however, educators will find the lessons very applicable to the teaching of writing. Focuses on learning to identify three types of picture books: Storybook, Concept, and Informational Picture Book while exploring writing techniques used in picture books such as; character, structure, and the use of poetic language. |
| 7022 |
Hardwick, Melinda |
(5 credits) |
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Arranged Course completion time: up to one year. |
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Tuition: $400 flat fee |
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Register: To register for this course, use the enclosed registration form, print and send the form found online at www.spu.edu/spiral, or call 800/482-3848. |
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Fees:
plus cost of materials.
Course media: print/Internet.
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| Explores what is important about effective writing instruction, and how it is situated within all the modes of literacy. Focuses on helping K-6 teachers find an effective road map for enhancing their writing instruction by refocusing on writing process and emphasizing the need for even young students to consider audience, purpose, and genre when writing. Includes staff development activities, examples of children's writing, and a variety of practical formative assessments and monitoring forms. |
| 7219 |
Kane-Ronning, Susan |
(3 credits) |
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Online |
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Tuition: $40 per credit |
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Register: To register for this course, visit www.armchaired.com. |
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Fees:
plus cost of materials.
Course media: print/Internet.
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| Please see Computer Prerequisite D in the Registration Information for minimum computer requirements. Explores Mary Pipher's text, Writing to Change the World. Examines how giving to others gives people something to write about. Also reviews examples of others who are making a difference in their communities by studying stories in the text, Stone Soup for the World. Educators will complete a variety of writing exercises including poetry and narrative essay and examine how to use these ideas in the classroom. Participants will use the writing process to compose a letter, speech, or expository essay written for a real-world audience. The course is taught with the "teacher-as-writer", however, all writing exercises and assignments can be adapted for the classroom. The course is geared toward educators in grades 4-10. |
| 7023 |
Hardwick, Melinda |
(5 credits) |
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Arranged Course completion time: up to one year. |
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Tuition: $400 flat fee |
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Register: To register for this course, use the enclosed registration form, print and send the form found online at www.spu.edu/spiral, or call 800/482-3848. |
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Fees:
plus cost of materials.
Course media: print/Internet.
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| Discusses practical writing strategies and techniques to use within every curricular area in a primary classroom. Presents research-based theory interwoven with practical application and ways to incorporate the EALRs and the Six Traits of Writing. Designed for primary teachers and education students; however, many of the techniques and strategies may be used in upper-elementary classrooms. |
| 7024 |
Landers, Catherine |
(5 credits) |
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Arranged Course completion time: up to one year. |
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Tuition: $400 flat fee |
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Register: To register for this course, use the enclosed registration form, print and send the form found online at www.spu.edu/spiral, or call 800/482-3848. |
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Fees:
plus cost of materials.
Course medium: print.
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Notes: Access to a classroom or group of children is required for completion of course activities. |
| Focuses on the main features of writing development, including visual organizers, model lesson plans for use in direct instruction of organizational structure, models of indirect instruction strategies, models for guiding writers to examine changes in work of written discourse, and models for meaningful assessment. Defines vocabulary terms and examines student writing. Emphasizes the writer as learner, using cultural diversity/multiculturalism, and the use of songs to help remember organizational structure. Equivalent: CEU 2804. |
| 7220 |
Kane-Ronning, Susan |
(5 credits) |
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Online |
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Tuition: $40 per credit |
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Register: To register for this course, visit www.armchaired.com. |
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Fees:
plus cost of materials.
Course media: print/Internet.
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| Focuses on a comprehensive overview of education strategies and philosophies for writing assessment and instruction. Emphasizes clear guidelines on helping students draft, assess, and revise their writing, as well as explicit criteria to show students precisely what they must do to succeed as writers. The six-trait system is incorporated into state and district level standards and assessments. |
| 7221 |
Kane-Ronning, Susan |
(5 credits) |
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Online |
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Tuition: $40 per credit |
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Register: To register for this course, visit www.armchaired.com. |
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Fees:
plus cost of materials.
Course media: print/Internet.
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| Develops conceptual tools for understanding the nature and the processes of language: phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics. Personal and professional attitudes toward the world of language are reexamined. This course is also offered via distance learning. Please note that the distance learning version of this course is not eligible for financial aid nor is it part of the on-campus tuition plateau; full payment is required at the time of registration. |
| 7167 |
Bartholomew, Kathryn |
(5 credits) |
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Arranged Course completion time: up to one year. |
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Tuition: $625 flat fee |
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Register: To register for this course, use the enclosed registration form, print and send the form found online at www.spu.edu/spiral, or call 800/482-3848. |
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Fees:
plus cost of materials.
Course media: print/audio cassette.
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