Emergent Literacy

Pick 2-3 of the following questions and reflect on them in the Comments: 1) How would you define emergent literacy in plain English? 2) Why does it matter particularly in special education? 3) What might it look like in classrooms? 4) What are some key principles? 5) How does it differ from reading readiness? Your comments are due no later than Sept. 5.

Welcome and Introductions

Welcome to the Fall 2010 RE 3900 blog on literacy instruction and assessment for students with disabilities. Our focus throughout the semester will be on how to teach reading and writing to all of the students you (will) serve in your future and current classrooms. To get started, and to make sure you have successfully found this blog, please reply to this post no later than Sept. 5 with a brief introduction in "Comments" below. You'll find my intro there already. Looking forward to learning with you.