GED 517 - Teaching Nonfiction in the Elementary Classroom

Nonfiction has come into its own. New standards in literacy and science require students to appreciate, read, and write this genre. These expectations dovetail with the recent publishing trend of compelling and engaging nonfiction books for children. Become familiar with outstanding nonfiction and authors, and methods and materials for exploring literacy across the curriculum with elementary readers and writers. Topics will also include visual and critical literacies, multimodal representation, expanding definitions of text, the development of text-sets, and consideration of the role that nonfiction plays in the CCSS and NGSS. Participants will have an opportunity to create curriculum relevant to their teaching settings.

Credits: 3 cr.