Masters Course: EDUC 531 - Raising Rigor: Applying Close Reading Across the Curriculum in the Age of Common Core

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  • Tuition of $1,440.00 will be paid on Neumann's website via MyNU E-bill. If you are a current Masters degree student, click here to register.
  • Dates: September 4 - October 29, 2017 In class meeting dates - 9/10, 9/24, 10/8, 10/22
  • Professors: Pam Gregg and Jim Duey
  • Location: Franklin Commons, Phoenixville, PA

What effect will the Common Core have on the children we teach? In the era of Common Core State Standards, classroom teachers across all curricular disciplines must be teachers of reading as well as content. If they can do so efficiently and purposefully, their students will be able to access the information necessary to be truly successful in all subjects. “But how do I teach reading when I am a _______ teacher? I don’t know how.” The solution: Close Reading. Close Reading techniques are easy to learn and master, have various frameworks, and lend themselves to cross-curricular applications. In this class, participants will explore the facets of close reading frameworks and discover how to apply them to multiple subject areas. By using a variety of informational and narrative texts and media on different levels, the end result will be teachers who are confident and competent with helping their students become strong readers, writers and thinkers who access, use, and apply information necessary to be successful. Participants should come to class with texts they use in their curriculum, in order to develop activities they can use immediately in their classrooms.