The Comprehension Connection: Strategies to Teach Reading and Listening Comprehension Skills in the Classroom

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PEDC 9081 The Comprehension Connection: Strategies to Teach Reading and Listening Comprehension Skills in the Classroom
(K-12, Special Education) in the Age of the Next Generation and Common Core
3 Graduate Level or In-service Credits/ 45 Hours Instructor: Alissa Rosenberg May 1-30, July 1-30
University of the Pacific

Comprehension is the understanding of the meaning of written and oral language. Comprehension involves constructing meaning from traditional sources such as books, papers, magazines, from listening to others read or speak aloud and from reading text and other media sources that have become so popular today. Comprehension is based on a reader’s prior knowledge, information presented and the use of context. This course will give direct strategies that can be used in the classroom to help improve a student’s reading and listening comprehension skills. This class is appropriate for teacher’s k-12, Special Education, Speech Therapists. Common Core and Next Generation State Standards are addressed