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SEDM 5820 Course Orientation, Fall 2012. Ann Morrison, Ph.D. Syllabus. Take a few minutes to read through the syllabus At your tables, discuss the following: The assignments, decide what questions you have The class policies, decide what questions you have
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SEDM 5820Course Orientation, Fall2012 Ann Morrison, Ph.D.
Syllabus • Take a few minutes to read through the syllabus • At your tables, discuss the following: • The assignments, decide what questions you have • The class policies, decide what questions you have • The course schedule, decide what questions you have • Anything else you might have a question about? • Anything that surprised you?
Field Experience • Begins no later than week 4 • Ends no earlier than week 10 • No more than 3 hours per visit • Should largely be spent observing reading instruction and teaching small groups or 1-1, also instructing case study student • Done in a general education K, 1st, 2nd, or 3rd grade classroom • Includes doing a case study • Hours must be signed off by a cooperating teacher on every visit
Work Products • Reference Notebook • Bag of Tricks • IRIS Modules • Two Reading Intervention Lesson Plans • Case Study (key assignment)
Find Information… • makelearninghappen.com • Blackboard • Student class on how to use Blackboard • http://www.mscd.edu/academic/online/student/gettingstarted/studenttraining.shtml
In-Class Rule #1, if you aren’t comfortable, you won’t learn as much. So… • If you are hungry, eat • I bring a kettle and tea, bring cup-o-whatever, coffee, etc. • If you need to attend to a personal matter, please do so outside of the classroom • If you are uncomfortable sitting, stand up, stretch, do what will make you feel better • If you need to use the washroom, please do Unless there is a problem, we begin on time Use of computers or ipads is not allowed unless it is on an ACCESS Accommodation form
Things That Are Important in This Class • Attendance • Professionalism • Using resources that are provided • Learning • Helplessness • Entitlement
Icebreaker • One personateach table rolls the dice. • Read the question and select a person to answerit. • The personwhoanswered the question, thenrolls the dice, and so on.
Why This Class isAmongYour Most Important… • Becauseitis a prerequisite for SED 4200 whichisreallygreat • Because Dr. Morrison saysitis • Becauseyouget to playreadinggames • Becauseonly 11% of childrenwho do not readat grade level by the end of grade 1 willeverreadat grade level (Cunningham & Stanovich, 1989).