COURSE SYLLABUS- READING CHALLENGE 1

Course Description

This course will provide the learner with a greater knowledge of the fundamental ideas required
to improve children's reading skills. Through readings, lessons, quizzes, and independent
explorations, the learner will leave the course with a more complete understanding of the
development of reading skills from preschool to adulthood and will be able to consider specific
strategies that could be used to improve anyone's reading skills and development. The book is
also supplied to assist the learner in furthering his or her own exploration of the topics. The
learner will be able to describe some of the basic underlying concepts of reading development,
activities that may be implemented to raise skill levels, and the necessity of improving reading
throughout life by the conclusion of this unit.

Objective:

Students will be able to identify the purpose and value of improving reading skills.

Students will be able to identify and define the major components of reading instruction

Students will be able to apply strategies to improve reading skills in each of the major
components of reading instruction.

Students will be able to transfer knowledge learned about reading development into their own
personal experiences or that of others to increase reading skills.

Learning Outcome

After this course, students will be able to:

Describe the importance of reading skills in society.

Summarize the big five areas of reading development.

Describe phonemic and phonological awareness.

Outline the processes involved in building phonics, vocabulary, reading fluency, and reading
comprehension.
Evaluate readers who are struggling or maybe learning disabled and apply appropriate
techniques.

Session Topic Unit Page

1 Arts and Unit 1: The Ice P. 5-6
2 Leisure Hotel P. 7-8
3 P. 9-10
4 Culture and Unit 2: Food Firsts P. 11-12
5 History P. 13-14
6 P. 15-16
7 Review Units 1-2
8 Environment Unit 3: Hurricane P. 17-18
9 Who? P. 19-20
10 P. 21-22
11 Health Unit 4: How Did P. 23-24
12 Those Get in There? P. 25-26
13 P. 27-28
14 Review Units 3-4
15 Mid-term Test
16 Science Facts Unit 5: A Bug’s P. 29-30
17 Sleep P. 31-32
18 P. 33-34
19 People Profiles Unit 6: Tiger’s Tale P. 35-36
20 P. 37-38
21 P. 39-40
22 Review Units 5-6
23 Social Science Unit 7: Not the P. 41-42
24 Normal News P. 43-44
25 P. 45-46
26 Sports and Unit 8: The Wright P. 47-48
27 Hobbies Way to Fly P. 49-50
28 P. 51-52
29 Review Units 7-8
30 Final Test
31 Test Revision