This is the third of three courses that focus on the research on how children become literate and the implications of research on instructional practice. This course focuses on fluency, vocabulary acquisition, comprehension, and close reading of complex text. This course connects to content in previous literacy-specific courses and develops proficiency in the use of more complex teaching strategies and assessments. Classroom observation and micro-teaching is required. Incorporates fieldwork that includes an intensive culminating field experience in conjunction with EDUC 327, EDUC 331, EDUC 454, EDUC 457 providing opportunity for application of knowledge, skills, and dispositions.