Literacy processes and children's language and, literacy development from birth through the middle, grades. Focus is on theoretical foundations of, literacy, meaning construction across-symbol, systems, early reading and writing behavior,, meaningcentered instructional practices, and basic, knowledge and instructional practices relating to, word recognition skills and comprehension, processes. Introduces students to a range of, individually and culturally responsive, instructional assessment approaches and materials, to promote literacy learning, as well as the, concept of media literacy. Children's literature, will be integrated as it pertains to the content, of this course.