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Elementary Required Textbooks - Please have the books BEFORE the first day of class

ALL  Courses The following materials are required:

Hardware/Software You Will Need to Access ALL of the Course Content:

  1. Computer Microphone
  2. Computer Headphones or Speakers
  3. Microsoft Word (NOTE: Microsoft Works and Corel Word Perfect WILL NOT WORK)

You have from EDUC 340 – BRING AUGUST 4-8: SmartCard Teacher Toolbox from Kagan (http://www.kaganonline.com)
SmartCard Teacher Toolbox includes all 16 SmartCards below, plus the following nine SmartCards, and are packaged in a handy storage toolbox. Includes 25 SmartCards total. CSTT25

You have from EDUC 340 – BRING AUGUST 4-8: Marzano, Robert, Norford, Jennifer, Paynter, Diane, Pickering, Debra, & Gaddy, Barbara (2001). A Handbook for Classroom Instruction that Works. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.

You will be provided with: Response to Intervention (RtI) (you can purchase this from the Teacher Education Program by calling 970.943.2020 in spiral bound form or you can download it directly from the CDE website) http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdegen/downloads/RtIGuide.pdf

Subscription to PD 360 Professional Development On-Demand - to purchase: http://www.schoolimprovement.com/store/index.cfm?action=ViewDetails&itemid=1100
To view videos: http://www.schoolimprovement.com/pd360

FALL COURSES

EDUC 400 The following materials are required:

Moats, L.C. (2005). Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling (LETRS). Longmont, CO:  Sopris West
                Module 1:  The Challenge of Learning to Read ISBN: 1-59318-189-2
Module 2:  The Speech Sounds of English: Phonetics, Phonology, and Phoneme Awareness
       ISBN: 1-59318-190-6
                Module 3:  Spellography for Teachers: How English Spelling Works  ISBN: 1-59318-191-4
                Module 7: Teaching Phonics, Word Study, and The Alphabetic Principle ISBN: 1-59318-195-7

Honig, Bill, Diamond, Linda, & Gutlohn, Linda (2008) Teaching Reading Sourcebook, 2nd Edition. Novato, CA: Arena Press ISBN: 978-1-57128-457-0 (NOTE: required in 401 and 402 also)

Diamond, Linda & Thorsnes, B.J. (2008) Assessing Reading: Multiple Measures, 2nd Edition Novato, CA: Arena Press ISBN: 978:1-57128-464-8 (NOTE: required in 401 also)

EDUC 401 The following materials are required:

Diamond, Linda & Thorsnes, B.J. (2008) Assessing Reading: Multiple Measures, 2nd Edition Novato, CA: Arena Press ISBN: 978:1-57128-464-8 (NOTE: required in 400 also)

Honig, Bill, Diamond, Linda, & Gutlohn, Linda (2008) Teaching Reading Sourcebook, 2nd Edition. Novato, CA: Arena Press ISBN: 978-1-57128-457-0 (NOTE: required in 400 and 402 also)

Only required if your field school is not currently using a progress monitoring reading assessment that you can administer weekly  (such as DIBELS or AIMSweb): Subscription to Aims Web http://www.aimsweb.com/products/systems/pre-student/description.php - purchase pre-service student package

EDUC 404 The following materials are required:

You will be provided with: Smith, Rick. (2004). Conscious Classroom Management: Unlocking the Secrets of Great Teaching. San Rafael, CA: Conscious Teaching Publications.

EDUC 405 No materials are required.

SPRING COURSES

EDUC 402 The following materials are required:

Culham, Ruth (2003) 6 + 1 Traits of Writing: The Complete Guide(Grades 3 and Up) Northwest Regional Education Laboratory & Scholastic, Inc, Broadway, NY. ISBN: 0-439-28038-9 (*If you are teaching K-2 and plan on teaching at the primary level in the future you may substitute the 6+1 Traits of Writing: The Complete Guide for the Primary Grades)

Honig, Bill, Diamond, Linda, & Gutlohn, Linda (2008) Teaching Reading Sourcebook, 2nd Edition. Novato, CA: Arena Press ISBN: 978-1-57128-457-0 (NOTE: required in 400 and 401 also)

EDUC 408 No materials are required.

EDUC 413 No materials are required.

Updated 6/20/08