Michelle Benito’s Profile

This course is designed to develop practical and evidence-based knowledge for teaching literacy and enable students to demonstrate competencies teaching young children. It requires supervised participation in an assigned early childhood education setting and attendance at a weekly seminar. Students will explore principles, methods, and materials for teaching emergent literacy within a developmentally appropriate, interdisciplinary and culturally responsive curriculum. Current research regarding speaking, listening, reading and writing experiences of young children will be critically examined. Practical classroom experiences will provide opportunities for students to make connections between theory and practice, develop professional behavior working with young children and their families, and build a comprehensive understanding of balanced literacy in early childhood classrooms. Students will design, implement and evaluate activity-based literacy learning experiences for young children with diverse learning styles and needs, with strong emphasis on child centered, play-oriented approaches to teaching, learning and assessment, and knowledge of curriculum content areas.

This course is designed to develop practical and evidence-based knowledge for teaching literacy and enable students to demonstrate competencies teaching young children. It requires supervised participation in an assigned early childhood education setting and attendance at a weekly seminar. Students will explore principles, methods, and materials for teaching emergent literacy within a developmentally appropriate, interdisciplinary and culturally responsive curriculum. Current research regarding speaking, listening, reading and writing experiences of young children will be critically examined. Practical classroom experiences will provide opportunities for students to make connections between theory and practice, develop professional behavior working with young children and their families, and build a comprehensive understanding of balanced literacy in early childhood classrooms. Students will design, implement and evaluate activity-based literacy learning experiences for young children with diverse learning styles and needs, with strong emphasis on child centered, play-oriented approaches to teaching, learning and assessment, and knowledge of curriculum content areas.

Curso diseñado para hablantes de español como lengua de herencia que quieren practicar y sentirse más cómodos usando el español como medio de expresión! Los estudiantes crean 5 proyectos distintos en los que, entre otras actividades: narran un evento significativo personal; discuten noticias actuales y describen algunas características de su comunidad; investigan y comparten información sobre los recursos comunitarios disponibles para hispanohablantes en los cinco condados de Nueva York; analizan cómo las historias familiares se relacionan con el bilingüismo. Course for speakers of Spanish as a heritage language who want to practice and feel more confident using Spanish. Students create five different projects in which they narrate a significant event in their lives; discuss current news; investigate and share information regarding their community; reflect on their family history and their relation with bilingualism.

Curso diseñado para hablantes de español como lengua de herencia que quieren practicar y sentirse más cómodos usando el español como medio de expresión! Los estudiantes crean 5 proyectos distintos en los que, entre otras actividades: narran un evento significativo personal; discuten noticias actuales y describen algunas características de su comunidad; investigan y comparten información sobre los recursos comunitarios disponibles para hispanohablantes en los cinco condados de Nueva York; analizan cómo las historias familiares se relacionan con el bilingüismo. Course for speakers of Spanish as a heritage language who want to practice and feel more confident using Spanish. Students create five different projects in which they narrate a significant event in their lives; discuss current news; investigate and share information regarding their community; reflect on their family history and their relation with bilingualism.