Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: facilitate students’ understanding of expository text material and content-specific vocabulary; plan for and provide a literate classroom environment to meet the diverse needs of all students; plan meaningful literacy experiences that integrate reading, writing, listening and communicating competencies in content area teaching; interact with students, colleagues, parents and community members to enhance literacy development; demonstrate a basic understanding of reading assessments for students and text; incorporate instructional technology into the preparation and teaching of lessons to enhance literacy development; and use critical and creative thinking skills relevant to course content and appropriate to student needs in planning lessons.