50 Literacy strategies for culturally responsive teaching, K-8 First edition.

Author

• Schmidt, Patricia Ruggiano

Additional Author(s)

-

Publisher

Thousand Oaks, California: Corwin , 2013

Language

English

ISBN

9781412925723

Series

Subject(s)

• LANGUAGE ARTS (ELEMENTARY)--ACTIVITY PROGRAMS
• LITERACY
• MULTICULTURALISM--STUDY AND TEACHING--ACTIVITY PROGRAMS

Notes

• Includes bibliographical references and index

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Abstract

“The authors provide practical approaches to literacy instruction that are desperately warranted. They offer a prescription for using strategies, selecting text, making home-school connections, and building learning communities aimed at benefiting all students. In short, this is a text that is long overdue.”

--Alfred W. Tatum, Assistant Professor

Northern Illinois University

Make literacy MEANINGFUL in your classroom for students of ALL cultures!

This book will allow teachers to use innovative strategies to promote engaged, inclusive literacy, and raise their students' appreciation for the cultural diversity in their own classroom communities. This resource celebrates awareness of individual, ethnic, cultural, linguistic, and economic diversity, and addresses all aspects of studies within the context of culturally responsive teaching. Field-tested with K-8 teachers, each strategy is described for use at beginning, intermediate, and ...

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

1 online resource (xix, 140 p.)

Dimension

-

Other Desc.

ill.

Summary / Review / Table of Content

Chapter 1: Classroom Community: Getting to Know Me, Myself, and Us
Autobiography: All About Me
Biography: What Do You Like?
Physical Differences
Abilities and Capabilities
Graphing Different Ethnic Groups in the U.S.
Graphing Differences for Analysis
What's in a Name?
A Web Page: An Electronic Book About You
ABC's of Cultural Communication: Getting to Know You in a Few Minutes

Chapter 2: Home, Community, and Nation: Making Contributions to Literacy Learning
What Is a Family?
Home Is Where the Heart Is: Connecting with Families
Community Soup
Heroes and Sheroes: Contributions to Our World
A Day in the Life of Youth/Adults
Yesterday and Today: Grandparents/Senior Citizens and Parents
Place Name Games and Geographic Awareness
Storytelling

Chapter 3: Multicultural Literature Events: Motivating Literacy Learning in Content Areas
Literature: Celebrate Famous People from Diverse Backgrounds
Literature in Mathematics
Appreciation of the Arts
Literature in History
Literature in Science
Exploration of Values: Reader Response to Diversity
Math Expression and Everyday Language

Chapter 4: Critical Media Literacy: Exploring Values
Introduction to Critical Media Literacy
Critical Media Literacy and Literature: Understanding Family, School, and Community Values
Deep Viewing and the Visual Media
Textual and Visual Connections
Internet Traveler

Chapter 5: Global Perspectives and Literacy Development: Understanding the World View
Community and Conflict: Peaceful Problem Solving
Being Grateful for Diversity
The World and Our Place in It
Diverse Means of Transportation
Compassion: Journal Writing, Interviewing, and Theatrical Presentation
Weather and Us
Speaking and Learning Languages
Flora and Fauna of Regions
Architecture Around the World
Calendar of Holidays/Festivals from Around the World
Differences in Names and in Addresses
Group Poems
Recipe Books
Converting from the U.S. System to the Metric System

Chapter 6: Inquiry Learning and Literacy Learning: Beginning to Know Research
KWLQ: Researching Diversity
Inquiry Learning: Questioning and Analysis
Exploring Diversity on the Internet: Pen Pals and E-Pals
Collecting Multicultural Adages
Multicultural Book Clubs
Brain Teasers
Searching the Origins of English Words

Exemplar(s)

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