Category Archives: Culturally Responsive Teaching
Rethinking Alphabet Charts
Check out this alphabet chart. H is for chicken, Q is for people, R is for flower, S is for dessert, J is for drink, N is for spaghetti and Q is for queue. What??? This chart (and many like … Continue reading
Exploring Social Studies Through Arts-Based Pedagogy
The Beyond the Apple video introducing arts based pedagogy is available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N5Yg4Q3xq8 Infusing arts-based pedagogy into classroom practice provides students and teachers with an opportunity to view content through a new perspective. Here’s how we used arts based pedagogy … Continue reading
The Stories of Home
Daniel Wicks’ poem, A Voice to Tell Stories capture how a family’s stories are not only an integral component of a young child’s learning, they keep the family’s history alive. Share this poem with your school community and invite community … Continue reading
Using Home Language as the Foundation for English Language Learning – A Win Win Situation
Home Language: The language to which children are exposed in their homes and communities; it is the language that they use as their primary means of communication, and identifies them with their community. http://www.igi-global.com/dictionary/home-language/49406 The benefits of English language instruction … Continue reading
Know the Community; Know the Student
The term “funds of knowledge” refers to a community’s “historically accumulated and culturally developed bodies of knowledge” (Moll, Amanti, Neff, & Gonzalez, 2001). Regardless of the location, a school’s community has many funds of knowledge. Funds of knowledge … Continue reading
Culturally Inclusive Classrooms
A culturally aware and inclusive classroom recognizes that identity is complex and multi layered and encompasses race, gender and gender identity, socio-economic status, sexual identity, ethnicity, and religion. As we build culturally inclusive classrooms we need to be mindful about … Continue reading
Using the Poems and Songs of Home Language as Anchors for Literacy Learning
The potential of using home language as an entry point to school literacy learning is an important topic for a professional learning conversation. Home language is situated in the heart of a community. The vocabulary, structures, and rhythms of one’s … Continue reading
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