Culturally Sustaining Language and Literacy Practices for Pre-K-3 Classrooms: The Children Come Full
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Culturally Sustaining Language and Literacy Practices for Pre-K-3 Classrooms: The Children Come Full
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Overview
Literacy educators are often unequipped to help young children contend with the world we inhabit, where linguistic, literate, and cultural pluralism are not always valued or sustained. In fact, educators are routinely bombarded by programs that position literacy as a simple, one-size-fits-all practice. This resource will help pre-K–3 teachers create and interpret literacy teaching processes, practices, and spaces that honor and extend children’s fullness. It is coauthored by three teachers from ethnically, racially, and linguistically diverse schools who share vivid examples and everyday stories from their own classrooms. Grounded in an accessible discussion of the value of culturally sustaining pedagogy (CSP) and its potential to promote equity in elementary teaching, this book can be used as a practical introduction to CSP practices for early childhood teachers and teacher candidates.
Book Features:
- Focuses on the capabilities of young children and their families, rather than perceived deficits.
- Showcases a theoretical model, key definitions, and an interpretive framework of culturally sustaining early literacy practices and processes.
- Offers concrete examples and stories that educators can use in their own settings.
- Contains user-friendly features to help readers visualize the processes and practices described in the book, including artwork and other artifacts from classrooms.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780807767467 |
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| Publisher: | Teachers College Press |
| Publication date: | 09/23/2022 |
| Series: | Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies Series |
| Pages: | 176 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.12(w) x 9.00(h) x (d) |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Series Foreword Django Paris xi
Foreword Gloria S. Boutte xiii
Preface xv
Acknowledgments xvii
1 The Children Come Full: Toward a Framework for Culturally Sustaining Early Literacy Teaching Kindel Turner Nash Alicia Arce-Boardman Roderick Peele Kerry Elson Haydée Dohrn-Melendez Morgan 1
We Wrote This Book for You 2
Guiding Definitions 3
Theory as a North Star 3
Culturally Sustaining Early Literacy Teaching 6
Culturally Sustaining Early Literacy Teaching: An Interpretive Framework 9
Book Authors and School Contexts 9
An Invitation 12
2 No Behavior Charts: Building Sustaining Learning Communities for Young Children Kindel Turner Nash Alicia Arce-Boardman Roderick Peele Kerry Elson Haydée Dohrn-Melendez Morgan 13
Before the School Year Begins 14
Setting Up the Classroom 18
Norms, Routines, Conflicts, and Celebrations 24
Conclusion 33
3 Sustaining Beginnings: Literacy Practices to Foster Knowing and Being Known Kindel Turner Nash Alicia Arce-Boardman Roderick Peele, Kerry Elson 34
Fostering Knowingness Through Morning Meetings 35
Share Time 37
Knowingness Through Naming: Labeling the Classroom 37
Knowingness Through the Classroom Library 39
Child-Created Book-Basket Labels 39
Knowingness Through Creating Identity Texts 40
Creating Critical Spaces Through Read-Alouds 43
Knowingness Through Letter, Sound, and Word Work 45
Beginning the Reading and Writing Workshop 48
Conclusion 52
4 "¿Que Piensas?"/"What Do You Think?": Culturally Sustaining Ways of Reading Kindel Turner Nash Alicia Arce-Boardman Roderick Peele Kerry Elson 53
How Do Children Learn to Read? 54
Culturally Sustaining Reading Practices 61
Life-Affirming Ways of Reading 61
Classroom Library 61
Conclusion 70
5 I Am Enough: Culturally Sustaining Approaches to Oral Language and Vocabulary Development Kindel Turner Nash Alicia Arce-Boardman Roderick Peeie Kerry Elson 71
All Children Have Impressive Language Abilities 72
Oral Language Development 72
Fostering Oral Language Development Through Talk and Play 73
Vocabulary Development 80
Conclusion: I Am Enough 87
6 "Just Because My Parents Are From El Salvador You Can't Say They Are Bad and Evil": Culturally Sustaining Ways of Writing Kindel Turner Nash Alicia Arce-Boardman Roderick Peele Kerry Elson 89
How Do Children Learn to Write? 90
Culturally Sustaining Writing Instruction 97
Conclusion 109
7 Attending to Children: Literacy Assessment That Cultivates Joy and Genius Kindel Turner Nash Alicia Arce-Boardman Roderick Peele Kerry Elson 111
A Word About Standardized and High-Stakes Assessments 112
Vocabulary 121
Spelling and Phonemic Awareness 122
Conclusion 124
8 An Epilogue: The Truth That's Already There Kindel Turner Nash Alicia Arce-Boardman Roderick Peele Kerry Elson Haydée Dohrn-Melendez Morgan 125
Missteps and Tensions 128
The Children Come Full 129
Appendix A Children's Literature for Creating and Sustaining Communities 131
References 134
Index 149
About the Authors 155
What People are Saying About This
“This book is an incredibly supportive, accessible, comprehensive, and real look at day-to-day life in classrooms where educators build students' literacy proficiency because their teaching is anchored in commitments to children's brilliance and humanity. In this engaging and deeply loving volume, we walk right into the classrooms of inspiring teachers who share a complete spectrum of instructional practices in support of literacy education. Perfect for preservice, novice, and experienced teachers!”—Susi Long, professor, University of South Carolina
“Culturally Sustaining Language and Literacy Practices for Pre-K–3 Classrooms invites educators to recognize the fullness that Children and Families of Color bring into our educational spaces. Posing the larger question, In what ways is culture central to literacy learning?,the authors illustrate effective and engaging literacy practices that build on the wisdom and beauty that Children of Color bring to school.”—From the Foreword by Gloria S. Boutte, associate dean and Carolina Distinguished Professor, University of South Carolina