Choice Lit Topic: Equity
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Tips for Selecting Inclusive Texts
Hannah was invited to share a read aloud with a class. She reached for the only picture book representing gender inclusivity from a display of books in the coaches’ office,...
Mother Language Day and Tradition Presentations
At the beginning of the year I take time to build community among the students in my classroom. We get to know each other through various activities and games. We...
Finding the Purpose in Antiracist Literature Instruction
As a teacher in an all-White rural high school, I know that it is important to introduce my students to diverse perspectives and to tackle conversations about topics such as...
Building Informed Empathy with Picture Books
In a second-grade classroom reading workshop, completely remote this year, students gather around the virtual hearth to read independently. The teacher, Mrs. H, has set students up to stop and...
Meaningful Conversations
Years ago, I heard Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely speak on their book tour for All-American Boys. The authors shared how at every school they had visited, they asked how...
Picture Books That Affirm and Celebrate Students’ Identities
Children’s literature brings me joy. When I pick up a stack of picture books from my local library, I plan an afternoon around it. My essentials are a good cup...
Three Small Moves to Make a More Inclusive Classroom
Sometimes understanding comes to us all at once, and other times it comes slowly, in small bits and pieces. Several years ago while I was subbing in a first-grade classroom,...
Laying the Foundation for an Equitable Classroom
I think that all teachers would agree that equity is an important aspect of education, but sometimes big concepts, such as equity, can seem daunting to the individual teacher. When...
Actively Recognizing Biases
Last year in our seventh-grade literacy class, months before the Black Lives Matter movement became a national topic of discussion, we read and discussed an article on the history of...
Belonging in a School Community
Frank Lloyd Wright built houses that grew out of the land where they were located. His homes were of the hill, not on it. He once wrote the following: I...
Honoring Student Identity
It is rare that I take time out from professional reading for books I don’t intend to put in the hands of my sixth graders. Most of the time, if...
Instructional Routines That Promote Agency for Multilingual Learners
“I’d love to see him working more independently…” “Sometimes she is unsure what to do next and does not ask for help…” “One of the things we are working on...
