The social-emotional tenets of social awareness, relationship building, and responsible decision making (Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning, 2020) are often the space where young people find their understanding of the world...
Books are, as Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop (1990) wrote, mirrors, windows, and sliding glass doors; they can show us new things and open our minds, reflect on the reader, and open new worlds. When exploring young identities through children’s literature...
This booklist brings together the voices of students in a rural Texas dual language elementary school who were asked a simple but powerful question: “Think about all the books you have read. Tell me about a book that has had an impact on your life...
In my classroom, I use nonfiction to help students make sense of the world around them. I want them to see that nonfiction is more than a source of facts—it helps us understand people, experiences, history, and ideas. I chose the books in this...
The books on this list were selected for the ways they engage multimodal literacy, the ability to interpret and create meaning through multiple forms of communication, including text, images, layout, and sometimes sound or digital elements. Each...
This booklist was created to include both children’s literature and professional texts that relate directly to the theme of literacy assessment. While some of these books are not explicitly connected to the concept of literacy assessment, the goal...
The following books have been my educational and instructional references over the past few years. I hope you are inspired to engage with one of these selections. You may have one or two on your shelf already. Maybe it’s time to take it down and be...
This booklist invites readers to think deeply about the power of collaboration. Reading and learning from this wide range of picturebooks will give literacy learners a rich understanding of what collaboration looks like all over the world, in big...
“What hopes and dreams do you have for the school year? What hopes and dreams do you have for your future? When you grow up, what do you hope to do?” I asked my class. My students turned and talked with their partners and then shared some ideas that...
Featured Title The Word Collector By Peter H. Reynolds Jerome loves collecting words—long, short, powerful, and poetic. As his collection grows, he discovers the joy of sharing words to connect, inspire, and empower others. The book celebrates...