January 25, 2021

Selecting texts to use in your classroom.

44 minutes

Deedee and Adam discuss an article from The Reading Teacher on text selection and integration. The article titled, "Five Steps Towards Successful Culturally Relevant Text Selection and Integration," walks teachers through the changing demographics and the need for culturally responsive pedagogy. Here is some information that you might find helpful:

The Reading Teacher Vol.71, NO.3 pp 295-307 November/December 2017

Websites with Book Lists

American Indian Youth Literature Award https://ailanet.org/activities/american-indian-youth-literature-award/

Americas Award http://www.claspprograms.org/americasaward

Arab American Book Award https://arabamericanmuseum.org/book-awards/

Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature https://www.apalaweb.org/awards/literature-awards/

Batchelder Award http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/batchelderaward

Belpre Medal http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/belpremedal

Caldecott Medal http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal

Carter G Woodson Book Award https://www.socialstudies.org/awards/woodson

Children's Africana Book Award https://africanstudies.org/awards-prizes/children-s-africana-book-award/

Coretta Scott King Book Award http://www.ala.org/rt/emiert/cskbookawards

ILA Notable Books for a Global Society http://www.clrsig.org/nbgs-lists.html

Jane Addams Children's Book Award https://www.janeaddamschildrensbookaward.org/

Newbery Medal http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberymedal

Skipping Stopes Honor Awards https://www.skippingstones.org/wp/book-awards/

Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award https://jewishlibraries.org/Sydney_Taylor_Manuscript_Award

Tomas Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award https://www.education.txstate.edu/ci/riverabookaward/

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Unpack Your Impact: How Two Primary Teachers Ditched Problematic Lessons and Built a Culture-Centered Curriculum

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Vera Ahiyya The Tutu Teacher on Instagram

Mike at The Book Wrangler on Instagram

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By Deedee Wills and Adam Peterson

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