Sunday, June 4, 2017

NCTE Reads: Teaching Reading with YA Literature (chapter 1)

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It's summer vacation, so I am sitting around doing absolutely nothing - said no teacher ever. I am tired just thinking about everything ...
Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Critical literacy: Examining controversial and banned children's literature.

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I was reading about controversial children's literature in an article or a book (I read so much that I cannot always remember), and bein...
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Monday, April 3, 2017

Critical literacy: examining stereotypes and deeper meanings of song lyrics

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It is important to me to have a culturally relevant classroom in which students learn to critically examine the world around them. A few wee...
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Friday, March 17, 2017

My exploration of banned and controversial books: The Amazing Bone by William Steig

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Although I found it easy to defend In the Night Kitchen from those who see it as a threat to young children, I cannot find good reasons to ...
Wednesday, March 15, 2017

My exploration of banned and controversial books: In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak

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While I was conducting some online research about children's books that address social issues, I ran across a few lists of banned childr...
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Sunday, March 12, 2017

Check this box: Issues with identity

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https://www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/sf181.pdf A few weeks ago, two students came to me and asked, "Are we Hispanic as a race or Hisp...
Sunday, March 5, 2017

My role as a student in blended learning

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In addition to everything else I do, I decided to add yet another challenge: an online blended learning course. One of the first assignmen...