Dana Clark, Keisha Smith-Carrington, Jigisha Vyas
Description
"Thoughtfully chosen multicultural mentor texts serve as a jumping-off point to important conversations that build classroom community and emphasize t
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he humanity of each class member. More than just 'mirrors, windows, and sliding glass doors.' The picture books and lessons featured in this resource help students explore identities; identify problems, resolutions, and themes; understand characters' and others' perspectives; and more. This resource: invites teachers to reflect on their own identities and how they connect with others' shares teaching strategies that support community and literacy learning; features multicultural picture books and standards-based lessons that provide reading strategies and discussion prompts that build students' cultural competence, social-emotional skills, and comprehension skills; guides teachers to transfer the strategies and lessons to other mentor texts." --
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