As a school librarian I read to students grades K-4. Reading aloud to my students from a high quality diverse collection of literature will support my students' literacy development in many ways.
The read aloud books I have chosen supports critical conversation and thinking that moves beyond traditional who, what, when and where questions to a deeper understanding. I also wanted to address social issues of interest or importance to my students.
I chose books that meet one or more of the following criteria:
Explore differences rather than make them invisible
Enrich understandings of history and life by giving voice to those traditionally silenced or marginalized
Show how people can begin to take action on important social issues
Explore dominant systems of meaning that operate in our society to position people and groups of people as "others"
Don't provide "happily ever after" endings for complex social problems
These books will afford all my students opportunities to learn, make critical connections and respond to questions about the text through collaborative conversation's.
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As a school librarian I read to students grades K-4. Reading aloud to my students from a high quality diverse collection of literature will support my students' literacy development in many ways.
The read aloud books I have chosen supports critical conversation and thinking that moves beyond traditional who, what, when and where questions to a deeper understanding. I also wanted to address social issues of interest or importance to my students.
I chose books that meet one or more of the following criteria:
Explore differences rather than make them invisible
Enrich understandings of history and life by giving voice to those traditionally silenced or marginalized
Show how people can begin to take action on important social issues
Explore dominant systems of meaning that operate in our society to position people and groups of people as "others"
Don't provide "happily ever after" endings for complex social problems
These books will afford all my students opportunities to learn, make critical connections and respond to questions about the text through collaborative conversation's.