How will I develop literacy skills and develop engagement in k-6 learners from cultural backgrounds in urban settings?
Diverse classroom library
Use of choice to motivate and engage students
Provide various types of opportunities for engagement
Classroom community
Literature that provides windows and mirrors for students
Use of different genres and modes to engage with literature
Foster a motivation to read through students unique interests and experiences outside of the classroom
Provide students with the opportunity to make choices about literature they want to engage with
Create time for students to explore different genres and titles
Allow multiple ways for students to demonstrate their literacy knowledge
Give support but also autonomy to students in their literacy learning. Support them in owning their knowledge and growing as students
Learn about the holistic student
What motivates them, interests them, what may be affecting their ability to succeed
Assessments
Use of frequent assessments to drive instruction
Progress monitoring to know what students need support in and what they have mastery in
Comfortability with peers in the classroom will help students feel comfortable taking risks in their learning
Inspire students through their writing by giving them choices on what to write about
Explicit teaching
Use of gradual release model; I do, we do, you do
Meet students at their developmental stage of literacy and go from there
Create opportunities to engage with literature in low stakes scenarios
Differentiation of literacy instruction
Creative writing projects, research, book reports and so on