Double Entry Journal #4

3 Things I learned about teaching and  literacy development

Three things that I learned about teaching and literacy development were 
1.) To include the dialect spoken by the students in classroom discussion
2.) Look to people within the community to help develop teaching strategies
3.) Do not dismiss the dialect spoken by the students. This could make the students believe that the way they speak is bad or incorrect.

  

2 examples of how the strategies for literacy instruction presented in this article reflect Culturally Responsive Teaching.

Two examples of how the strategies for literacy instruction presented in this article reflect culturally responsive teachings are

1.) Build bridges of meaningfulness between home and school experience.

2.) Encourage students to share their varied perspectives and experiences & create a supportive environment where this can occur.

1 example of literacy instruction from your own schooling experience and explain how it reflects or does not reflect Culturally Responsive Teaching.

An example of a literacy instruction from my own schooling experience would be when I was in middle school and was instructed to write my first, long essay. I was instructed to write a five page essay on any subject thought I would like. I was very excited to write the paper. However, once the paper was graded and returned to me, I was not as excited anymore. I did not receive a very good grade. Once I asked the teacher why my grade was so poor, she told me that the grammar in the essay was awful. I was bothered by this because as a class, we were never corrected when we spoke. But, when we wrote the words like we said them, we were wrong.

Response

 

I chose this picture because I felt that it gave different resources for literacy instruction that reflects culturally responsive teaching. Children and families, as well as the teacher, need to use different groups and members of the community to help build literacy. If people within the community are used to help instruction of literacy, children will feel more comfortable when speaking and writing. 

References

Epstein, P., & Herring-Harris, L. (2011, Sept. 15). Honoring dialect and increasing student performance in standard english. Retrieved from http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/resource/3655 

Weigal, D. & Martin, S. (2007, June 01). Identifying key early literacy and school readiness issues: Exploring a strategy for assessing community needs Early Childhood Research and Practice, 8(2), Retrieved from http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v8n2/weigel.html