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“We Are Stories”: Centering Picturebooks in the Reading Support Class
Author(s) -
Wissman Kelly K.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the reading teacher
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.642
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1936-2714
pISSN - 0034-0561
DOI - 10.1002/trtr.1916
Subject(s) - dialogic , reading (process) , class (philosophy) , psychology , pedagogy , curriculum , family literacy , value (mathematics) , reciprocal , mathematics education , linguistics , literacy , computer science , philosophy , artificial intelligence , machine learning
The author explores the Names, Journeys, and Dreams project, in which culturally and linguistically diverse learners and their families engaged with picturebooks that inspired dialogic conversations, authentic writing, and family–school connections. The author provides four recommendations for incorporating picturebooks within the reading support class with diverse learners: enter the storyworld together, make families the curriculum, value multiple languages, and celebrate students as authors. Alongside sustained and reciprocal family engagement efforts that position families as instructional resources, centering diverse picturebooks within the intervention setting can help students grow more fully into their identities as readers, writers, and dreamers.