The authors provide practical approaches to literacy instruction that aredesperately warranted. They offer a prescription for using strategiesselecting text mak... » 

The authors provide practical approaches to literacy instruction that aredesperately warranted. They offer a prescription for using strategiesselecting text making homeschool connections and building learningcommunities aimed at benefiting all students. In short this is a text that islong overdue Alfred W. Tatum Assistant Professor Northern IllinoisUniversityMake literacy meaningful in your classroom for students of all cultures.This book will allow teachers to use innovative strategies to promote engagedinclusive literacy and raise their students appreciation for the culturaldiversity in their own classroom communities. This resource celebratesawareness of individual ethnic cultural linguistic and economic diversityand addresses all aspects of studies within the context of culturallyresponsive teaching. Triedandtested by teachers each strategy isdifferentiated to help teachers to individualize and accommodate special needsstudents.50 Literacy Strategies for Culturally Responsive Teaching addresses all aspectsof language arts reading writing speaking and listening and integratesmath science and social studies all within the context of culturallyresponsive teaching. Ways to include families and community members furtherstrengthen the strategic effectiveness.The six major themes of this text cluster a wealth of easily adapted andimplemented strategies around Classroom community Home community and nation Multicultural literature events Critical media literacy Global perspectives and literacy development Inquiry learning and literacy learningThis invaluable resource will allow every teacher to transform the classroomculture to one in which all cultures are valued and literacy becomes meaningfulto all. «