Question 1

Family Literacy: Family's role in guiding a child's literacy development. 
 
Lesley Mandel Morrow, Rueda, R., & Lapp, D. (2011). Handbook of research on literacy and diversity. Guilford.

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As a teacher, providing a box of free books for students to select and keep.  Establishing a little free library at our park for families to acquire books. Providing family reading guides to kindergarten and preschool parents to encourage home literacy.

Question 2

Critical Literacy: Examining how cultural experiences impact interaction with texts, and how students can engage with text to invoke change. 
Lesley Mandel Morrow, Rueda, R., & Lapp, D. (2011). Handbook of research on literacy and diversity. Guilford.

Accepted Answer

When the chemical spill happened in Charleston in 2014, my students researched the spill and wrote letters to authorities and elected officials asking questions about how it effected our water supply.

Question 3

New Literacy: A social foundation for literacy development-language and text as used in the home, community, places of worship, and schools.
Lesley Mandel Morrow, Rueda, R., & Lapp, D. (2011). Handbook of research on literacy and diversity. Guilford.

Accepted Answer

When I first started teaching in rural Appalachia, I had to learn the dialect.  I also quickly learned the strong church ties to the community, and that incorporating diversity into the curriculum can be an obstacle (unfamiliar names and cultures).

Question 4

Multimodality: Approaching literacy as all the ways meaning is conveyed: text, pictures, videos, advertisements, etc. 
Lesley Mandel Morrow, Rueda, R., & Lapp, D. (2011). Handbook of research on literacy and diversity. Guilford.

Accepted Answer

This makes me think of children reading environmental texts and knowing how to operate electronics before learning to read. It's how they interpret the world around them. These skills translate into reading.

Question 5

Multiple Literacies: Traditional literacies, online literacies, signs, and imagery which is easily exchanged. 
Lesley Mandel Morrow, Rueda, R., & Lapp, D. (2011). Handbook of research on literacy and diversity. Guilford.

Accepted Answer

This makes me think of icons, Apps, emojis, and social media of ways that information is conveyed and easily exchanged.

Question 6

CLNS: Culturally Linguistically Nondominant Students-those whose culture and language are not those of the majority of students. 
Lesley Mandel Morrow, Rueda, R., & Lapp, D. (2011). Handbook of research on literacy and diversity. Guilford.

Accepted Answer

I had a student from Afghanistan. She spoken limited English, but mostly Arabic. However she spoke more English than her parents. She often struggled with Southern WV cultural norms and expressing her self.

Question 7

AAVE-African American Vernacular English spoken in urban African American communities.

Lesley Mandel Morrow, Rueda, R., & Lapp, D. (2011). Handbook of research on literacy and diversity. Guilford.

*Deep Dive Article: From African American Vernacular

Accepted Answer

I have listened to students with different dialects and alternative pronunciations and word meanings. 

*Deep Dive Article: From African American Vernacular English to African American Language: Rethinking the Study of Race and Language in African Ameri

Question 8

Funds of Knowledge: The cultural and linguistic practices students bring to the classroom. 
Lesley Mandel Morrow, Rueda, R., & Lapp, D. (2011). Handbook of research on literacy and diversity. Guilford.

Accepted Answer

When I first came to teach in a Southern WV coal town, the students brought many different cultural and linguistic practices to the classroom that I had to learn in order to connect with them and their families.

Question 9

Bilingualism: Being able to use at least two languages interchangeably depending on the situation. 

International Literacy Association. (2018). Literacy Glossary. Literacyworldwide.org.

Accepted Answer

We went to dinner with friends at a Mexican restaurant.  Our friends speak English, Spanish, and French fluently.  They would navigate between English and Spanish while conversing with us and our server.

Question 10

Culturally Responsive Education: Aligning curriculum with students backgrounds. 
International Literacy Association. (2018). Literacy Glossary. Literacyworldwide.org.

Accepted Answer

This makes me think of times when I have had culturally diverse students. I made a point to incorporate cultural elements into instruction and also invited their families to share about their cultures and traditions with our class.

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