Selecting texts to use in your classroom

Deedee and Adam discuss an article from The Reading Teacher on text selection and integration.  The article titled, “Five Steps Towards Successful Culturally Relevant Text Selection and Integration,” walks teachers through the changing demographics and the need for culturally responsive pedagogy.  Here is some information that you might find helpful:The Reading Teacher Vol.71, NO.3 pp 295-307  November/December 2017

Websites with Book Lists

• American Indian Youth Literature Award   https://ailanet.org/activities/american-indian-youth-literature-award/
• Americas Award  http://www.claspprograms.org/americasaward
• Arab American Book Award   https://arabamericanmuseum.org/book-awards/ 
• Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature   https://www.apalaweb.org/awards/literature-awards/
• Batchelder Award  http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/batchelderaward
• Belpre Medal  http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/belpremedal
• Caldecott Medal  http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal
• Carter G Woodson Book Award https://www.socialstudies.org/awards/woodson
• Children’s Africana Book Award  https://africanstudies.org/awards-prizes/children-s-africana-book-award/
• Coretta Scott King Book Award  http://www.ala.org/rt/emiert/cskbookawards
• ILA Notable Books for a Global Society  http://www.clrsig.org/nbgs-lists.html
• Jane Addams Children’s Book Award https://www.janeaddamschildrensbookaward.org/
• Newbery Medal  http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberymedal
• Skipping Stopes Honor Awards  https://www.skippingstones.org/wp/book-awards/
• Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award https://jewishlibraries.org/Sydney_Taylor_Manuscript_Award
• Tomas Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award  https://www.education.txstate.edu/ci/riverabookaward/

Suggested Additional Professional Reading

• Unpack Your Impact: How Two Primary Teachers Ditched Problematic Lessons and Built a Culture-Centered Curriculum

Teachers Who Share Book Ideas on Social Media

• Vera Ahiyya The Tutu Teacher on Instagram
• Mike at The Book Wrangler on Instagram

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