I really enjoyed Chapter 2--I love reading about culture and diversity in school environments. Something that caught my attention was a statement last week in class. We were discussing test and how some test don't relate with our culture. For example the question about snow in Texas, I can recall a similar situation when I was young about food and I can't remember the question exactly I just remember it had to do with broccoli which was a foreign food to me as a child. Well needless to say I got the answer wrong and was devastated. I have a pretty good memory and as a child I was a kid who had to have things perfect and if they weren't I would cry about it. Thinking back about my school age years I thought about my favorite book of all time ...Miss Nelson is Missing by Harry G Allard . Although I want to blog about new books this book is a classic and a favorite of mine. I suggest everyone read this one.
Author profile: Harry G Allard
Harry Allard wrote one of my favorite books Miss Nelson is Missing as I was reading his bio I realize he also wrote the books The Stupids have a Ball. I read both of these books as a child. I thought it was funny because I would check out these books because the word Stupid was in it( I was a weird child.)
I feel that when I read these bios I should be inspired and I am Harry Allard what a well educated man he recied his Ph D in French where he reside in Paris for a good portion o fhis life, thne he taught at Yale. Wow thats pretty amazing for a man who wrote a book called The Stupids Step Out :)
Check out his site at http://www.childrensliteraturenetwork.org/birthbios/brthpage/01jan/1-27allard.html
Francine,
ReplyDeleteGood job! I think that you learned a great deal about creating a culturally responsive classroom. I also love this book. For your next blog try and feature some more books that may appeal to your future students as well as some authors and websites that will assist you in utilizing authentic multicultural literature. Keep up the good work.