Celebrating Our Cuentos - Choosing and Using Latinx Literature in Elementary Classrooms

Dr. Julia López-Robertson makes a case for infusing our classrooms with literature by a range of Latinx authors and illustrators- voices that reflect our students' experiences and provide a window into the cultures of people from Spanish-speaking countries and communities. She shows how to identify quality literature by checking for bias, stereotypes, and cultural and linguistic authenticity. From there, she explores how to put the literature to work in whole-class lessons, read-alouds, small group discussions, and writing projects to nurture engaged readers.

About the author

Julia López-Robertson, Ph.D., is a Professor of Instruction and Teacher Education at the University of South Carolina. She is committed to working with children, families, and teachers to develop awareness about emergent bilinguals and their families and the transformation of teacher education to support equitable teaching for all children. Her work has been published in Language Arts, The Bilingual Research Journal, and other publications.

Product details

• Authors: Julia Lopez-Robertson, Julia López-Robertson
• Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.08.2021
• EAN: 9781338770179
• ISBN: 978-1-338-77017-9
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 188 mm x 226 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 249 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology