Theme: Julia López-Robertson

by Julia López-Robertson, Lillian Reeves, Francie Kneece, Erin Thompson & Molly Williams, University of South Carolina Los Gatos Black and the Courage of Children The last book in our exploration of El Día de los Muertos is Los Gatos Black on Halloween written by Marisa Montes and illustrated by Yuyi Morales (2006). Los Gatos tells [...]

by Julia López-Robertson, Julie Medlin & Casey Goldston, University of South Carolina This week two students offer a critique of the book and make connections to course readings in emergent bilingualism and linguistics. We begin with a summary, followed by the strengths and issues and close with teaching connections.

by Julia López-Robertson, Tiffany LaBrooy, Kirstin Wade & Jamie Yobs, University of South Carolina This week a group of students read Yuyi Morales’ beautiful stories, Just a Minute and Just in Case. Just a Minute is a witty tale of Grandma Beetle who gets a surprise visit by Señor Calavera, a skeleton who has come [...]

By Julia López-Robertson, Deanna Futrell & Shirley Geiger, University of South Carolina In class we talk a lot about helping our students take a more global view of society; we want them to see beyond the borders of our city, state, and finally our country. One way that we can begin this process is by [...]

by Julia López-Robertson & Lillian Reeves, University of South Carolina Emergent bilinguals make up 8.2% of the total population of all children under the age of 18 in South Carolina. While there are many languages spoken by immigrant children in our schools, Spanish is the most widespread language spoken by 40,000 of all emergent bilinguals [...]