WOW Stories: Connections from the Classroom
Volume I, Issue 1
Contents
- Introduction: Developing Intercultural Understandings Through International Children’s Literature at Van Horne Elementary, Tucson Unified School District, Tucson, Arizona
- Encouraging Reflection through the Graffiti Boards and Literature Circles
- Exploring Kids’ Talk about Books: An Author Study of Kevin Henkes
- Young Children’s Responses to Texts in Art and Music
- Creating Lifelong Relationships: Children’s Connections to Characters
- Exploring Racism and Prejudice through Literature
- Engaging Students with the Unfamiliar: Nory Ryan’s Song
- Extending Thinking: Literature Response through Art
- Moving from Topics to Conceptual Thinking through Literature Discussion: The Other Side
- A Rocky Road from Disaster to Dialogue and Back Again: Literature Discussion Over Time
- When Literature Discussion Seems to Go Nowhere: Revaluing Teaching and Learning
- Exploring Culture through Literature Written in Unfamiliar Languages
Contributors:
Van Horne Elementary
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Jennifer Griffith, Teacher, Second Grade
Kathryn Tompkins, Teacher, Fourth Grade
Amy D. Edwards, Teacher, Fifth Grade
Lisa Thomas, Instructional Coach
University of Arizona
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Kathy G. Short, Professor
Production Editor:
Rebecca K. Ballenger