Help students make meaningful connections with grade-level texts.
Guide students through important topics in literature by fostering authentic engagement and asset-based practices. Help students explore people and perspectives, draw from their cultures and communities, and handle sensitive topics in grade-level texts.
This Fostering Student Connections Across Contexts and Communities guide offers actionable strategies to increase student engagement with literature.
The Fostering Student Connections guide features strategies designed to grow student connection and engagement, including:
Setting Students Up for Success with Sensitive Topics
Create safety, honor student agency, and foster respectful engagement with these strategies.
Helping Students Explore People and Perspectives Authentically
Use these structures to draw on your students' backgrounds to facilitate careful, exploration of perspectives.
Drawing on Students' Cultures and Communities to Enrich Learning
Activate students' experiences, knowledge, and home languages to deepen engagement with grade-level texts.
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