| "Seeing the Possibilities": Learning From, With, and About Multilingual Classroom Communities
Van Sluys, Katie & Linda D Labbo
Language Arts, Mar 2006, v83, #4, pp321-332
"Come with me, to the quiet minute. ..." These opening words to a poem by Naomi Shihab Nye caught the attention of Sara, a sixth grader, who copied the poem over and over again in her writing notebook. As an Algerian immigrant and new member of an intermediate multiage classroom community, Sara was a quiet newcomer who transformed into a vocal and valued class member over the course of a year…” In this article, the authors explore what is possible when learners become literate by weaving together their resources and engaging in complex, collective and critical literacy learning.” Katie Van Sluys is assistant professor of literacy in the Department of Teacher Education at DePaul University in Chicago. Rise Reinier teaches in a multiage classroom at Templeton Elementary School in Bloomington, Indiana.
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