Selecting texts to use in your classroom.

Deedee and Adam discuss an article from The Reading Teacher on text selection and integration. The article titled, "Five Steps Towards Successful Culturally Relevant Text Selection and Integration," walks teachers through the changing demographics and the need for culturally responsive pedagogy. Here is some information that you might find helpful: The Reading Teacher Vol.71, NO.3 pp 295-307 November/December 2017 Websites with Book Lists American Indian Youth Literature Award https://ailanet.org/activities/american-indian-youth-literature-award/ Americas Award http://www.claspprograms.org/americasaward Arab American Book Award https://arabamericanmuseum.org/book-awards/ Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature https://www.apalaweb.org/awards/literature-awards/ Batchelder Award http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/batchelderaward Belpre Medal http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/belpremedal Caldecott Medal http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal Carter G Woodson Book Award https://www.socialstudies.org/awards/woodson Children's Africana Book Award https://africanstudies.org/awards-prizes/children-s-africana-book-award/ Coretta Scott King Book Award http://www.ala.org/rt/emiert/cskbookawards ILA Notable Books for a Global Society http://www.clrsig.org/nbgs-lists.html Jane Addams Children's Book Award https://www.janeaddamschildrensbookaward.org/ Newbery Medal http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberymedal Skipping Stopes Honor Awards https://www.skippingstones.org/wp/book-awards/ Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award https://jewishlibraries.org/Sydney_Taylor_Manuscript_Award Tomas Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award https://www.education.txstate.edu/ci/riverabookaward/ Suggested Additional Professional Reading Unpack Your Impact: How Two Primary Teachers Ditched Problematic Lessons and Built a Culture-Centered Curriculum Teachers Who Share Book Ideas on Social Media Vera Ahiyya The Tutu Teacher on Instagram Mike at The Book Wrangler on Instagram