Recommended Reading

Integrating Multiple Literacies in K-8 Classrooms: Cases, Commentaries, and Practical Applications
by Janet C. Richards and Michael C. McKenna
Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2003
ISBN: 0805839453

This book takes the reader into the literate lives of young children, illustrating how first graders use wide-ranging resources from their out-of-school lives to simultaneously engage in unofficial peer social interactions as well as official writing practices. Dyson illustrates how textual resources-- including hip-hop songs, church, television, and sports announcers-- can play important roles in children's school learning.

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