Founder & Owner of @booksdelsur, Bilingual, Teacher, and Union Thug doing whatever it takes to make public education engaging & empowering!

Crossing the Border IL to WI
Joined November 2009
BooksDelSur xitter.cf/BooksDelSur/status/165…¡No es demasiado tarde! Únanse a nosotros en breve, @pazcorral leerá Traca traca que alaraca al mediodía en Nueva York, 11 a. m. en Chicago, 10 a. m. en Nuevo México y 9 a. m. en California/Washington. …
¡No es demasiado tarde! Únanse a nosotros en breve, @pazcorral leerá Traca traca que alaraca al mediodía en Nueva York, 11 a. m. en Chicago, 10 a. m. en Nuevo México y 9 a. m. en California/Washington. bit.ly/43lOi7H #lecturaenvozalta #librosenespañol #quéleer
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A5: Let me count the ways. Nope can't. Infinite possibilities! ✅Read alouds ✅Mentor texts for writing ✅Buddy Reading ✅Adapting scripts for #readerstheater ✅Family literacy nights ✅cross-curricular lessons & activities ✅Nutshell: #EverythingEverywhereAllAtOnce #TRISchat
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BooksDelSur xitter.cf/BooksDelSur/status/165… @ViaEdConsulting: Thank you for participating tonight! Thank you to Book del Sur! Join us next month,Tuesday, May 23rd at 7pm CST, for another fast-paced chat, hosted by @ViaEdConsulting And don't forget you still ha…
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Q6: Once teachers have gotten to know families through conversations, interviews, and relationship building, they can connect to the funds of knowledge of the students and their families by selecting text relevant to the students.#SpanishReadingTapestry #TRISchat
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BooksDelSur xitter.cf/BooksDelSur/status/165…: It's always surprising how people connect to books. People are complex and dynamic. For this reason, it’s important to provide time and space for families to interact with LOTS of books and observe their reactions. Th… xitter.cf/ViaEdConsulting/status…
Q6 How could you connect to families’ funds of knowledge and experiences through culturally relevant texts? #TRISchat
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Q5: Work with your school librarian to identify and acquire culturally and linguistically relevant books for your classroom library. They can provide recommendations, suggestions, and resources to help you build a diverse and inclusive collection of books. #TRIschat
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BooksDelSur xitter.cf/BooksDelSur/status/165… @ViaEdConsulting: Q5 In what ways can you incorporate Culturally and Linguistically Relevant Texts in your instruction? 🚨Answer this question by April 26 at 7PM CST for a chance to win FREE book from @BooksDelSur!…
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BooksDelSur xitter.cf/BooksDelSur/status/165…: During whole group read aloud time, so that you can facilitate conversation with a heterogenous group. In small groups that are focusing on oracy, so that students can develop language to talk about diversity. And to … xitter.cf/ViaEdConsulting/status…
Q5 In what ways can you incorporate Culturally and Linguistically Relevant Texts in your instruction? 🚨Answer this question by April 26 at 7PM CST for a chance to win FREE book from @BooksDelSur! 🚨 #TRISchat
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BooksDelSur xitter.cf/BooksDelSur/status/165… While children are in school from grades K-12 is such a critical time for them to develop their identity. Literature choice supports them and ultimately their happiness as a human.
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BooksDelSur xitter.cf/BooksDelSur/status/165… @heatherbook our founder is a Badger and closely follows the statistics so that we can disrupt the data! ccbc.education.wisc.edu/lite…
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BooksDelSur xitter.cf/BooksDelSur/status/165… they want to read more! Connecting to texts is one of the most important ways to engage students. Have you ever read something and thought, “That’s exactly what happens to me!” It’s exciting and important! #TRISchat xitter.cf/ViaEdConsulting/status…
Q4 Why is it important that students feel seen when reading? #TRISchat
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BooksDelSur xitter.cf/BooksDelSur/status/165… Love this concept of promoting equity and inclusion - it is so action-oriented!!
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BooksDelSur xitter.cf/BooksDelSur/status/165… goal is to create world peace. Quite frankly, educators are doing this every day in their classroom. Representation in curriculum is a critical part of this because it communicates value and information. Resulting mor… xitter.cf/ViaEdConsulting/status…
Q3 Why is representation in curriculum important? #TRISchat
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BooksDelSur xitter.cf/BooksDelSur/status/165… and linguistically relevant texts are texts that reflect our students' lives - places, people, and events. More than 50% of our students are non-white less than 25% of books have human characters of color. #TRISchat #… xitter.cf/ViaEdConsulting/status…
Q2 How do you define Culturally and Linguistically Relevant Text? #TRISchat
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BooksDelSur xitter.cf/BooksDelSur/status/165… WE love your twitter handle! @heatherbook is literally "Nerd" in multiple people's contact instead of her real name 🤓💕
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BooksDelSur xitter.cf/BooksDelSur/status/165… cordiales! I am Heather Robertson-Devine @heatherbook , founder and General Manager of @BooksdelSur. Joining from Antioch, IL. Grateful to be a part of #TRISchat PLN xitter.cf/ViaEdConsulting/status…
Q1 It is the 4th Tuesday of the month & that means it’s #TRISchat day! Please share your name and location, and who and what you teach by beginning your tweet with the A1 answer number and always include #TRISchat. Like and comment on other colleagues' answers!
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BooksDelSur xitter.cf/BooksDelSur/status/165… got your lesson plan for Friday April 28th! @pazcorral will read the book "Traca Traca que alaraca" & then take questions from the classrooms! All ages welcome (K to 3rd are encouraged!) Please register in advance. …
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