Culturally Authentic and Responsive Texts: Grade 4 Kit

Enrich your literacy instruction with this collection of culturally authentic literature and informational texts, curated by Dr. Sharroky Hollie. Dr. Hollie is the author of numerous books and articles on CLRT and has coached thousands of teachers in culturally responsive pedagogy. The texts have been selected for their cultural authenticity and the lesson plans incorporate culturally and linguistically responsive teaching strategies and protocols, making implementation, instruction, and assessment easy and efficient.

The lesson plans will help teachers learn to employ the strategies in their pedagogy and apply them to any text, highlighting listening and speaking objectives through CLR discussion and response protocols. With titles that touch on the many different Rings of Culture, students will see themselves in the materials they are studying. Help students develop 21st century skills while validating and affirming cultural behaviors with this essential collection. This collection includes:

• Management Guide
• Digital Resources

5 culturally authentic titles (1 copy each):

• How Tia Lola Came to (Visit) Stay
• Tiger Boy
• The Road to Paris
• I Can Make This Promise
• Inside Out and Back Again

5 informational text titles (6 copies each):

• Lue Gim Gong: The Citrus Wizard
• Nelson Mandela: Leading the Way
• Anne Frank: A Light in the Dark
• Just the Right Words: Slam Poetry
• The Legacy and Legend of Sacagawea