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Explain how EACH of the three texts you choose supports/challenges the goal of the reading theme/content unit
How can I extend learning/literacy experiences in my classroom teaching and environment?" To do this explain how you can add depth by addressing gender roles with quality text (printed and visual). Include 3 ways/sources and how they would be used to support and/or challenge students' literacy and content (e.g., social studies) learning.

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Why is working together a good way to solve a problem?

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Students will ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring to the text for evidence to support answers.

Recount stories from fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central lesson, message, or morale, and explain how it is conveyed through key details in a text.

Determine the main idea and supporting details of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats including visually, written, and orally.

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In this unit, students will explore a variety of cultral folktales, legends, and myths in order to determine the main idea or lesson and find supporting details that provide evidence for that conclusion. Students will develop a broader understanding of cultural diversity through this process.

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Folktale: Anansi Tries to Steal All the Wisdom in the World read by Nick Cannon

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book reading children snake roadrunner native american folklore dog

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Roadrunner's Dance by Rudolpho Anaya (with special guest DRAGON the dog)

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Reading children's books with animal guests 😊

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The Well of Truth (Animated Stories for Kids)

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Anansi learns that working alone will not accomplish his task. It is best to share knowledge with everyone to accomplish a goal. This matches with the theme of cooperation. Anansi must share his wisdom with others in order to learn himself.

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Anansi is an African Folktale. The story has been handed down over generations. Students can compare and contrast how we currently hand down stories to how this story was handed down, orally over time.

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In this text, Anansi is a male spider concerned with competition and being the best. Instead, discuss with students how he learned working together was a better way. Talk about how cooperation was better than competition. This story provides a positive role model for young boys as Anansi learns to be caring and cooperative.

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Tops and Bottoms is a Caldecott Honors Award Winning book. Originating from an old slave story, Tops & Bottoms tells the tale of a hare outwitting the rich, lazy bear.

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I'd be curious to extend this conversation to talk about the genders of the animals. We could talk about the gender of the animals (good time to talk about pronouns) and why the author might have picked the male gender. When I first looked at this lesson and saw that most of the characters were animals, I thought I wouldn't have to worry about gender. However, with the use of pronouns, the animals are given a gender and that can continue the stereotypes between genders.

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This text focuses on the people and animals working together to pull their strengths to create a creature that will defeat the bully snake. The desert scene is based off of author Rudolfo Anaya's Mexican heritage.

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I found multiple teachable moments for this book.
- Desert Ecosystem
- Cooperation to help create the roadrunner.
- Mexican Heritage stories
- Roadrunner features

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Tops & Bottoms (Caldecott Honor Book) [Stevens, Janet, Stevens, Janet] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Tops & Bottoms (Caldecott Honor Book)

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This is an Egyptian cultural tale. The animals band together to build a clover field. However, when donkey decides to eat all the clover for himself, the other animals are hurt by his selfishness. The tale teaches of cooperation, patience, and honesty.

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This video would be an excellent time to compare different folktales. What was the message of each? Why were the characters different between the texts? Reminding students that despite the different origins and different characters, we are all alike. We are all striving for cooperation to achieve our goal.