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Culture is not just a simple word. I chosen to come up with adjectives that I feel encapsulate the meaning of culture by creating an acrostic poem.

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Creating meaningful connections with students can help an educator be thoughtful of the language and attitude they may not even notice they have.

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Book reviews are a great way to keep students engaged and allowing them to use their creativity to express how they feel. I have made my own example for Genesis Begins Again to reflect on the book.

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White and Marsh, 2006

My brain is very literal therefore I wanted to take this metaphor and turn it into a literal representation.

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Classroom activities should include parts of a student’s life and journey. Being a culturally inclusive teacher goes a long way, it can also be a push for students who don’t feel confident.

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I have chosen to actually make one of the activities I created for this week. I have chosen to make my activity, classroom collage. The point of this activity is to read about a folktale about a culture outside of your own and draw a picture to go along with what you learned. I have chosen to draw the folktale of Sang Kancil and the Lion. I drew Sang Kancil bigger than the lion because although he is a small mouse deer, his cleverness always helps him preserver from his predators.

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No matter the damage done to Petra and her people, she will never stop sharing her stories. I have chosen to create this meme because it shows that there can be damages made but that will not stop her.

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My take on the importance of this week's readings is a collage of the identities of all of the people I read about. I used a flags of China, Mexico, Cuba, and the United States to represent the nationalities of Lawrence, Catrina, and Arturo. I also included pictures of rags, a sewing machine, a puzzle fitting together, and a classroom with diverse students to represent the quote from Yep.

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For my final artifact I wanted to make a venn diagram emphasizing what this class is about, culture and literacy in the classroom. I wanted it to capture our readings in a way that I thought would be easy to understand. I chose to pull quotes from our class readings,, theories we learned about, and procedures for a classroom that is inclusive in our literacy practices.