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Providing text that students can read collaboratively with differing cultural influences regarding historical events.

*Students can read or be read Number The Stars by Lois Lowry.

This allows students the opportunity to learn about a historical event such as WWII and the Jewish escape to Sweden while delving into some cultural challenges.

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Reading stories like Fry Bread with differing cultural Traditions.

The children's book, Fry Bread can be read aloud to the students .

This provides an opportunity for students to learn about the traditions that Native Americans have and also provides opportunities for students to reflect on traditions that they have in their own homes and leads to sharing opportunities for students amongst their peers. Furthermore, it provides a source for visual diversity and makes connections with Reading and Social Studies.

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Providing opportunities for students to listen to music from a differing culture.

Students can listen to and read lyrics from a differing culture while comparing them to their traditional language.

This provides and opportunity for students to make a connections in a different language. This provides opportunities in comparing and contrasting, Social Studies, and Reading as well as Music and Arts.

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Providing students the opportunity to explore their own research and present to a class.

Students can be prompted to research a differing climate area around the world and provide how this results in cultural differences regarding clothing, foods, economics, and other traditions

This helps students make connections in Social Studies, reading, and even history.

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Providing students opportunities to share and elaborate amongst their peers their own knowledge and experiences associated with differing cultures.

Sharing a story with a class associated with a cultural tradition and asking students to share traditions they have within their own family. This fosters a community where students can share their knowledge and understanding while reinforcing a level of respect for one another and enhance peer relationships

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Prompting students with a task of researching and sharing knowledge to their peers that they have gained.

Providing an opportunity for students to choose a differing culture to research associated to traditions related to rituals, jobs, clothing, and foods. This provides a learning environment conducive of students learning and then teaching other students through a presentation utilizing a digital format such as google slides, or traditional poster boards. Students leading discussion reinforces understanding, compassion, and respect amongst peers.

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Differentiate Instruction based on students needs utilizes several different means of teaching. This can be demonstrated with hands on activities, group work, or visuals.

Introducing a short story about pinatas to a class and then prompting them to work in a small group to research when they are used, what they are constructed of, drafting a drawing of one, and then finally constructing one as a group to use throughout the year for different class celebrations. This activity fosters differing learning methods where students can all be engages and take an active role.

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Differing communication styles in a learning environment is essential to student learning. Providing alternative options for students to communicate their understanding in an important part of culturally responsive teaching.

Allowing students to either reflect in a journal entry, in a digital format or traditional format with pen and paper, or even recording a video on technology to share with a teacher to receive feedback. This provides an opportunity where students feel safe and comfortable while teachers can adapt to a communication style that resonates with student needs.

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Offering readings associated to different cultural celebrations provides an opportuntiy to foster a multicultural classroom environment.

In preparation for the holidays and New Year traditions in the U.S. students can be presented with a short story or video about the Chinese New Year. Following the story providing a time for whole class discussion gives students an opportunity to share their own experiences and understanding.

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Providing a classroom that offers decorations that celebrate differing cultures from around the world promotes a welcoming environment for all students.

Implementing a Flat Stanley project where students can send theirs all over the world and receive feedback from recipients and then documenting these on a map in the classroom provides a learning experience that fosters a multicultural environment.

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Providing communications to students and families that utilizes inclusive language is essential to implementing an environment that fosters multicultural awareness.

When discussing professions around the world one can use job titles free of gender. For example use Firefighter instead of fireman or Salesperson instead of salesman.

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Providing opportunities to communicate with students and families who need language support is vital to fostering a multicultural learning environment.

Sending communications home to families in their native language fosters a level of respect, validation, and care for students and their family. Additionally, teaching students in the classroom short and appropriate communication phrases to speak with a peer can also do this.

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Collaboration between students, families, and community members creates a partnership that fosters an entire community.

Organizing and implementing a field trip to a local organization that fosters different cultures. For example a funeral home in a community that implements different celebrations of life based on cultural traditions.

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Advocating for and hosting a family night that gets families in the door of the building and shares what the school district is doing to foster cultural diversity in the building reinforces relationships.

Communications with families and community members and organizing different cultural experiences in stations for families to explore differences that everyone can share their experiences and learn from one another builds a strong inclusive community.

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Providing resources available in the community for families that have a language barrier is essential for building respectful relationships.

Researching and implementing connections between families and interpreters in the community to establish strong communications helps to build respectful and meaningful relationships between educators and families.

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Organizing, inviting, and implementing community members to visit the classroom who have differing cultural backgrounds to share their experiences in the classroom.

Having a community member that runs a business such as a restaurant that specializes in Mexican cuisine share their experiences with students and families builds lasting and meaningful connections between the school, district, and community organizations.