https://padlet.com/Ms3urton/vdqim2v0jue3 Based on Sonia Nieto's "Language, Literacy, and Culture: Aha! Moments in Personal and Sociopolitical Understanding" en-us 2017-10-14 06:56:41 UTC 2024-11-05 12:25:20 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lightdecrease.png Ms3urton https://padlet.com/Ms3urton/vdqim2v0jue3/wish/197002094 Attending a dual-immersion bilingual program helped me to appreciate the fun interplay languages can have in learning. ]]> 2017-10-14 07:03:50 UTC https://padlet.com/Ms3urton/vdqim2v0jue3/wish/197002094 Ms3urton https://padlet.com/Ms3urton/vdqim2v0jue3/wish/197002253 Both of my parents worked and I was an unmotivated student. I failed my Freshmen math class and that experience helped me to appreciate that my family could direct me but ultimately my success or failure depended on my effort.]]> 2017-10-14 07:07:38 UTC https://padlet.com/Ms3urton/vdqim2v0jue3/wish/197002253 Ms3urton https://padlet.com/Ms3urton/vdqim2v0jue3/wish/197002936 In college, I learned to appreciate how a language rich primary discourse gave me an unfair academic advantage in school. As educators, we should level the playing field by discovering the different skills students bring to the classroom.]]> 2017-10-14 07:20:21 UTC https://padlet.com/Ms3urton/vdqim2v0jue3/wish/197002936 Ms3urton https://padlet.com/Ms3urton/vdqim2v0jue3/wish/197003208 For most of my life, I have been a deficit-thinker. Working in the classroom has helped me to begin developing asset-based thinking. Instead of focusing attention on what students lack by way of competencies, we build upon strengths like creativity, responsibility and knowledge of other subjects. ]]> 2017-10-14 07:24:38 UTC https://padlet.com/Ms3urton/vdqim2v0jue3/wish/197003208 Ms3urton https://padlet.com/Ms3urton/vdqim2v0jue3/wish/197003415 I endeavor to make language, writing and reading engaging by drawing from students' funds of knowledge to make disciplinary instruction relevant. Students should be immersed in a language rich environment where they are introduced to genres and writers that have the potential to make them life-long readers and learners.]]> 2017-10-14 07:29:50 UTC https://padlet.com/Ms3urton/vdqim2v0jue3/wish/197003415 Ms3urton https://padlet.com/Ms3urton/vdqim2v0jue3/wish/197004063 2017-10-14 07:43:45 UTC https://padlet.com/Ms3urton/vdqim2v0jue3/wish/197004063 Ms3urton https://padlet.com/Ms3urton/vdqim2v0jue3/wish/197004503 2017-10-14 07:53:36 UTC https://padlet.com/Ms3urton/vdqim2v0jue3/wish/197004503 Ms3urton https://padlet.com/Ms3urton/vdqim2v0jue3/wish/197005172 2017-10-14 08:07:05 UTC https://padlet.com/Ms3urton/vdqim2v0jue3/wish/197005172 Ms3urton https://padlet.com/Ms3urton/vdqim2v0jue3/wish/216339279 2017-12-14 21:24:31 UTC https://padlet.com/Ms3urton/vdqim2v0jue3/wish/216339279