Promoting reading

During the post, we will be talking about 5 Newbery Award Books. Also, we will be utilizing a story pyramid to provide you all with a description of the last book. Before we start, I would like to talk about the Newbery awards. The Newbery Award is a literary award given by the Association for Library Service to Children, a member of the American Library Association, to the author of the most outstanding contribution to American literature for children. The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander and illustrated by Kadir Nelson . Publication Date: April 2, 2019 Awards: Caldecott Medal, Coretta Scott King Award, and Newbery Honor Medal Plot: The book is a poem that helps the reader understand the impact of black people in American History. The book touches on delicate topics like segregation and racism. From my perspective, the purpose of the author is to unite the readers.  Kwame Alexander developed a piece of art that helps the reader understand a social problem. I was getting chills as I ...

  Intro  As diversity increases in the country, the challenge of adapting education for all our students does as well. One of those challenges is creating culturally responsive instruction or an environment. During this post, we will discuss practices for building a culturally responsive library. Also, we will take our time to provide the readers with a professional development approach to build the library. Lastly, we will answer the following questions;  Why is it important to address culturally responsive intervention through literature and resources in the classroom?   What factors or resources should teachers consider?   HOW? Creating a culturally responsive library of resources can appear something extraordinary. However, we can start by familiarizing ourselves with diversity. Educators can learn the purpose of having a diverse library in the classroom and how would a diverse library would look. Also, they can evaluate their libraries and try to find ...

 International Children's Digital Library.  T he digital library provides a fantastic first impression. As I was scrolling through their webpage, I was able to understand and engage with their design. One of my favorite tools was the simple search segment. The reader can find the section by clicking read books under first-time visitors. According to Young, Bryan, Jacobs, and Tunnell (2019), an advantage of a classroom library is quickly finding self-selected reading for clarifying personal questions as well as questions emerging from classroom dialogues. As a visitor, I could see that advantage within the website.  The title of the "International Children's Digital Library" perfectly fits the description of the website. The site provides literacy from a variety of cultures. International books are those that illuminate children of global societies. The publications on this website can connect the reader with different cultures, other country traditions, and planet ea...

  Selecting and Evaluating Literacy Resources  I have learned that there are two definitions for a good book, quality, and personal taste. People that have knowledge and skill in literature are the ones that create fine books. The quality of a book is measured by different components such as style, language, characters, plot, pacing, setting, tension, mood, tone, point of view, theme, accuracy, illustrations, design, and layout (Young, Bryan, Jacobs & Tunnell, 2019 ) . The definition of personal taste is easier to describe. A book that the audience loves. Based on this, my criteria for a good novel is a piece of literature that satisfies the previously mentioned components and satisfies the reader. The person picking the book needs to be able to provide a positive evaluation of the specified components. A book can be well-written and well-illustrated. Both of these concepts are major indicators for selecting and evaluating literacy resources. For this reason, I decided to ...

  Plato is known as a crucial thinker in the history of Ancient Greek and Western philosophy, along with his teacher, Socrates, and his notable student, Aristotle (Gutek, 2010). He has also often been called one of the founders of Western religion and spirituality. Plato was born in 427 B.C. and was descended from distinguished Athenians of royalty. Plato lost his father while being an infant. After this event, his mother was remarried to a friend of the great Athenian political leader Pericles that meant that Plato was familiar with Athenian politics from childhood (Murphy, 2015). Plato founded "The Academy" in 387 BC, the first institution of higher learning in Greece. It became the intellectual capital in Greece and the equivalent of the first university in the records of Europe. The ultimate object of all exercises at "The Academy" was to achieve the final philosophic truth. The method of teaching was by question and answer, argument, lectures, oral discussion, ...