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![]() ![]() ![]() Think carefully about how you might lead your students into a conversation about immigration after reading Areli Is a Dreamer, for example, or consider the discussion around the character’s feelings about her skin color in Black Is a Rainbow Color. Lastly, think deeply about the text: In her book Cultivating Genius, Gholdy Muhammad tells us that we must ask ourselves, what will this text help my students to accomplish? Ultimately, we want to use books as a springboard to dive into deeper issues.It’s not always going to be a perfect fit, but if you spend time in the text, something will stand out to you. Pull books with rich content and with topics that your students will connect to. ![]() Authors don’t write books with comprehension skills in mind, so we should not try to select books based on skills.
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