Getting Beyond "I Like the Book": Creating Space for Critical Literacy in K-6 Classrooms

by Vivian Maria Vasquez

Book Overview

Discover the potential of children's literature as a tool to teach critical literacy in K-6 classrooms. This book tells the story of eight teachers who work in a variety of schools serving diverse... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0872075052
• ISBN13: 9780872075054
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: International Reading Association
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.9" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Vasquez does it again!

Another great easy to read book by Vivian Vasquez that explores her (and others) applications of critical literacy concepts with young children. She offers a good outline of the Freebody and Luke Four Resource Model on pages 14 and 15. She also explains critical literacy as a mixture of Whole Language and Critical Pedagogy. A great example is the activity that evolved from a Royal Mounties poster that had only men. Fantastic!