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"""In Reading, Writing, and Talk, Souto-Manning and Martell succeed in honoring their commitment to 'reading words, but also reading worlds--and rewriting them transformatively, in just and inclusive ways.'"" --Journal of Education ""This book is an important read for current and future primary grade teachers who want to help children achieve their full potential through culturally-relevant and inclusive instruction. Souto-Manning and Martell identify many ways teachers can honor the voices, stories, languages, and cultures that the children bring to the classroom and promote high levels of academic achievement. The authors gently guide teachers to consider their current views of diversity and demonstrate how a deficit view and standardization of the curriculum and/or not holding high expectations for children can limit their potential."" --TC Record"

In Reading, Writing, and Talk, Souto-Manning and Martell succeed in honoring their commitment to 'reading words, but also reading worlds--and rewriting them transformatively, in just and inclusive ways.' --Journal of Education This book is an important read for current and future primary grade teachers who want to help children achieve their full potential through culturally-relevant and inclusive instruction. Souto-Manning and Martell identify many ways teachers can honor the voices, stories, languages, and cultures that the children bring to the classroom and promote high levels of academic achievement. The authors gently guide teachers to consider their current views of diversity and demonstrate how a deficit view and standardization of the curriculum and/or not holding high expectations for children can limit their potential. --TC Record

""This book is an important read for current and future primary grade teachers who want to help children achieve their full potential through culturally-relevant and inclusive instruction. Souto-Manning and Martell identify many ways teachers can honor the voices, stories, languages, and cultures that the children bring to the classroom and promote high levels of academic achievement. The authors gently guide teachers to consider their current views of diversity and demonstrate how a deficit view and standardization of the curriculum and/or not holding high expectations for children can limit their potential."" —TC Record ""In Reading, Writing, and Talk, Souto-Manning and Martell succeed in honoring their commitment to 'reading words, but also reading worlds--and rewriting them transformatively, in just and inclusive ways.'"" —Journal of Education

This book is an important read for current and future primary grade teachers who want to help children achieve their full potential through culturally-relevant and inclusive instruction. Souto-Manning and Martell identify many ways teachers can honor the voices, stories, languages, and cultures that the children bring to the classroom and promote high levels of academic achievement. The authors gently guide teachers to consider their current views of diversity and demonstrate how a deficit view and standardization of the curriculum and/or not holding high expectations for children can limit their potential. --TC Record In Reading, Writing, and Talk, Souto-Manning and Martell succeed in honoring their commitment to 'reading words, but also reading worlds - and rewriting them transformatively, in just and inclusive ways' --Journal of Education

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Mariana Souto-Manning is associate professor and coordinator of the Early Childhood Education Program at Teachers College, Columbia University. Her books include Courageous Leadership in Early Childhood Education, Multicultural Teaching in the Early Childhood Classroom, and Teachers Act Up!Jessica Martell is an elementary school teacher with over 17 years of experience working with diverse student populations in New York City's public schools.

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