Never Read a Book Alone
by Kathy Short, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ One of the lessons that I have learned as a reader of global literature is to never read a book by itself–to always read a book alongside other books....
View ArticlePaired Books: Reading a Book in the Context of another Book
Kathy G. Short, University of Arizona Critically reading books set in global cultures is difficult when you only have surface knowledge about those cultures. In a global literature class, we found that...
View ArticleText Sets as Contexts for Understanding
Kathy G. Short, University of Arizona Several years ago, Amy Edwards and I worked with her fifth graders in literature circles around a set of novels set in China. Her students had been reading and...
View ArticleStrategies for Reading and Discussing Paired Books
Kathy G. Short, University of Arizona An exploration of strategies for pairing and reading books alongside each other was at the heart of my teaching in a recent global literature course. Once I...
View ArticleCommon Core State Standards: Misconceptions about Text Exemplars
by Kathy G. Short, University of Arizona CCSS Text Exemplars for K-1 Stories & A contemporary text set of K-1 Stories The Common Core State Standards are currently having a tremendous impact on...
View ArticleThe Common Core State Standards: The Complexity of Text Complexity in Global...
By Kathy G. Short, University of Arizona The Common Core State Standards have focused attention on text complexity, arguing that students need to engage with texts that gradually increase in difficulty...
View ArticleThe Common Core State Standards: Misconceptions about Informational and...
by Kathy Short, University of Arizona One aspect of the Common Core State Standards that has received a great deal of attention is the increased focus on informational texts. The CCSS document calls...
View ArticleThe Common Core State Standards: Misunderstandings about Response and Close...
by Kathy G. Short, University of Arizona The Common Core State Standards put a major emphasis on the close reading of texts, recommending that students find and cite evidence in the text as they...
View ArticleWhat It’s Like to be on the Caldecott Committee
Kathy G. Short The last column for this month focuses on the process of selecting an award-winning book, rather than on resources for global literature. Because the deliberations of the Caldecott...
View ArticleCelebrating the Story of Stories
By Kathy Short, The University of Arizona The blogs for this month highlight our reflections on authors’ discussions of global and multicultural issues in children’s and young adult literature. These...
View ArticleIntroducing Children to Global Cultures and Languages
by Kathy G. Short The focus of the June blogs is on the classroom resources that we have been developing in Worlds of Words to encourage the integration of global literature into preschool, elementary,...
View ArticleConnecting to Family Funds of Knowledge through Story
by Kathy G. Short The oral stories that are shared in families both reflect and build on family funds of knowledge, providing a potential connection for meaningful home/school partnerships. At Worlds...
View ArticleExploring the World through Cultural Community Story Boxes
by Kathy G. Short Young children understand the world through making connections to their lives and experiences within their families and communities. Some educators believe that their need for...
View ArticleAward-Winning Global Literature in the U.S.
by Kathy G. Short Global literature for children and adolescents has become increasingly available in the United States but is still a relatively small proportion of the number of books published each...
View ArticleWOW Recommends: Refugee
Refugee by Alan Gratz is a poignant, unforgettable novel that effectively interweaves the stories of three 11 and 12-year-old refugees. Josef flees from Nazi Germany to Cuba in 1938, Isabel flees from...
View ArticleReading Globally: Critical Issues in Global Literature for Children and...
Kathy G. Short presents Reading Globally at the Sixth International Conference On the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Competence We live in a world where our lives are interconnected in...
View ArticleGlobalizing the Common Core State Standards Exemplar List
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and their variations influence K-12 curriculum, particularly in the teaching of literacy, across the U.S. and internationally. With funds from the Center for...
View ArticleCERCLL 2018 Summer Institute
CERCLL offers a professional development opportunity in the form of a 3-day summer institute, Reading Globally: Critical Issues in Global Literature for Children and Adolescents. Participants will...
View ArticleThe Complexities of Text Complexity
By Kathy Short, Director of Worlds of Words Debates about text complexity and “appropriate” books for students at each grade level are a major point of emphasis in U.S. schools due to the influence of...
View ArticleLimitations of Lexile Levels for Global Literature
By Kathy Short, The University of Arizona The standards movement in the U.S. has placed a great deal of emphasis on Lexile levels as a means of determining the appropriateness of a book for a reader,...
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