Kathy Short

Professor of Language, Reading and Culture, Director of Worlds of Words

[Kathy Short @shortkg]

Worlds of Words (https://t.co/8aiqw86PxW) has just created extensive global reading book lists for grade level bands from K to 12, grouping by themes and text complexity, and providing possible pairs with commonly read books #globaledchat

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We talk about the social responsibility of the author for the text to be culturally authentic and for the reader to be open-minded and not judgmental about cultures that differ from their own. #globaledchat

[Kathy Short @shortkg]

Another new book is Refugee by Alan Gratz which combines 3 different refugee experiences in different places and time periods. #globaledchat

[Kathy Short @shortkg]

We pair U.S. novels or picturebooks with global books that have the same theme so kids can engage in both connection and difference and not just dismiss the books or see the global as strange. #globaledchat

[Kathy Short @shortkg]

Worlds of Words publishes a free online journal, WOW Review, with reviews of new global books that focus on their cultural authenticity and suggests possible book pairings. #globaledchat

[Kathy Short @shortkg]

Also Notable Books for a Global Society publishes an annual list for K-8 that combines multicultural and global titles. #globaledchat

[Kathy Short @shortkg]

I love the Outstanding International Book List from USBBY. They just released the 2018 list for K-12 #globaledchat

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#globaledchat We created this resource as a way to pair well known texts with global texts so teachers could expand the books kids were reading and comparing

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@LongviewGlobal I am finding that many teachers feel constrained by the text exemplar lists within CCSS and they are not global or multicultural and are old, well known texts which may be good books but do reflect a global society

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@LongviewGlobal Students respond out of their own cultural locations to the books they read and that's ok as long as they recognize they are doing this and don't judge based on their cultural beliefs

[Kathy Short @shortkg]

@LongviewGlobal For me it is Faith in The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge because of her thirst for learning and inquiry, despite the obstacles she faces

[Kathy Short @shortkg]

@LongviewGlobal #GlobalEdChat
Thanks for the invitation. I really enjoyed the conversation and ideas

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@markjotter #GlobalEdChat
We are setting up that possibility for virtual membership right now

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@CactusWoman @shortgk #GlobalEdChat
This resource has many examples of ways groups organized themselves and what they did in their groups

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@hsingmaster #GlobalEdChat
Q7 - we always start meetings by sharing successes before going to concerns

[Kathy Short @shortkg]

@LongviewGlobal #GlobalEdChat
A7 - also has been great to go after small local grants to get books that we can share across classrooms

[Kathy Short @shortkg]

@hsingmaster #GlobalEdChat
We found that we never leave a meeting without setting a date and time and focus for our next meeting

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@hsingmaster #GlobalEdChat
NCLE is a site that facilitates teachers who want to start an inquiry group and provides resources for a group

[Kathy Short @shortkg]

@hsingmaster #GlobalEdChat
Setting a date and a time and just starting is the key, instead of "intending" to start and putting it off