Getting Beyond "I Like the Book": Creating Space for Critical Literacy in K-6 Classrooms » (2nd Edition)

Getting Beyond "I Like the Book": Creating Space for Critical Literacy in K-6 Classrooms (second edition) draws you into life in classrooms where students and teachers together use critical literacy as a framework for taking on local and global issues like racism and gender using books and everyday texts such as school posters and advertisements.
This expanded second edition includes the following features:
Two additional content areas chapters-science and social studies-to emphasize that critical literacy is not just a part of the literacy curriculum
A new chapter on new technologies such as websites, videos, and podcasts and their impact on critical literacy
A fresh focus interspersed throughout the book on multimedia literacy and using multimedia text sets
In addition, reflection questions at the end of each chapter can help you connect the ideas in this book with your experiences.

About the Author vii

Acknowledgments ix

Chapter 1 Setting the Context: A Critical Take on Using Books in the Classroom 1

Chapter 2 Pairing Everyday Texts with Texts Written for Children 23

Chapter 3 Using Children's Literature to Unpack Social Issues in the School Community 39

Chapter 4 Focusing on Social Issues by Bringing the Outside World into the Classroom 54

Chapter 5 What If and Why? Critical Literacy, Children's Literature, and Mathematics Investigations 67

Chapter 6 What's the Weather? Creating Space for Critical Literacy in the Science Curriculum 81

Chapter 7 Rethinking Arbor Day: Creating Space for Critical Literacy in the Social Studies Curriculum 93

Chapter 8 A Podcast Is Born: Critical Literacy and New Technologies 105

Conclusion: New Directions and Curricular Possibilities for Doing "Important Work " 125

References 131

Index 137