Glad Hispanic Heritage Month! This U.S. nationwide commentary started 55 years in the past in 1968 underneath President Lyndon B. Johnson. It’s possible you’ll surprise why it begins in the midst of the month on September 15. That date represents the independence of a number of Latin American nations akin to Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Chile. With the various Latin cultures that comprise the Hispanic diaspora, there’s all the time one thing new to find out about and from Hispanic heritage.
Let’s discover Hispanic tradition by the lens of culturally responsive educating which inspires studying about your college students’ cultural backgrounds, together with celebrations, traditions, and meals, to offer a extra enriched studying expertise for all college students.
Well-known Folks
Try these coloring sheets of well-known and influential Hispanic People. Simply sufficient info is supplied about every featured individual to set the tone for studying extra by listening to or studying a e-book on Hispanic heritage. The coloring sheets and any books learn may also be used as writing prompts; new writers can draw photos or write a couple of phrases about what they realized whereas college students in a position to generate sentences can write a sentence or brief paragraph.
Conventional Meals
An indicator of any tradition is the standard meals. Take pleasure in making a number of of those 60+ recipes from one among 17 completely different Latin nations along with your college students and/or asking households to take part in a Hispanic Heritage Month potluck by bringing in one of many recipes or sharing a household recipe. College students can interact in language and math studying alongside the way in which by studying and implementing the recipes, utilizing measuring cups and spoons to portion out substances, and studying meals vocabulary throughout a number of Latin nations.
Music
Youngsters and adults alike love to listen to and transfer to the beat of excellent music. This interactive video covers 5 Latin music genres like Ranchero and Bachata, and encourages college students to be taught the rhythm of every style through finger snaps and claps. Listening to music with lyrics might not solely bolster background data, but additionally has been discovered by researchers (e.g., Aksoy, 2023; Cameron et al., 2019, Eccles et al., 2021) to enhance early literacy abilities, like phonological processing, and scholar engagement.
Video games
Rounding out the celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month with video games is a good thought! Contemplate taking part in Hispanic video games like Lotería, which is the Hispanic model of bingo. As an alternative of numbers, gamers will see photos of objects and their label written in Spanish; this can be a great strategy to make a connection between the article labels in Spanish and English. One other featured sport is one akin to I, Spy known as Veo Veo, which helps college students’ means to say and write detailed descriptions of objects, individuals, and occasions in Spanish and/or English.
Abstract
There are such a lot of enjoyable methods to include Hispanic Heritage Month into your classroom actions, notably literacy instruction. The extra all college students hear, describe verbally, learn, and write about different cultures, the extra culturally competent our society will turn into.
With regard to studying and college students who communicate Spanish and/or English, think about using a free, science of reading- and research-based digital early literacy program: WORD Drive: A Literacy Journey. It was designed to assist Ok-2 college students construct literacy abilities which have been confirmed to maneuver them from “studying to learn” to “studying to be taught”! The directions are in Spanish and English, which promotes correct early literacy apply in English. In case you are on the lookout for a house or on-the-go apply possibility, try the brand new WORD Drive Studying Adventures app. WORD Drive is from EVERFI, which has the ISTE Seal and Digital Promise Certification.
References
Aksoy, S.H. (2023). The impact of music on studying abilities: A meta-analysis research. Worldwide On-line Journal of Schooling and Instructing (IOJET), 10(2).
Cameron, A., Dixon, R., Warren, J., & Verenikina, I. (2019). Becoming a member of the dots: Connections between phonological processing, language, literacy and music. Australian Litearcy Educators’ Affiliation Mini Convention, Canberra ACT.
Eccles R.M., van der Linde, J., Le Roux, M., Swanepoel, D., Maccutcheon, D., & Ljung, R. (2021). The impact of music schooling on phonological consciousness and early literacy: A scientific overview. The Australian Journal of Language, 44(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03652064.
Dr. Jaumeiko Coleman
Dr. Jaumeiko Coleman is the Vice President of Early Literacy Impression at EVERFI. In her function she enjoys collaborating with colleagues throughout models in addition to exterior stakeholders on early literacy tasks as a subject skilled. Dr. Coleman’s profession give attention to spoken language and literacy has been infused in her work in private and non-private colleges, private and non-private universities, and a not-for-profit affiliation. She is a board member of Studying Disabilities Affiliation of Georgia and Studying Disabilities Affiliation of America.
