The authors focus on identifying research-supported best practices for students with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Interventions are recommended for five critical areas of reading instruction—phonemic awareness, phonics/decoding, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. The suggested practices help students connect language and literacy tasks to their own cultural knowledge and experiences.
Authors: Aaron Tait and Dave Faulkner
Facilitated by H. Stephen Bralley, Director of Secondary Education
North American Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
Authors: Tom Rath and Don Clifton
