Marlisa,
The "Funds of Knowledge" article strikes a chord with me as well. This school year was my first experience to work with many students (ESOL), English for Speakers with other Languages. During this school year, it was imperative to tap into these students funds of knowledge and gain an understanding of cultural similarities and differences. My observations indicated a gap in terms of content area vocabulary. So, we had to work extremely hard to fill in the gaps to help these children become successful. Several meetings with parents and translators, opened the doors to creating and maintaining the school/teacher/parent/community relationship.
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