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Reading: The Means Reading: The Means of Extending & of Extending & Building Funds of Building Funds of Knowledge Knowledge Elfrieda H. Hiebert Elfrieda H. Hiebert University of California, University of California, Berkeley Berkeley

Three Principles about Reading Three Principles about Reading & Knowledge & Knowledge 1. All students have funds of knowledge. 2. Reading is where vocabularies and concepts of existing funds of knowledge are extended & particular funds of knowledge acquired. 3. As teachers, we are facilitators in recognizing, developing, and widening this knowledge.

What � � s a Fund of Knowledge? s a Fund of Knowledge? What Conditions: rain, snow, hail, sunny & clear, sunny & cloudy Weather Seasons: winter, spring, summer, fall/ climate autumn zones: continental, polar, tropical, mountain, desert, mild

1. All students have funds of 1. All students have funds of knowledge. knowledge. • It � s a matter of finding out what those funds are. • Potential funds of knowledge: – Weather – Food – Pets/animals – Plants/trees/gardens – Their neighborhoods

Including some funds that we as teachers Including some funds that we as teachers might not value… …. . might not value Nine-year-old 5-year-old (with 10- Seven-year-old Top 3 TV shows: year-old brother) Top 3 TV shows: •Pokemon Top 3 TV shows: •The Flintstones •Arthur •Star Wars: The •Scooby Doo Clone War •Martha Speaks •Tom & Jerry •Sponge Bob •Ben 10 Square Pants Top 3 movies: Top 3 movies Top 3 Movies: • Star Wars: The •Ben 10: Secret of •Star Wars the Omnitrix Clone Wars •Indiana Jones •Pokemon: the Rise • Kung-Fu Panda •The Mummy (5- of Darkarai • Surf � s Up year-old covers •Zack and Cody: eyes at certain Everyone Onboard parts)

Top Ten Books Over Three Years Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Superman � s First Flight Britney Spears Hangin � With Lil � Romeo Arthur � s Underwear Pokemon Pop Quiz Pop People: Lil � Romeo NBA Action From A To Mojo Jojo � s Rising Pop People: Destiny � s Z Child Chomp! I Choose You Hangin � With Hilary Duff If You Give a Mouse a Paste Makes Waste How To Draw Cookie Spiderman Itchy Itchy Chicken Pox Attack of the What Did I Do To Prehistoric Pokemon Deserve a Sister Like You? The Very Hungry Scooby-Doo and the Meet the Stars of Caterpillar Sunken Ship Professional Wrestling Junie B. Jones and the Rock Solid The All New Captain Mushy Gushy Valentine Underpants Extra- Crunchy Book O � Fun #2 The Magic School Bus Scooby-Doo and the The Adventures of in the Time of the Snow Monster Super Diaper Baby Dinosaurs Arthur Goes To Camp The Island of Giant The Captain Pokemon Underpants Extra- Chunky Book O � Fun McGill-Franzen, A., & Botzakis, S. (in press). Series books, graphic novels, comics, and magazines: Unauthorized texts, authorized literacy practices. In E.H. Hiebert (Ed.), Reading more, reading better: Are American students reading enough of the right stuff? NY: Guilford.

2. Reading is where vocabularies and concepts are extended & developed. Comparison of Spoken & Written Language (from Hayes & Ahrens,1988) Printed Text Rare Words per 1,000 Abstracts 128.0 Newspapers 68.3 Popular Magazines 65.7 Adult books 52.7 Comic Books 53.5 Children’s Books 30.9 Preschool Books 16.3 Television Texts Popular adult shows 22.7 Popular children’s shows 20.2 Cartoons 30.8 Mr. Rogers & Sesame Street 2.0 Adult Speech Expert eyewitness testimony 28.4 College graduates to friends 17.3

Rare Words per Printed Text 1,000 Abstracts 128.0 Newspapers 68.3 Popular Magazines 65.7 Adult books 52.7 Comic Books 53.5 Children’s Books 30.9 Preschool Books 16.3 Television Texts Popular adult shows 22.7 Popular children’s shows 20.2 Cartoons 30.8 Mr. Rogers & Sesame Street 2.0 Adult Speech Expert eyewitness testimony 28.4 College graduates to friends 17.3

Particular Funds of Knowledge are acquired Particular Funds of Knowledge are acquired solely through academic presentations (texts, solely through academic presentations (texts, lessons, selected media) lessons, selected media) • Representational forms of government • Photosynthesis • Many historical events • Atom-splitting

3. As teachers, we are 3. As teachers, we are facilitators in recognizing, facilitators in recognizing, developing, and widening developing, and widening this knowledge this knowledge

WV KNOWS WV KNOWS i. Did I draw on students' existing knowledge and experience? � ii. Did I identify what new knowledge can be gained from this text and guide students in gaining it? iii. Did I support students in organizing their new knowledge with their existing knowledge/experiences? iv. Did I show students ways to widen their knowledge? v. Did I support students in sharing their knowledge?

i. Capturing existing crops that are Knowledge crops grown that can crops grown during be grown in certain year greenhouses seasons round heritage verus non- seeds heritage When plants flowers trees seedlings How tools Planting not for and use of What food Gardening chemical organic growth non enhancements organic for food Where natural use of use of pest partial natual chemical fruits containers control sun/ products pest vegetables shade to help control plants in the grow full sun ground full shade

ii. Establish New Knowledge SELECTION WHAT NEW INFORMATION MIGHT STUDENTS GAIN? The Gardener: The story is a collection of letters that chronicles Lydia Grace Finch’s move from her family’s farm to the city to live with her Uncle Jim. Lydia Grace plants a garden on the rooftop of Uncle Jim’s apartment building to “plant” a smile on Uncle Jim’s face. Pushing Up the Sky: This Native American tale explains how the sky got so high. The Snohomish worked together to push the sky upwards. The stars in the night sky are holes that were made as a result of the poles that were used to push the sky up. Night Letters: Lilly is fascinated with the natural world—ant trails, a hawkmoth, cracks in a rock, flashing fireflies, and the bark of a tree. As she sits outside with her cat, she jots down notes (i.e., night letters) about these phenomena. A Symphony of Whales: The ice traps thousands of Beluga whales and they cannot swim back out to sea. Glashka rallies the village to chip away at the ice so that the whale can surface and breathe. When the icebreaker ship tries to lure the whales back out to sea, the whales are afraid of the ship’s engine and do not follow the ship. Glashka tells the ship’s captain to play music to help lure the whales back out to sea. Volcanoes: Nature’s Incredible Fireworks: This is an in depth look at volcanoes. The author describes how volcanoes form and how explosive and destructive they can be. There is also mention of Mt. St. Helen and Mt. Vesuvius.

iii. Organize new and prior knowledge

iv. Ways of widening students � knowledge

Supporting Students in Sharing their Knowledge

Three Principles about Reading Three Principles about Reading & Knowledge & Knowledge 1. All students have funds of knowledge. 2. Reading is where vocabularies and concepts of existing funds of knowledge are extended & particular funds of knowledge acquired. 3. As teachers, we are facilitators in recognizing, developing, and widening this knowledge.

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