Celebrating Girls of Color
Each Rising Voices Library shines a spotlight on those whose contributions and potential are often overlooked.
We can change the scope of education across the country by committing to the following goals:
Positive Representation We will elevate school communities with engaging authentic books that are representative of the multifaceted identities of our students.
Culturally Responsive Instruction We will equip teachers with the tools to implement robust literacy instruction and the supports to increase their cultural competency.
Unifying Students We will guide the development of students’ social-emotional learning so they can learn empathy and understanding while broadening their world.
ENHANCE IDENTITY
DEVELOPMENT WITH SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING Scholastic has collaborated with Dr. M. Ann Levett to curate a balance of fiction and real-life stories that reflect the identities and potential of girls of color. Our books and teaching resources provide insight to counter the negative media images and stereotypes that confront girls every day through hurtful images which chip away at their self-esteem, their confidence, and their dreams for their futures.
LIBRARY COMPONENTS
Each grade-level library includes:
Each Rising Voices Library provides students with high-interest, culturally relevant texts that give context to today’s world while celebrating the stories of the historically underrepresented. These books, paired with innovative teaching materials aligned to the CASEL framework, build a classroom community that broadens the perspectives of students from all backgrounds and enables deep discussions about inclusivity, social justice, and empathy for others.
50 books (25 titles including 5 anchor texts, 2 copies each)
Teaching Cards (1 per anchor text)
Teacher’s Guide
Access to the digital resource site
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Labeling stickers
The digital companion website for educators includes:
Correlations to standards
Mentor videos
Videos and articles for students to continue learning
Discussion guides
And much more!
One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.
—Malala Yousafzai Activist, Author, Nobel Peace Prize Winner
When sisters Usha and Aarti look up at the same seven stars, they see different things. Aarti sees the Big Dipper, but Usha sees the Big DIGGER! And cousin Gloria sees the Big Kite! What’s going on?
Sandhya Prabhat has illustrated more than a dozen picture books. Originally from India, she now lives in the Bay Area of California. Amitha Jagannath Knight grew up in Texas and Arkansas and now stargazes with her family in Massachusetts. This is her debut book.
Culturally Relevant Authentic Texts
This edition is only available for distribution through the school market.
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The books selected for this library expose learners to rich language that motivates them, captures their interest, and builds the historical, social, and linguistic knowledge they need to better understand their world.
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Celebrating Girls of Color DEVELOPED WITH DR. M. ANN LEVETT
Teacher’s Guide
The Teacher’s Guide gives educators the tools to implement whole-class read-alouds, book clubs, and independent reading with the texts in this library. Prompts for conferring and connecting with students and families are included to increase engagement.
TEACHER’S GUIDE GRADES K–2
GRADE 2
Ten Ways to Hear Snow written by Cathy Camper; illustrated by Kenard Pak
Teaching Cards
AT A GLANCE The morning after a blizzard, Lina ventures out into the snowy city for a visit with her grandmother, Sitti, to do something they love to do together: cook. Sitti has limited eyesight, and as Lina makes her way to Sitti’s building, she listens to the sounds around her and wonders whether these sounds are ways in which her grandmother now experiences snow. Lina and Sitti connect with each other and to the world around them through what they hear and what they do. The author’s use of language also helps readers feel they are right there, alongside Lina, experiencing this special day.
Genre/Text Type: Realistic Fiction/Picture Book
Strategy Focus: Visualize
Social-Emotional Focus: Relationship Skills
Each grade-level library includes five Teaching Cards that offer culturally responsive, in-depth options for exploring each anchor text as an interactive read-aloud, building vocabulary, practicing high-utility reading strategies, and extending literacy through writing, discussion, and other creative activities.
INTRODUCE THE BOOK Display the front cover to the children. Share with them that Ten Ways to Hear Snow is about a girl, Lina, and her grandmother, Sitti, who notice different ways to hear snow. Ask: When you think about snow, what do you think about? Have you ever thought about how to hear snow? What might that sound like? Let’s read and count with Lina to find out the ten ways she hears snow! DURING READING As you read the book, pause to discuss the questions below. Encourage students to turn and talk with partners or share their thinking with the whole group. pp. 3–7 When Lina looks out her window, she sees a street blanketed in white. Where is she going on this snowy morning? Why do you think Lina turns down her parents’ offer to join her? (key ideas and details, make inferences)
Rising Voices Theme Someone Like Me/ Memorable Characters
Note to the Teacher • Read-Aloud Tip Have fun reading aloud the special words the author uses to describe sounds like ploompf and swish-wish. Allow time for children to look at the illustrations and connect images and sounds. • Language Support The use of adjectives is very important in the story. Remind students that adjectives describe nouns. Discuss some of the author’s vivid descriptions, such as powdery sound or whiskery noise . • Background The author is an Arab American who was born and grew up in Wisconsin. She draws on her childhood experiences and includes a few Arabic words in this story: Sitti (grandmother), habibti (dear girl), and warak enab (stuffed grape leaves). Vocabulary muffled (p. 5) softened a sound squinched (p. 8) made narrower radiator (p. 21) a metal fixture that provides heat cocoons (p. 25) protective coverings
pp. 8–13
As Lina makes her way to Sitti’s, she hears snow in different ways. How do the details in the illustrations connect to the words the author uses to help you better understand what Lina hears? (visualize, picture clues)
pp. 14–19 Lina continues her walk to Sitti’s home and meets her friends, Rachid and Mariam, building a snowman. But then...what happens? Which words and details in the text and illustration help you understand the seventh way to hear snow? (context clues, visualize) pp. 20–27 Lina and Sitti make stuffed grape leaves together. Why do you think the illustrator shows how to make the stuffed grape leaves? What can you tell about Sitti and Lina’s relationship from how they work and play together? (picture clues, make inferences) pp. 28–32 In the beginning of the story, Lina isn’t sure if Sitti knows it snowed
overnight because of Sitt’s poor eyesight, but Sitti surprises her. What details help you understand how Sitti knew there was snow outside? How do you learn to appreciate your different senses through this story? (visualize, make connections)
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In 2017, Dr. M. Ann Levett became the Superintendent of Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools (GA). She began her career in Savannah as a speech and language pathologist and moved to leadership positions throughout her K–12 career and at Antioch University Midwest (OH), the Child Study Center at Yale University School of Medicine (CT), and Macon State College (GA) before returning to Savannah in 2013. MEET Our girls of color MENTOR
Dr. Levett also served as a board member for New Haven Public Schools (CT) and consulted on significant reform and community development efforts in several international communities. She is a former member of the Executive Committee of AASA, the national School Superintendents Association, and is a published author and nationally known speaker. Among her many achievements, Dr. Levett was recognized as a National Superintendent to Watch in 2021, a Georgia Outstanding Woman of the Year in 2019, and the Georgia Department of Education’s STEM and STEAM Advocate of the Year in 2019. She also won the 2021 Carl Perkins Community Service Award in Georgia and received a lifetime achievement award from the University of Georgia in 2020. Throughout her illustrious career, Dr. Levett has demonstrated a strong commitment to and passion for developing and implementing successful programs that improve academic achievement, community partnerships, family engagement, and equity.
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