Your Rising Voices Library provides empowering and engaging fiction and informational texts that highlight one group of underrepresented literary protagonists: girls and women who excel in STEAM pursuits. Further, many of the books within the library tell the stories of Black and Brown girls and women, the most untapped potential in STEAM careers today. While the focus of this library is specific, it is a tool to support all learners. By fostering a classroom community that supports more positive representation and equity, children of all backgrounds will benefit as they build empathy, respect, and understanding. Rising Voices…
• provides 50 books per grade (25 titles, two copies of each) selected by librarians and educators after reviewing more than 700 texts to ensure that each grade-level collection validates how the multifaceted identities, interests, and abilities of girls connect with STEAM pursuits. • includes texts that highlight the
talents of authors and illustrators of color —because the perspectives that authors and illustrators bring to the texts they create are also important windows and mirrors. • offers informational texts, biographies of accomplished women, and fiction about girls discovering the power and potential of exploring STEAM-related pursuits so that all children can envision girls and women as leaders in these important fields. • is organized around five essential themes (see pages 16–17) that children and teachers can use to explore the confidence-building themes related to success in STEAM careers and to make cross-text and cross-content-area connections within and beyond this library. • uses five anchor texts per grade, each supported by a robust Teaching Card , to highlight each of the five themes, prompt comprehension, and scaffold higher-level thinking skills and deep discussion, as well as social and emotional learning. • offers Rising Voices stickers and bins that can be used to identify each book as part of this special collection. • supplies print and online resources for exploring STEAM-related content as well as countering gender bias and supporting culturally relevant and gender-inclusive responsive teaching. Find out more and access resources at www.scholastic.com/RVGirlsinS.T.E.A.M.
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