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Hip-Hop Early Literacy In K–1 Classrooms

Document Type

Article

Keywords

1-Early childhood, Instructional strategies, teaching strategies < Strategies, methods, and materials, Instructional strategies; methods and materials, Motivation/engagement, Purpose < Writing, Writing, Writing strategies < Strategies, methods, and materials

Journal/Book/Conference Title

Reading Teacher

Volume

73

Issue

1

First Page

29

Last Page

37

Abstract

The authors employ hip-hop music as a literacy heuristic aimed at supporting the literacy development of kindergarten and first-grade students. How do young students learn to write hip-hop lyrics? How do young students engage in hip-hop reading and writing processes? The classroom examples show that students engaged in individual and interactive writing practices and a variety of practices associated with music disciplinary literacy. Hip-hop reading and lyric composition constituted culturally relevant literacy, which connected the students to the literacy practices found in their community and families.

Department

Department of Curriculum and Instruction

Original Publication Date

7-1-2019

DOI of published version

10.1002/trtr.1809

Repository

UNI ScholarWorks, Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa

Language

en

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