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Funds of Knowledge are the skills and knowledge gained by daily routines and practices, as well as cultural and historical interactions. It’s the social and cultural “stuff” that students know through personal experiences.
Background knowledge is the amount of information or knowledge someone has on a topic. Both funds of knowledge and background knowledge give us connection points for learning, and they’re both considered types of prior knowledge.
So what does this mean for instruction?
We should leverage our students' - and families’ - funds of knowledge when possible. We can use students' funds of knowledge and continue to build background knowledge on topics of study.
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Ep. 68: How Does Using a Text Analysis Toolkit Support Student Success?
[Listen Again] Ep 43: Writing about Reading and the Role of Knowledge-Building
Ep. 67: Learning to Read at 62 Years Old: A Conversation Illuminating Adult Literacy
Ep. 66 Re-thinking the Reading Rope with Nell Duke
Ep. 65: Talking with the Literacy Documentary Team: The Truth About Reading
Ep. 64: James Murphy on The researchED Guide to Literacy
[Listen Again] Ep. 37: Meredith Liben & Sue Pimentel on the Standards, Assessment, & Data
Ep. 63: Kindergarten Teacher Reaches 100% Success Using Evidence-Based Practices
Ep. 62: Effective Fluency Instruction with Tim Rasinski
Ep. 61: High Quality Curricula as Educational Infrastructure with Alex Spurrier
Ep. 60: HQIM as Equity for English Learners with ELSF Executive Director Crystal Gonzales
Ep. 59: HQIM for ALL with Educator Sarah Webb
Ep. 58: Looking for Change in Laramie
Ep. 57: Reflecting on the School Year with Grade 3 Teacher Natalie Baggett
Ep. 56: What are THE ELEMENTS needed to transform teaching and professional learning?
Ep. 55: The Science of Reading as Policy with Kymyona Burk
Ep. 54: How can school leaders support teachers in Year 1 HQIM implementation?
Ep. 53: Making the Shift to a Content Focused Curriculum with Rachel Arnold
Ep. 52: Universal Design for Learning is INVISIBLE EQUITY in HQIM
Ep. 51: The Science of Reading: An Equity Issue
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