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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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Helping teachers learn about science of reading, knowledge building, and high quality curriculum.
Ep. 87: "I'm a Kindergarten Teacher, and the Way I've Been Teaching Reading is Wrong"
Ep. 86: Getting Districts and Teacher Prep on the Same Page
Ep. 85: Connecting Educators Across the World
Ep. 84: The Truth About Reading Documentary Team - BACK AGAIN!
Ep. 82: [CLEAN] Minneapolis Public School Parents: Accepting Nothing Less Than Evidence-Based Reading in Schools
Ep. 83: Special Educator Discusses High Quality Instructional Materials in the Special Education Classroom
Ep. 82: Minneapolis Public School Parents: Accepting Nothing Less Than Evidence-Based Reading in Schools
Ep. 81: Thinking About Reading as Mirrors and Windows
Ep. 80: A Primary Teacher's Perspective on Science of Reading, Small Group Instruction, and Sound Walls
Ep. 79: What Does Equitable ELA Instruction Require?
Ep. 78: Fourth Grade Teacher Applies the Science of Reading by Building Knowledge
Ep. 77: Setting the Standard for Success with author Morgan Polikoff
Ep. 76: Knowledge Building for Reading Success in Skaneateles School District
Ep. 75: How Do Language Variants Impact Teaching Reading to African American Students?
Ep. 74: Dyslexia and Reading Science: A Parent Advocate's Perspective
Ep. 73: Bring Back the Joy of Schooling - Start by Noticing!
Ep. 72: Rethinking and Unlearning What We Know about Literacy
Ep. 71: Science of Reading Part 2: Decodable Texts, Sound Walls, & the Aim of Early Literacy
Ep. 70: Science of Reading Part 1: Decodable Texts, Sound Walls, & the Aim of Early Literacy
Ep. 69: Wondering about Wit & Wisdom ELA?
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