Literacy Matters Vol. 23 Winter 2023

Letter from the Editors

Lisa D. Aker & Koti L. Hubbard

in the Teacher Residency Program and Clemson’s Teaching and Learning M.Ed. Program. Before joining Clemson's faculty, Kirsten spent over 20 years in the K-6 setting, supporting teachers as a literacy coach and mentor. She has also taught first through fifth grades. Kirsten received her Ed.D. in Educational Leadership: Curriculum and Instruction from The University of North Carolina, Wilmington. Her research focuses on preservice teacher education programs and classroom management. Kirsten continues to have a passion for literacy and embeds theories and teaching strategies into her current course content. As we welcome Kirsten, we give our goodbyes and thank yous to Lisa Aker, who will be stepping off the board as she has accepted a new position. We wish Lisa all the best as she supports the literacy efforts of educators in Virginia. As always, we are proud to serve you, the teachers and teacher educators who work hard to support the literacies of all students. If you are interested in sharing your work in the next edition of Literacy Matters , please send us an email for more information or stop by our table at the PSLA conference for more information

Dear Readers,

We hope you are flourishing in your classrooms this spring, and we look forward to sharing the latest iteration of the journal with you with you and your colleagues. In this issue of Literacy Matters , you’ll find several articles focused on using children’s literature to have conversations around consent, bodily autonomy, and sexual abuse (Adams et al.), address issues of equity and fairness of individuals with disabilities (Schneider), and open doors to classroom diversity with young children (Berry et al.). In addition, Sigmon discusses preservice teachers’ ability to classify vocabulary into a tiered system. Lintner shares three questioning scaffolds to facilitate reactionary reading in the social studies classroom. Lastly, Whitley and Crenshaw advocate for the home literacy environment and offer ways to support literacy development in this context. Our editorial board is excited to welcome Kirsten Abel as a new journal co-editor starting in 2023. Kirsten Abel is an elementary education faculty member in the College of Education at Clemson University. Kirsten teaches ELA Methods and capstone and field placement seminar courses to undergraduate preservice teachers in the Department of Teaching and Learning. She also teaches graduate courses

Lisa D. Aker

Literarcy Matters Make it Matter

Koti L. Hubbard

Be inspired and inspiring, Koti and Lisa

Kirsten Abel

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