Literacy Matters Winter 2022

Volume 22, Winter 2022 Literacy

Matters T he J ournal of the P almetto S tate L iteracy A ssociation

Make It Matter Letter from the President by Missy Lark. ........................................................................................................................................VI

Letter from the Editors by Lisa Aker and Koti Hubbard.............................................................................................................VI

Featured Article Read Alouds to Foster Community and Critical Conversations by Katie Kelly with Kate Massey, Madison Siekman, Grace Mather, and Helena Sherman.............................................. 7 General Articles “Straight Privilege is Bumping into a Potential Partner in the Grocery Store”: One Student’s Queering of the #MeToo Movement by Brittany Adams.........................................................................15 Act with Kindness: A Children’s Literature Review Column for Teachers by Hannah Buford, Katherine Davis, Emily Gerdes, Mary Catharine Mauney, Maggie Schneider, Maggie Sullivan, and Lauren Zalud...............................................................................................................22

The UpstateWriting Project by Tobi Pirolla..................................................................................................................................25

Building the Bridge to Compassion and Cooperation with Children’s Literature About the Lives of Immigrants and Refugees by Elke Schneider..........................................27 Think-Aloud Reading Instruction through a Culturally Responsive Teaching Lens by Sarah Sharpe ..........................................................................................................32