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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.
Resources
We wrote a book! The Literacy 50-A Q&A Handbook for Teachers: Real-World Answers to Questions About Reading That Keep You Up at Night
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Helping teachers learn about science of reading, knowledge building, and high quality curriculum.
Ep. 202: Big Words for Young Readers with Heidi Anne Mesmer
[Listen Again] Ep. 132: Decodable Text Series: The Research on Decodable Text
Ep. 201: Reach All Readers with Anna Geiger
[Listen Again]: Ep. 37: Placing Text at the Center of the ELA Classroom with Meredith Liben & Sue Pimentel
Ep. 200: Know Better, Do Better: Comprehension with David and Meredith Liben
BONUS: Transforming ELA Instruction with a Knowledge-Rich Curriculum: Insights from David Liben
Ep. 199: Summer Reading: Must-Read Books for Teachers! with Kim Lockhart
BONUS: Read Not Guess- Short & Simple Summer Lessons with Chad Aldeman
Ep. 198: The Literacy 50: Is There a Place for Sustained, Silent Reading in the School Day?
Ep. 197: The Literacy 50: What Are Best Practices for Teaching Phonemic Awareness?
Ep. 196: The Literacy 50 - A Q&A Handbook for Teachers with Melissa & Lori
Ep. 195: Sneak Peek of Our New Book: The Literacy 50
[Listen Again] Ep. 152: Science of Reading for ALL Students: Multilingual Learners with Claude Goldenberg
Ep. 194: Exploring Models for Teaching English Learners
[Listen Again] Ep. 119: How Reading Science Works for English Learners with Elsa Cardenas-Hagan
Ep. 193: Systems to Get Better Reading Results with Stephanie Stollar
Ep. 192: Top Tips for Teaching Spelling with Savannah Campbell (Quick Tips from Our Teacher Friends)
Ep. 191: Teaching Spelling is Teaching Reading with Pam Kastner
[Listen Again] Ep. 96: What About Spelling? with Richard Gentry
Ep. 190: How to Teach Heart Words with Jessica Farmer (Quick Tips from our Teacher Friends)
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