Talking Points #2 "Why Can't She Remember That?"

        I found this article quite interesting because it talked about teaching in multicultural classrooms. Now a days, there are more ethnic students in the classrooms, then white students. The first quote that I really enjoyed was the quote: "Despite their diverse backgrounds, all children bring back to school rich linguistic abilities acquired through social interaction in their homes and communities." I personally can relate to this quote and on what the author is trying to say. When I was in elementary school, Portuguese was my first language that I spoke at home. When I would go to school, I would have an accent, and my English would not be correct. It took some time for me to improve my English. I did not go in the ESL program, I had resource help me. I was in resource for one year, until my teacher told me I did not need it anymore. The type of dialect a student has with someone at home or school affects the way a student speaks in a classroom. Since that person is already used to speaking that dialect outside of the classroom, the student is still going to bring it to the classroom, since they are already used to that dialect.
       Another quote that I enjoyed reading in Why Can't She Remember That is the quote: "Children who don't have many early books reading experiences learn their cultural lessons through interactions with family and other community members, from oral stories, and from observations of other people's behavior." Again, I can relate to this quote because I was raised and brought up without having any children's books in my house. I only started to get a children's book at the age of nine. I  would go to school, and that was where I would learn my childhood knowledge. I would also follow other classmates behaviors, since I really did not know at the time if they were bad or not. My aunt and uncle that were Portuguese with American background would try and teach me how to read and to also comprehend the story. My dad would not teach me because he could/ he still really can't speak English that well. I would be the type of girl in which I would follow other girls footsteps, and try to copy what they did. With time, I finally got out of the stage, and started to buy my own books, and I would practice reading by myself, until I got the hang of it.
          "In addition to the teacher using dolls and puppets to help read books in lively and engaging ways, children can use them to dramatize the story in the book or to create new dialogues and stories of their own." Again, I can relate to this because I felt/ still feel that I learn better with a visual, then with no visual. With a visual, children can have more of an imagination when they are reading a story. It opens up their brain more, and they have more of an understanding on what is going on. With a visual, it helps children, especially children with English as a second language have a better comprehension. Children learn faster and better when they have a demonstration of something that guides them in a reading. It is always good that teachers try helping the students as best as they can. It makes the children realize that the teachers are tying to help them.
                I so far find this article the best out all the ones that I have read. Maybe because I can relate to the children and what it was like to grow up with English as my second language. I feel like I have a better understanding of a story when I can relate to it. Teachers try as much as they can to help the students with the problem they have when it comes to reading. Speaking and reading English is difficult, and I give prompts to the children who learn real quick.