3-2-1 Bridge & Culturally Responsive Teaching

Initial Responses
1.) The word responsive leads me to
believe that it is a teaching duty to
reform this for my students.
2.) There are more than just cultural
majorities, and I have to understand
what culture means to all of my
students.
3.) I need to find, or find ways, to
incorporate CRT into my lessons.

1. How/ where do I pull grade level

appropriate assignments for this
topic? AZ isnt the most open
minded of states.
2. In what way are other states adopting
culturally responsive teaching?

1.) CRT is like special education and

ELL education, extremely important
but not explained or examined in
detail by school districts as a whole.

New Responses
1.) Student backgrounds are one of the
most important elements for CRT. I
need to understand their likes and
dislikes, as well as, where they come
from and what their culture is.
2.) It is okay if it takes me, the teacher, a
while to feel comfortable addressing
all aspects of CRT. (Practice makes
perfect.)
3.) Just like other aspects of education,
students need to have more of a say
in what and HOW they learn.
1. Is it possible or plausible for every
lesson to have a cultural undertone?
2. How hard will it be to develop
lessons/ assignments in which every
student can represent their culture?

1.) When creating SIOP lesson plans

using CRT is just like any other
feature, it should always be on the
back of your mind...like cupcakes.
Bridge: Most of the questions I started
with are the same questions I ended
with. While my understanding of CRT
has been deepened, my questions on
how to implement this teaching strategy
were not answered. Most of what I want
to learn will come naturally in time. I
think the most important take away from
the reading in my answer for the new
response about practice making perfect.
And the better I know my students the
more that will be reflected in my
teaching.