Literacy in Motion: A Case Study of a Shape-shifting Kindergartener

Marjorie Siegel; Stavroula Kontovourki; Stephanie Schmier; Grace Enriquez

doi:10.58680/la20086707

ISSN: 0360-9170
E-ISSN: 1943-2402

Literacy in Motion: A Case Study of a Shape-shifting Kindergartener
Author(s): Marjorie Siegel¹, Stavroula Kontovourki², Stephanie Schmier³ and Grace Enriquez⁴
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¹ Teachers College, Columbia University, New York. ² Teachers College, Columbia University, New York. ³ Teachers College, Columbia University, New York. ⁴ Teachers College, Columbia University, New York.
Source: Language Arts, Volume 86, Issue 2, Nov 2008, p. 89 - 98
DOI: https://doi.org/10.58680/la20086707
- Published online: 01 Nov 2008

Abstract

This article presents a case study of a kindergarten girl from a Bangladeshi immigrant family who demonstrates her multiliteracies as she negotiates the multiple demands of the mandated literacy curriculum. The case is drawn from a year-long ethnographic inquiry of the literacy practices and cultural models in a balanced literacy curriculum where digital and print-based literacies intersected.

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