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2018
Volume 97, Issue 2
  • ISSN: 0360-9170
  • E-ISSN: 1943-2402
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Weaving together culturally sustaining pedagogy and community cultural wealth, this article describes the family writing workshop created for my third- and fourth-grade students and their families.

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2019-11-01
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