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Twitter Chat Recap: #G2Great on Rooted in Strength with Cecilia M. Espinosa & Laura Ascenzi-Moreno

 //  Nov 10, 2021

Twitter Chat Recap: #G2Great on Rooted in Strength with Cecilia M. Espinosa & Laura Ascenzi-Moreno

On November 4, Cecilia M. Espinosa and Laura Ascenzi-Moreno joined the Literacy Lenses #G2Great Twitter chat to talk about their new book Rooted in Strength: Using Translanguaging to Grow Multilingual Readers and Writers.

During the chat, participants discussed the power of translanguaging — the creative and critical process in which multilingual students use their language and other resources in dynamic, flexible, multimodal, and purposeful ways. The chat also covered a number of topics including the importance of a strength-based perspective in assessment, strategies for building connections between schools, families and communities, and ways to let all students know their voices matter.

You can view the full #G2Great Twitter chat hosted by Dr. Mary Howard, Fran McVeigh, Jenn Hayhurst, Towanda Harris, and Brent Gilson, here.

To learn more about Rooted in Strength for grades K–8, click here.

To read a reflection on the chat from Fran McVeigh, click here.

To follow news about the authors and their book, @AscenziMoreno, @MCEspinosaCh, and #RootedInStrengthBook on Twitter.

Here are highlights from the chat: