Introduction: what is culturally relevant teaching and why is it important?
Culturally relevant writing instruction
Writing strategies and diverse texts
Dialect and student writing
Culturally relevant reading instruction
Applying reading strategies to texts that represent diverse backgrounds
Using reading strategies in out-of-school contexts
Culturally relevant language study
Considering students' funds of knowledge and language awareness
Connecting linguistic diversity to word-root instruction
Putting it all together
Ideas for building an inclusive classroom environment
Recommendations for putting this book's ideas into action.