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Our multilingual storyboard literally invited parents into the classroom, whereas before they would pick up their children from a distance. I was excited by how this display of community languages welcomed parents into the classroom. It was wonderful to have our story written in. Cantonese, which looks so different, and to learn that the story is still the same. One little girl, who came in speaking only cantonese, absolutely blossomed. She learned the story in cantonese at home with her mother, then brought it back to the classroom, and she could follow along in the other languages. Language at home cannot be divorced from language at school. Having a teacher who, like shiva, michelle, and mike, invites community languages and cultural knowledge into the classroom as positive and inclusive learning changes the discourse, the possibilities for thinking and engagement, and the learning outcomes. Their pedagogies are exploratory and cumulative, collegially shaped, and in continual development.
