Hello all!

Hello everyone, my name is Tara and I am currently taking TE448 at MSU. This will be my blog for the class! I am currently a senior with a major in Elementary education with a specialization in Language Arts. I plan on graduating this May and I am anxious to start my internship afterwards! I am interested in diverse literature primarily for the reason that I have been exposed to very little of it in my past. Throughout my educational career I have always had to read the standard texts usually with a white male as the main character. I am so anxious to read diverse children's literature in the class and see what I've been missing! I am wondering how to incorporate these types of texts into my lessons as a teacher, and how to facilitate "difficult" conversations/topics that may arise in classroom discussions.