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Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all-Aristotle

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As a new-ish Twitter user-I'm proud to post about an amazing student who is using her 8th-grade passion project to create something so amazing! Please read this young person's perspective on what they read in school--I hope to inspire others just like this student inspired me!...

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@AmandaCohort28 Wikipedia is a great place to start for a teaching tool about "fake news", It could be a great start to research. I would like to use this strategy in my class. Looking at Wikipedia sources is always interesting and teaching students to be critical readers is important.

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@SteffanieRGros1 This is so important and History and English classes have the means to really dig deep into this topic. I find myself reading articles without checking the source, I would like to learn to look more deeply into the articles and news sources to better inform myself and my students

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@Michell35868965 I wish this idea of student self-advocacy was around when I was in school. It goes hand in hand with accountability and these are important skills to have growing up and in the "real world". It is our job as teachers to instill these ideals into our students.

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@Jordan_louisJ I totally agree! giving students options will also open their eyes to different topics. So often I see students "stuck" in a certain genre ( am one of those adults!) but I think it is important to branch out to read different things because it opens your mind to new things!

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@TeacherCassieL I always forget about this very important type of reading and it is definitely crucial! When annotating articles last semester we always made sure to breakdown the photo, map, or graph and it truly does bring deeper meaning to the content through visuals.

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@LissLozTeach ...by the final summative assessment, you already have seen the students work 3-4 times and don't need to read it thoroughly. I believe it just takes practice and careful planning!

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@LissLozTeach I totally agree! I wasn't afraid of grading until mast semester when my CT said that after ten years she is still figuring out a way to not dread it. I learned that there are many ways the students can be involved in grading as well as the teacher checking in throughout so....

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@SteffanieRGros1 I totally agree! Varying levels for every student is a great way to create motivation and encouragement in young readers no matter their level. There is a great accomplishment with understanding a text as well as struggling through till the end.

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@AmandaCohort28 I find the ambiguity of writing and reading fascinating because it is one of the things I can see insight in but have difficulty conveying in my writing. I can usually tell when there is a hidden meaning in a piece fo writing when I start to ask myself questions as I read.

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@nield_e I can remember reading difficult texts in middle school ie: Shakespeare and the teacher took the time to decode and scaffold the language so we all could understand. At the end of 8th grade I had read the majority of his plays on my own and no longer feared difficult texts.

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3/3...Posing critical thinking questions to the class can be more difficult than it looks. The list provided in the article is a wonderful example of questions that get students to dig deeper into the material and how they explain their thoughts. #CSUSMMiddleLevel28

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2/3...the material and do a close read in order to anticipate student struggles and infer the message that the author is conveying through the specific use of literary strategies such as tone and audience etc. #CSUSMMiddleLevel28

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1/3 Teacher modeling for in-depth and complex texts is a necessary component to reading in the classroom today, especially when pushing for more informative writing. In order to model correcting and efficiently, teachers must carefully read and study....#CSUSMMiddleLevel28

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@TeacherCassieL Reading a book for a 2nd time, is mindblowing. You get to know your characters so much more. I try and reread To Kill a Mockingbird every holiday & every year I surprise myself with some new insight I didn't have before. Imagine what students can do by rereading class materials.

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@TeacherCassieL Finding the books you like to read is like finding a new part of yourself you didn't know about before. For me, when I finally understood what stories draw me in I was able to branch out and find other books, movies, tv, educational content and so much more to feed my curiosity.

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@TeacherCassieL I couldn't agree more! I have a hard time reading about history unless it is in a narrative format. And reading aloud to someone or to a class is special in a sacred storytelling way, like our ancestors who passed down oral histories. Maybe that's why I like audible so much lol.

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@BooksRuleBrown I totally agree with the next steps after receiving feedback. Students should know exactly what the feedback means, teachers need 2 make time 2 be able to explain the feedback they have given 2 students and the class-after larger assignments especially so they can move forward.