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[Laura @Laura45496431]

@SusanMidkiff3 Yes!! Talk refines learning during which students make connections to prior knowledge! I love when students share their interests or expertise with their peers! This can really level the playing field for students with disabilities.#PCPSChatDT

[Laura @Laura45496431]

@kimPo47487840 @English_Tchr101 We are branching off from a familiar 8th grade novel “The Watsons Go To Birmingham” by using paired texts and articles about current events that sadly highlight the discrimination that occurs today such as the shooting in the synagogue in Pittsburgh. #acceptance#PCPSChatDT

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Laura Bradbury I want my school to be known for its students who have become self-motivated, passionate learners through curiosity. Students need to set goals, take ownership of their learning, create a plan and follow through! Teachers need to trust them. #PCPSChatDT

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Laura Bradbury - teachers hang on to what they believe works with their students. If they have used the same book and the same lesson in the past with good results, so why change? Perhaps because there may be something better out there and they deserve it?#Scared?#PCPSChatDT

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Laura Bradbury - I believe students should have a choice of what they read. As adults, we choose what we want to read based on interest, why should it be different for students? In-common reading can be done through read aloud and small group instruction.#PCPSChatDT

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@johnree814 @Sloan53328097 @SarahUMoore @MrsDsZebras @English_Tchr101 Sometimes we are so pressed for time that we forget about making connections- about making it “stick”. You know the SOL exams will never ask a student how THEY felt about the passage. BHH helps students make true connections which will follow them as they become readers 4 life.

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@CrystalMcartan @johnree814 @nancyleslie44 @English_Tchr101 I agree. When I ask students how they would feel if they were in a circumstance like a character from a book, they come up with all kinds of responses about what they would do - just get a job, move in with a friend... the more you press them to FEEL, the more they fight back.

[Laura @Laura45496431]

@michvoorhees @English_Tchr101 I agree! If we read only internet -based information we seek, our thinking can become narrowed which will lead to further division in our country... in our world. The lessons outlined in the “classic” novels are important to learn through literature- not YouTube.
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Laura Bradbury@Laura45496431
A4 Everybody has their own opinion. Using the BHH framework can help students realize that others may have different opinions based on their schema. We do not have to agree on everything, but we do need to be respectful of opinions that are shared.

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A3 I use strategies such as visualization (sometimes with their eyes closed when I read aloud). I ask students to “take a walk in their shoes” to image what a character may be feeling & I sometimes ask them to draw while I am reading. #PCPSChatDT2

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Laura Bradbury @Laura45496431
A2- I do think it is important for students to think about how a text is effects them. Everything we experience, including reading, changes us in some way. Realizing that change is happening a crucial step that needs to be discussed. #PCPSChatDT2

[Laura @Laura45496431]

Laura Bradbury.
A1 - I really like the BHH framework because I see it as something students can use at every level of their educational journey. As an elementary teacher, I remember listening to personal stories from students after reading a book and thinking yes!#PCPSChatDT2

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@nancyleslie44 @English_Tchr101 A3: RESPONSE Nancy, I love the idea of giving students choices to express their opinions & feelings-I recently gave my students a blank paper and said they could respond to a read aloud text in any way they felt was appropriate. I got some great insight from them! #PCPSChatDT

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@michvoorhees @English_Tchr101 A1: RESPONSE- Michelle, I agree that non-fiction texts can open the minds of students to make connections. Even the middle school boys with the toughest of exteriors seem to soften-up when they read a text about a person their age that is under distress. #PCPSChatDT

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@tifray10 @English_Tchr101 Tiffany- I completely agree- my move to middle school has shown me that something happens with the students between the primary grades & 8th grade - is it possible that we drive them to read only to extract- only to answer multiple choice questions on a test? I think it is 😞

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@English_Tchr101 A5: in my after-school group, we’ve ready many books about animal care givers and organizations that help the less fortunate. Discussions held with my group have been both compassionate AND passionate- they are passionate about the causes outlined in the NF books. #PCPSChatDT

[Laura @Laura45496431]

@English_Tchr101 A5: in my after-school intervention group, we’ve ready many books about animal care givers and organizations that help the less fortunate. Discussions held with my group have been both compassionate AND passionate- they are passionate about the causes outlined in the NF books.

[Laura @Laura45496431]

@English_Tchr101 A4: I do not participate in social media so I don’t feel that I am bombarded by fake news. In Civics, my collab teacher and I share CNN 10 on a regular basis and discuss credible respires when students complete assignments such as webquests.

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@English_Tchr101 A3: In my collab 8th grade English class, I am reading a book aloud to students. When I am finished reading a chapter, the students are asked to fill-in a card with 1) a sentence outlining the main idea and 2) their feeling about the chapter. This is hard for some students.

[Laura @Laura45496431]

@English_Tchr101 A2: Reading for pleasure is already becoming extinct with the majority of students. Students are taught to read to extract information, they are not taught or shown that reading can be entertaining. They’ll never have the chance to feel the intrigue of a good book.