M Shafer

Educator, writer, rejecter of Us vs. Them

[M Shafer @MShafer3g]

@SturmDon @RebeccaCoda @RickJetter @Buncee @MsShoreELA @JaclynSmith21 @mrspierz709 @Knoxkij @elholisky @AndreaKnepp1 @EBGtech @Rdene915 @kristi_daws @hayes_melisa @mhayes611 @jmartinez727 @EMercedLearning @MrsCford_tweets @LeachTeach4 @HeatherL114 How you model making mistakes and responding when they are pointed out can make a big difference. Ask students’ opinions about books and activities and use that to inform upcoming lessons. Also model how to give feedback so you get getter feedback.

[M Shafer @MShafer3g]

@GaryRGrayJr I try to abide by this, especially now, but really, what elementary teacher can get everything done during school hours?

[M Shafer @MShafer3g]

@ali_putnam The answer I’d be tempted to give is that we are in school for roughly 180 days. We could do these two days now or add two at the end of the year. But your answer is probably better. ;-)

[John Thomas @flyfish29]

I searched “strong arm kid” for a child flexing pic for a fact power activity. It took more than 25 pages of @google image search to find a Black kid posing. @google let’s make image search algorithms reflect human populations and diversity! #sowrong

[M Shafer @MShafer3g]

@SturmDon @BrittAndreatta @Buncee @elholisky @CAEddleman @RW_Haven @WaterfieldFaith @kate_wyman @LincolnPrin @HoffmanLee @mbpeterson719 @Knoxkij @Rdene915 @MrsCford_tweets @techamys @kristi_daws @MrNunesteach @EMercedLearning @mhayes611 @jmartinez727 @MrsLedford6Eng @EBGtech How to meet the needs of both remote and in person learners while I’m in healthy quarantine, with the help of an aide, a student teacher, my teaching partner and our Title 1 math teacher. How do teachers do this alone?!

[M Shafer @MShafer3g]

@AlexSVenet Put work away. Unplug if that usually means work. Get outside and find something beautiful to look at. Don’t police your sleep. Watch a favorite movie or a book you can’t wait to read. Eat a treat. Do whatever makes you happy.

[M Shafer @MShafer3g]

@GaryRGrayJr My conferences were remote this year, but we teach in person. I shared the report card, test scores, told anecdotes, and gave bad/good news as needed. They were almost all shorter than in person. Advantage was it was easier for parents to fit into their day.

[M Shafer @MShafer3g]

Lucille Bridges, Mother Of Anti-Segregation Icon Ruby Bridges, Dies At 86 - MindShift https://t.co/ms2vDDowXr

[John Thomas @flyfish29]

@BSchekirke @edutopia https://t.co/6m0VlSa50T

[M Shafer @MShafer3g]

Yes, this.

[M Shafer @MShafer3g]

@Jess5th The hypocrisy - he objects to Common Core as a national curriculum, but is trying to create a false national curriculum of his own.

[M Shafer @MShafer3g]

@SturmDon @Angela_Watson @Buncee @AndreaKnepp1 @elholisky @KelleyFriedric1 @chriskienitz @CAEddleman @RW_Haven @JaclynSmith21 @HaleyVeldhuizen @elemtchr95 @brittanyjdupont @Rdene915 @hollysking @mariagalanis @kristi_daws @EBGtech @MrsCford_tweets @techamys @jmartinez727 @SteinbrinkLaura @MrsLedford6Eng Lots of content not officially in the curriculum can be brought in by weaving it into what’s already required. I’ve taught more phonics, more history, more social skills, and more problem solving over years than the district ever expected. Teach what you know they need to know.

[M Shafer @MShafer3g]

@egdickerson Congratulations, Joel!

[M Shafer @MShafer3g]

@MonteSyrie Haven’t lost me yet. Waiting to see where you go with this. ;-) But I will say I teach my third graders a mantra: Writing can always get better.

[M Shafer @MShafer3g]

Yes!

[NPR @NPR]

San Francisco is preparing to deploy new unarmed mobile units comprised of paramedics, peer support counselors and mental health professionals — not police officers — to respond to most calls for people in psychiatric or substance abuse crises.
https://t.co/qb4WYm6r0C

[M Shafer @MShafer3g]

@SturmDon @Buncee @JaclynSmith21 @elholisky @KelleyFriedric1 @mrspierz709 @MsShoreELA @Miss_Millburg @MissSchwarting @mr_sheley @_mr_bishop_ @mr_middle_2 @MrsCford_tweets @kristi_daws @Rdene915 @EMercedLearning @Suzie_Henderson @mhayes611 @hayes_melisa @SteinbrinkLaura @techamys I don’t think young kids are as prone to this as long as the teacher and parents don’t emphasize grades over learning.

[M Shafer @MShafer3g]

@ErinWit41921206 @edutopia Think of traditional games and how you could convert them. I saw some Zoom games last spring. Make slides for memory games, play music and have a freeze dance or have kids do an action when they hear certain words, bingo, play 4 corners w/corners of screen.

[M Shafer @MShafer3g]

Yes!

[edutopia @edutopia]

The Teachers College Reading and Writing Project, the organization that designs one of the most popular reading programs in the country, has outlined new views on teaching kids how to read, emphasizing sounding out words.—via @educationweek
https://t.co/eWlZvHTl18

[M Shafer @MShafer3g]

@SturmDon @Buncee @kate_wyman @mrspierz709 @AndreaKnepp1 @elholisky @HaleyVeldhuizen @MissSchwarting @KelleyFriedric1 @Knoxkij @JaclynSmith21 @techamys @Rdene915 @MrsCford_tweets @MrsLedford6Eng @mariagalanis @kristi_daws @EBGtech @hayes_melisa @HeatherL114 @EMercedLearning Go in with the assumption that people are basically good. It’s much easier to change your mind negatively than positively.