”The reality is that kids are talking about race, systems of oppression and our country’s ugly past anyway... students are absorbing these conversations and want to know more. ... I believe that my students are smart and mature enough to handle the truth.”
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@faithpray7 Hello! I have 5 books releasing in 2021. Four are new Yasmin titles, and one is a middle grade novel Yusuf Azeem is Not a Hero commemorating the 20th anniversary of 9/11 (no cover yet).
@JasonReynolds83 No need for the books, but my coworker is using Look Both Ways in our English Learners level 2 class! We read SO much of your work with our ELs!!
(3) What I have noticed most from Ss this yr is how EMPATHETIC they are
Remember when we all were (some still are) worried abt students missing instruction & curriculum time? I think Ss are just growing to be much kinder, more patient people bc of the pandemic/remote learning
(1) A moment of grace turned into a such a lovely, thoughtful, and caring response from a student. I sent out a basic, “hey!! Your grade isn’t looking too hot! What is going on at home or with remote learning that is causing this?” message. A lot of Ss responded that they are
(2) Helping take care of siblings during the school day and afterwards. So I planned with them to get their siblings work done and theirs w/o anybody crying or getting off track. Here was one student’s response:
I send every class a little message on Remind before class, but my 0/1 period definitely always need a lil message in the morning. Today I found this slightly creepy Bitmoji, which I think is the funniest thing. I’ll come back and let you know if the Ss also think so.
Wondering whether you should require students to turn on their videos during virtual class meetings? Here's an infographic to help you rethink that idea #remoteteaching#edtech#isteten#remotelearning
Whoa ... Microsoft Teams as a TON of upgrades for back to school:
👨🏫Together mode and 7x7 view
🔇Hard audio mute
🎉Turn-in celebrations
❔Anonymous grading
and more! Details: https://t.co/BPH3Ru2eOR #MicrosoftEDU#MIEExpert#MicrosoftTeams