7th grade LA & reading teacher; 2014 Oakland County Outstanding Middle School Teacher of the Year; Galileo teacher leader; writer, reader, maker, mover & shaker
Quotes heard in room N128 today as we launched our poetry unit. Students sifted through different groupings of poems and noted their observations in an attempt to answer the question, “What is poetry?”
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but Banned Books Week doesn’t mean you’re supposed to ban books. I have always sought to understand the world by reading books that offer different perspectives from my own. Our students deserve that same opportunity. https://t.co/sAlshzWgV3
Remember when Ramona threw out her dad's cigarettes and replaced them with rolled-up messages about the dangers of smoking?
Surely I'm not the only reader who thought that was brilliant and tried the same thing back in the 1970s?
(My dad, like Ramona's, was not amused.)
Today Ss met w/their new book clubs & collaborated on creating a reading schedule. Before we went off to breakout rooms Ss reflected on what makes successful breakout room collaboration & set a personal goal. When we came back, they reflected on how it went. #LOMS2020#c2cinwb
Student voice & choice: Every few weeks in English I offer a “Choose Your Own Adventure” day where students choose a reading or writing activity that they want to do for their asynch time. They share what they chose to do & reflect on what they accomplished. #LOMS2020#C2CinWB
Zoom breakout rooms are a great way to run book club meetings in class. Groups take discussion notes on their own slide in a shared class slide deck so I can follow the highlights of their conversations from the main room and pop in as needed. #C2CinWB#LOMS2020
Tried out @gimkit as a fun reentry to class after break. We started with trivia just to test out the features & students had a blast! Can’t wait to use it as fun way to practice vocab with some friendly competition. Thanks @bedimath for telling me about it! #C2CinWB#LOMS2020
First Day of school for so many. Please,
Please,
Be Relentlessly Kind to Teachers and Administrators This Week.
EDUCATORS: WE SEE YOU.
WE CAN DO HARD THINGS!!!!
@JiannaTaylor Thanks for the recommendation! I just finished The Distance Learning Playbook by Fisher, Frey and Hattie, and I found it super helpful too!
School Admin across the US are having to make incredibly difficult and complicated decisions.
Decisions that will inevitably make at least 50% of their staff/students/families upset.
The emotional toll of being an administrator is unbelievable, show some love to an admin today.