Calls for teachers to exercise “self care" are often superficial and do not acknowledge the required healing process. Compassion fatigue cannot be cured by shortened meetings, notes of encouragement, or working fewer hours. https://t.co/8Lgg3Edvca
@ameliamccloy64 Don’t hate me for sounding all teacher-ish, but there’s no law against writing creatively on your own! Or maybe researching how to improve creative writing!❤️
In response to teacher demand for better distance learning resources, Netflix has released eleven free documentaries through their YouTube channel. @TeachThought https://t.co/p3PAgoUpum
@greghowardbooks @LindaSuePark @teachermantrav I have loved Long Walk for a long time and just recently finished Prairie Lotus. It will not disappoint!
Independent reading leads to an increased volume of reading. The more one reads, the better one reads. The more one reads, the more knowledge of words and language one acquires. The more one reads, the more fluent one becomes as a reader. https://t.co/4SAt4Lku9Q
Started the day with a poem written by a student and emailed to me. One of the themes is to notice the little things. Make it a great day, everybody! ❤️
Q1: This spring teachers across the country had to move their entire curriculum online, quickly. What is the best digital resource you came across during that time? #sschat
When a student emails you to let you know she got 22 hard copies of a book for your classroom for $2.55 and says "I sense a book club in our future," you know you've done something right!