Amanda Collicott

middle school teacher

[Amanda Collicott @mrscolliflower]

@ShelfieTalk A8 Thank you Jack Wong, you have helped me understand making connections and helping one another in a new way. #shelfietalk

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@ShelfieTalk A7 If you loved The Words We Share, may I recommend… #shelfietalk

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@ShelfieTalk A5 Empathy is powerful - giving students the opportunity to experience stories such as this one.. the “strange music” that surrounds newcomers… priceless! #shelfietalk

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@ShelfieTalk A4 Definitely as a read aloud - always on the lookout for windows/mirrors to share with my classes. #shelfietalk

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@ShelfieTalk A3 The reminder that language can hold newcomers back… “at first”. #shelfietalk

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@ShelfieTalk A2 “… Dad needs my help to speak to them.” - the extra responsibility our kids carry. #shelfietalk

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@ShelfieTalk Amanda Collicott, grade 6 teacher at George Street 👋 #shelfietalk

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@ShelfieTalk A8 Thank you Georgia! You have deepened my thinking about “creating an environment of belonging” through poetry. #shelfietalk

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@ShelfieTalk A7 Naomi Shihab Nye, Kwame Alexander, Amanda Gorman, Robert Frost, Ralph Fletcher… #shelfietalk

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@ShelfieTalk A6 Collaborative Where I’m From poem, Poetry Stations, the Doors of Poetry, Poetry Breaks, Poems on Desks… “weaving poetry into daily rituals”… the list goes on!! #shelfietalk

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@ShelfieTalk A5 I definitely haven’t been doing this enough but I can hardly wait to follow her tips for Poetry All Around Us (ie: poems on the classroom door, poems by the windows) AND Poet and Scientist Notes! #shelfietalk

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@ShelfieTalk A3 Creating a safe space for my students to write/read about what’s important to them - “The emotional curriculum in the classroom is as important as the academic one.” #shelfietalk

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@ShelfieTalk A2 I used to think of poetry more as a unit of study, but now that I have read Awakening the Heart, I think of poetry as a gateway. #shelfietalk

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@ShelfieTalk A1 All the ways to incorporate poetry throughout the year in lessons, routines, across subject areas… I loved the whole book! #shelfietalk

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@ShelfieTalk Hello from Amanda, grade 6 teacher at GSMS in Fredericton 👋 #shelfietalk

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@ShelfieTalk A8 If you loved Today I Am, may I recommend In the Beautiful Country and Land of Broken Promises by Jane Kuo, and Wishtree by Katherine Applegate #shelfietalk

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@ShelfieTalk A6 “There are generations of love behind you” - the gift of home passed down… #shelfietalk

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@ShelfieTalk A5 the end of Home Fires… what home can look like and feel like.. #shelfietalk

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@ShelfieTalk A4 Quick writes :) #shelfietalk

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@ShelfieTalk A3 The Memory Fish and Yesterday I Was, Today I Am, Tomorrow I Will Be #shelfietalk