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What better way to teach students the power of good writing than by using models of good writing? @writeguyjeff & @whitney_larocca have chosen the top 10 mentor txts for grades 1-5 and compiled them into a convenient collection for grammar instruction HERE bit.ly/2rPcOh4
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"Our adult reading lives need nurturing every bit as much as those of our students. To insure that we continue to grow as readers, we need to find ways to be nourished in the company of other adult readers, doing what we love to do best." —@CarolJago bit.ly/2SHVztC
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"Our students should be discussing personal connections to poems, especially recently written poems, and using those connections to start conversations about important personal issues and also societal issues." —@TeachinginHI edut.to/2Pw6Zmg via @edutopia
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#MondayMotivation: "[Culturally responsive teaching] is about daily practices that bring students’ cultures into instruction, valuing each student and what they bring, teaching them as people first in order to maximize their potential." bit.ly/2wpLyrY @ValentinaESL
Whatever it takes! 💞
"Creating a safe, respectful environment in which students’ stories matter invites the disengaged, the hopeless, and the numb to open up." bit.ly/2yS4otf via @GreaterGoodSC
Don't forget to remember...
An important reminder: "Give yourself a break. Do the work, do it with love, do your best, but then step away. Realize that part of teaching is that there is always something waiting for us." bit.ly/2AGPjMq via @pernilleripp
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Students enjoyed Hour of Code week with Danielle from @UCPLNC Students were able draw a track with written computer code for the robot to follow. So many "ooohhh and ahhh" moments. @AGHoulihan #UCPSCodes #CSForAll @UCPS_MonroeNC
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@NCTE18 was so impactful we couldn't keep it to ourselves! Passing on what we learned and what we loved...and sharing some freebies! How many days until the next one?
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Excited to recreate our #ncte18 experience for our @RockRestES_NC staff. "Exhibit hall" set, @nerdybookclub roundtables ready, sessions prepared. #stayteachable #raisingRockRestvoices
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Grateful to work with a staff who values learning, accepts new challenges, and is willing to have difficult, impactful conversations. They literally ran down the hallway to get to the session they chose at out mock#ncte18. @RockRestES_NC @SetrinaB @MariaRorabache1 #stayteachable
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Broken-ish. ❤️@peterhreynolds – at Dedham, MA
A lot of students come to us with a history of trauma. We must help them live with the cracks and grow stronger from them. #kidsdeserveit
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RT for the chance to win a signed copy of the Andy Shane bind-up by Jennifer Richard Jacobson! US Only.
Andy Shane and his (know-it-all) friend Dolores Starbuckle have plenty to disagree over — and laugh about — in this four-in-one collection of tales.
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Grand Canyon by Jason Chin is the recipient of the 2018 NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children -- congratulations! #NCTE18 @authorjasonchin
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"Books are tools for conversation. If you allow the reader a place in the story, then you can create a conversation for a kid who's struggling emotionally." @mattdelapena #NCTE18
"What if every book was an invitation to notice...different stories...same hearts." ❤ #NCTE18 #stayteachable
