No matter your own feelings about Valentine’s Day, if you are an educator you know that it is a HUGE day for students of any age. It’s tricky to navigate through this holiday that is ostensibly predicated on love and kindness without someone feeling left out. So I’ve collected a few resources with great suggestions … Read more
A few weeks ago, I vowed never to discuss politics on Facebook again. Vicious statements were being thrown around even amongst some in my friend group, and I realized that getting involved was only escalating people’s anger. Then a friend of mine who has some different political views than I do invited me to participate … Read more
I’ve just updated my “Would You Rather Math – Valentine’s Edition” Google Slides to look a bit better graphically (layout from Canva), and to leave room on the slides for student responses since many of you are virtual. You can get a copy here. The presentation has a blank slide for you to fill in … Read more
I went back through my Valentine’s Day posts and gathered links that are still live to put in this Wakelet collection. It includes some great lessons from Not Just Child’s Play, Byrdseed, and Minds in Bloom as well as many new ones, including Jamboard Valentine’s Day cards. I’m going to revise my Valentine’s Day “Would … Read more
I was curating so many lesson resources for learning about Amanda Gorman, our National Youth Poet Laureate, that I decided to make a Wakelet collection for them. You can find it here. Many of them came from this post by Mia Young (@WestsidehsTeach) in the Distance Learning Educators Facebook Group. (This group is super helpful!) … Read more
When we see young people like Amanda Gorman on the world stage, we are astonished by what she has to say and the way that she says it. But the truth is, there are so many people her age and younger around the globe to whom we should be paying more attention. For this week’s … Read more