Free Resources for Community Building with Students
Build community in your classroom with these free resources that offer discussion questions to engage your students.
SEL
Mattergrams: Canva Templates Shared by Angela Maiers
Canva + You Matter = another great idea from Angela Maiers!
Weird Enough Productions
Tony Weaver Jr. is a hero. I don’t use that term lightly. In fact, I hesitate to use it at all. But when I started doing research on a Tweet from @ProjectFoundEd about this man, I discovered more and more reasons to admire him. In this 2020 world of self-serving politicians and celebrities, Tony Weaver … Read more
The Good Project
I hesitated about doing this post. I know that educators are struggling right now. You are trying to do what has to be done, and you don’t need anything extra. Getting through what is already required by your district and/or school is stressful enough. But, The Good Project is really… well… good! It is meaningful, … Read more
SEL and Community Building With Slides
Update 8/30/2022: Dr. Catlin Tucker (@Catlin_Tucker) recently shared this Google Slides presentation on Twitter that includes 36 different discussion/check-in questions ready to use! In response, @JoyKirr shared a link to her “Question of the Day” page, which also offers many discussion ideas. In yesterday’s post about Virtual Breakout rooms, I mentioned that students who don’t … Read more
30 Things I Believe
My 5th graders spend the last semester examining their own beliefs, developing manifestos, and researching a Dream Team of people who exemplify what they stand for. We use some of the “This I Believe” curriculum to help them identify their values. Yesterday, my students and I listened to one of the short radio essays archived … Read more