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“When I look for books for my urban high school students, I often focus on the theme of resiliency in my search. Resilience is an important component in the lives of today’s urban teenagers, many of whom deal with the same issues that Michael and his family did in Southie — social problems such as drug- and alcohol-addicted or absentee parents, poverty, violence, prejudice, and racism. For students to succeed, it is necessary for them to recognize that no obstacle is too large to overcome and that their resiliency will carry them through any difficult situation.” —Nancy Barlie (from Scholastic)

blacksocialjournal:

#HOPE4YOUTH

(via theteachersdesk)

“If he got a “C” in a course, nobody cared, but if he went to school three minutes late he was sent to the principal’s office -and that generalized. He realized that what it meant is, what’s valued here is the ability to work on an assembly line… The important thing is to be able to obey orders, and to do what you’re told, and to be where you’re supposed to be.” —Noam Chomsky (via creatingaquietmind)

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kbkonnected:

3 Customizable Tools to Help You Create Lessons

The Differentiator Take your idea and turn it into a differentiated lesson. Just click on your choices and they will appear at the top of the page. Excellent!

Create your own customized, printable “Project Based Learning” checklist with this handy tool. Just add your information into the boxes and a checklist will be created for you. Very Handy!

The Primary Science Activity Generator Over 3,600 learning activities available. Oh my!

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world-shaker:

My favorite element!

“There is something transcendent about studying science. The humanities and social sciences, for the most part, concern themselves with the creations of human beings, our behavior, or the structure of our societies. In contrast, the sciences force us to confront the smallness and irrelevance of human beings; they serve as an antidote to self-obsession. Physics teaches us that time and matter are not absolutes; biology, that astonishing complexity can arise from a long, natural, stepwise process. The scope and existential implications of these ideas are immense.” —A Better Rationale for Science Literacy - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education (via infoneer-pulse)

(via teachingliteracy)

The Long Term Substitute Chronicles: Today I did the "Second Annual Beefy Sentence Showdown"

specialbunny:

I love this lesson. I did it earlier in the year when we did 6+1 traits of writing, but now that we’re delving deeper into descriptive writing, I wanted to revisit it now that we’ve done some practice with verbs and adjectives.

It’s so simple, but the kids adore it!

Materials:

- A smart board…

(via teachingliteracy)

(Source: samljackson, via femburton)

world-shaker:

“I’m learning real skills that I can apply throughout the rest of my life.”

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