May 2023 #NCTEchat: Centering Asian Pacific American Voices
…Twitter chat: WARM-UP: Let’s introduce ourselves—who are you, what brings you here, and who are we in community with? #NCTEchat [8:04 p.m.] Q1: What is an aspect of your culture…
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AAPI Month: We’re Not a Monolith! Honoring Local Histories & Voices
…same time, Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month sometimes foregrounds only dominant East Asian experiences, voices, and identities. Pre-packaged curriculum and widely available online resources sometimes highlight aspects of…
Transnational Literacy
…research and teaching, I have witnessed that most preservice teachers struggle to engage with and comprehend critical aspects of the literature. While grappling with this issue, my primary concern was…
Here’s How to Get Kids Talking about Literature
…category and activates student thinking. Here is another example of how to introduce “Cultural Values.” By taking a few minutes to introduce categories, content vocabulary is clarified and students grasp…
The Extranormative Student in a Standardized Classroom
…and physical difference.” Whether these students have Asperger’s or view the world through a creative, artistic lens, Smagorinsky believes that teachers can adapt their lessons and teachings to allow these…
Revision Makes My Students Thirsty
…include this new perspective. Re-envision revision as play. Invite authors to choose one aspect of their writing they wish to play with. They can always change it back if they…
Standardizing College Readiness
…complex idea that speaks both to disciplinary mastery and intellectual maturity. As a result, it is important that we ask what larger beliefs about disciplinary knowledge and what aspects of…
Why Escher Hurts
…his ability to disrupt our power of perception; in immersing incongruous elements amidst normal ones, he subconsciously makes them more difficult for the viewers to question. The most troubling aspect…
Books That Get Backs Up
…musings. This is like handing my son an R-rated movie with sexual detail and saying it’s okay because the historical aspect is good. Students could learn the cultural and social…
Sneak Peek at the March English Journal — The Essence of Improvement: Leadership in Language Arts Instruction
…natural feeling that one wants to serve. . . . Then, conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead.” Clearly, then, leadership is not measured by title, rank, or position….
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