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Marisa Bel

Education Week Teacher: What My Bad Back Taught Me About Teaching - 1 views

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    A nice general reminder about thinking about your classroom and teaching from a student's perspective.
Marisa Bel

Classroom Management Website Soars in Size, Popularity - Teacher Beat - Education Week - 0 views

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    Discipline
Clarissa Cupero

Hispanic students taking AP Spanish: a scam? - 1 views

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    An interesting article addressing why Hispanic students should be in an AP Spanish class.
Marisa Bel

A Kinder, Slower, More Receptive Approach to the Start of School - 0 views

  • Don't invest much time in icebreakers. I have never made a connection through an ice-breaking activity, sorry. Instead, invest in something meaningful as a community, such as a connection map, or a student-designed tour of the classroom, or anything that the students can work on as a team challenge. If they can focus on a task rather than the act of connecting, the community building will naturally start to evolve.
  • students get to make decorating choices as well as furniture setup decisions. Start learning. I know I said to go easy on curriculum the first week, but do get started with something right away. The students are ready to learn because they cannot wait to see what it will be like in this new grade.
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    Great article about spending time in the first week building relationships, rather than setting rules
Clarissa Cupero

Why Cultural Competence? - 2 views

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    posted on the NEA website, it discusses what it means to be culturally competent in the classroom beyond just foreign language education. There are other articles listed at the bottom of that page that go into great depth with cultural competency.
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