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Curriculum Writer 📚 🖊
Secondary #elateacher 👩🏽‍🏫📓
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Music and church has brought the community through

Music and church has brought the community through centuries .. why stop now #waymaker #miracleworker #doitfortheculture #teachergram #instateacher #amplifymelanatedvoices

Isn’t this what TUPAC was saying in THUG LIFE? L

Isn’t this what TUPAC was saying in THUG LIFE? Look it up 👩🏽‍🏫 #secondaryela #culturallyrelevantpedagogy #iteach #tpt #teachersofig #teachergram #2ndaryela ...

A few weeks ago, I tried to watch the Becoming doc

A few weeks ago, I tried to watch the Becoming documentary on @michelleobama . I tried because I couldn’t stop crying. After ten minutes I gave up. It was just overwhelming to not only see a glimpse into her life but it was overwhelming to see the reactions of so many women just like me. Too often society paints us as angry or loud or baby mamas supporting dead beat men.. partly why I stopped watching reality shows many moons ago because I felt the producers purposely created situations for us to be demonstrated this way.
Yet! Here on my screen is this beautiful woman. This lawyer. This educator. This activist. This mother. This wife who sacrificed. Then I think of my girls in my classroom and think about how many of them could be her if only society allowed them to be.
Many teachers have asked what next. One action you can take is uplift your black girls! Let them know they are smart. They are capable. They are passionate. They are leaders. Present them with images that counteract what tv, social media, and even sometimes what they are told at home . Encourage them. Believe in them. Image by @eeni_edit #blackchildrenmatter #diversetext #iteach #teachersrock

#blacklivesmatter

#blacklivesmatter

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#blackouttuesday #blackboyjoy✊🏾

#blackouttuesday #blackboyjoy✊🏾

On to book #2 for the day. Glad I can escape the d

On to book #2 for the day. Glad I can escape the disappointment of fake allies and friends who I thought knew. Glad I can escape into a book. Thank you to all the authors who have the right words to express feelings, thoughts, and anxiety we all have. I for one would be drowning without a book to take me away from everything I don’t want to feel today #secondaryela #elateacher #bookstoread #bookaday #bookstagram #teachersofig #diversetext #culturallyresponsiveclassroom #bethechange #selfcare #teachergram #classroomlibrary

Guess I’m a glutton for punishment with this boo

Guess I’m a glutton for punishment with this book’s topic but books are my happy place , my escape.. and there are stories that need to be told.. what are you reading ? #teachersofig #distancelearning #teachers #elateacher #middleschoolela #diversetext #windowsandmirrorsinliteracy #bookstagram

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Scrolling through IG today, it seemed like certain

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Jacqueline Woodson for sure .. whose your author?

Jacqueline Woodson for sure .. whose your author?
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#middleschoolela #ela #elateacher #iteach #iteach6 #iteach6th #iteach7 #iteachmiddleschool #secondaryela #2ndaryela #teachersofig #floridateacher #standardsbased #teachersfollowteachers #middleschoolela #teachergram #iteachela #elateacher #elateachers #iteachmiddleschoolela #highschoolela #classroomculture #teachersbelike #teachersofthegram

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Did you know that the relationships we have with o

Did you know that the relationships we have with our students play a role in their academic performance?
Students know who cares.

Students know the expectations of teachers and those who care about them learning.

Students know who they can trust.

Students know …
Spend time building those relationships. Those relationships lead to students doing their best for you because they know your high expectations. They know you want them to succeed. Be REAL. Don’t have to be silly like be but be yourself. #realrecognizereal

Also, invest some time this summer learning about the cultures that make up your room so that your students feel welcomed and respected in their shared space.

#teachertribe #teachergoals #instateachers #teacherlove #teachertips #weareteachers #tpt #teacherstuff #teacherfriends #teacherfun #distancelearning #teachergram #teachersofig #sixthgrade #seventhgrade #fifthgrade #eighthgrade #ninthgrade #middleschool #upperelementary #highschool #ela #elateachers #secondaryteacher #secondaryela #middleschool #iteachela

Visited my school to grab some books for summer pl

Visited my school to grab some books for summer planning and to check out my new room.. ready to move on to a new year #distancelearning #weareteachers

#ReimaginingSchools with classroom libraries that

#ReimaginingSchools with classroom libraries that provide students with windows and mirrors. Books that students can see themselves on the pages. Books that allow them for ever so briefly into the world and lives not like those. What if? Throughout this pandemic, schools have been recognized for our essential roles. Without schools, our economy becomes stagnant, parents cannot go to work, kids are sometimes left without meals, and education is disrupted. Schools are essential; our funding is essential, too. We live in one of the richest nations in the world, yet our schools struggle to maintain equity, programming, staff, and supplies. As we are #reimaginingschools after this pandemic, we are simultaneously facing massive budget cuts. We need adequate funding now.

It is time that our children are not shortchanged with large class sizes and a lack of programming. It is time that children are provided with equity in public education. It is time that teachers are no longer self-funding school supplies. It is time to fund our future. @realdonaldtrump @betsydevosed

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Small group instruction and collaborative student

Small group instruction and collaborative student work are at the heart of how my classroom functions. How will next year look if we can’t work like this? Time to start thinking outside the box. Can’t focus on the problem but the solution as I tell my students. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
This is also a good reminder that we need to prepare students for their future not our past. #middleschoolela #ela #elateacher #iteach #iteach6 #iteach6th #iteach7 #iteachmiddleschool #secondaryela #2ndaryela #teachersofig #floridateacher #standardsbased #teachersfollowteachers #middleschoolela #teachergram #iteachela #elateacher #elateachers #iteachmiddleschoolela #highschoolela #classroomculture #teachersbelike #teachersofthegram

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