(I’m republishing my best posts from the first half of the year. You can see the entire list of them here)
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I’ve previously published a popular post titled THREE EXCELLENT STUDENT IDENTITY “SELF-PORTRAIT” ACTIVITIES.
It’s an important enough of an issue to create a separate and new “Best” list sharing those and other ideas:
Students Benefit Academically When They Feel Understood is the headline of my one of my Ed Week columns.
Creating a Learning Environment Where All Kids Feel Valued is by Shana White, and it appeared in Edutopia. Here’s a video about it:
Self-Portrait Ideas for ESL Students is from English Teaching 101.
Create a portrait exploring identity and expression is from The Adobe Education Exchange.
Celebrating Linguistic Diversity in Your Classroom is from Edutopia.
This is the one I use in my classroom: Who am I? comes from Facing History. You’ll need this excerpt from The House on Mango Street to do it.
Educators must create inclusive and supportive environments for students to thrive, creating “identity safety.” These four practices can help educators create those thriving environments for all students!
How do your students “thrive” in your classroom? 🌱 Comment below! pic.twitter.com/yaCW207SpB
— PERTS (@pertslab) February 2, 2024
One of my favorites things to share with educators across the country is to intentionally identify CULTURE, IDENTITY, and STRENGTH while listening to an individual’s personal story.
Here’s an example of educators doing this much needed work! #PD4uandme pic.twitter.com/xddiRDAy8p
— Emily Fɾαɳƈιʂ 💫 (@emilyfranESL) July 8, 2023
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