Educational Links 4/26/2020

Five Ways Mindfulness Can Support Educators During a Crisis

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-04-24-five-ways-mindfulness-can-support-educators-during-a-crisis

Homeless Families Face High Hurdles Home-Schooling Their Kids

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/55783/homeless-families-face-high-hurdles-home-schooling-their-kids

How I Navigate the Coronavirus as an Educator With Anxiety

https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/for-educators/navigating-coronavirus-as-an-educator-with-anxiety?_ul=1*1v84qhd*domain_userid*YW1wLXg1OXRZZFBFeURzOVNtd05BXzZoNmc.

COVID-19 Educator Resources

https://www.ncld.org/covid-19-educator-resources

The Week in Review - Could This Be Spring?

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2020/04/the-week-in-review-could-this-be-spring.html

What Does Remote Professional Development Look Like for Online Teachers?

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-04-21-what-does-remote-professional-development-look-like-for-online-teachers

Why Are Some Kids Thriving During Remote Learning?

https://www.edutopia.org/article/why-are-some-kids-thriving-during-remote-learning

Though remote learning has brought many challenges, some students seem to be thriving in the new circumstances. What can we learn from them?

National Poetry Month: Poem #24

As a young woman,Maya Angelou was a dancer.

Phenomenal Woman

BY MAYA ANGELOU

Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.

I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size   

But when I start to tell them,

They think I’m telling lies.

I say,

It’s in the reach of my arms,

The span of my hips,   

The stride of my step,   

The curl of my lips.   

I’m a woman

Phenomenally.

Phenomenal woman,   

That’s me.

I walk into a room

Just as cool as you please,   

And to a man,

The fellows stand or

Fall down on their knees.   

Then they swarm around me,

A hive of honey bees.   

I say,

It’s the fire in my eyes,   

And the flash of my teeth,   

The swing in my waist,   

And the joy in my feet.   

I’m a woman

Phenomenally.

Phenomenal woman,

That’s me.

Men themselves have wondered   

What they see in me.

They try so much

But they can’t touch

My inner mystery.

When I try to show them,   

They say they still can’t see.   

I say,

It’s in the arch of my back,   

The sun of my smile,

The ride of my breasts,

The grace of my style.

I’m a woman

Phenomenally.

Phenomenal woman,

That’s me.

Now you understand

Just why my head’s not bowed.   

I don’t shout or jump about

Or have to talk real loud.   

When you see me passing,

It ought to make you proud.

I say,

It’s in the click of my heels,   

The bend of my hair,   

the palm of my hand,   

The need for my care.   

’Cause I’m a woman

Phenomenally.

Phenomenal woman,

That’s me.

Maya Angelou: Biography

https://www.biography.com/people/maya-angelou-9185388

National Poetry Month: Emily Dickinson

If I can stop one heart from breaking by Emily Dickinson If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching, Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin Unto his nest again, I shall not live in vain.Emily Dickinson https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/emily-dickinson Apparently, poetry-lovers cannot decide which are the best ten poems of Emily's. You can read them all and make up your own mind. The 10 Best Emily Dickinson Poems https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/tip-sheet/article/67591-the-10-best-emily-dickinson-poems.html Ten Most Famous Poems by Emily Dickinson https://learnodo-newtonic.com/emily-dickinson-famous-poems 10 of the Best Emily Dickinson Poems Everyone Should Read https://interestingliterature.com/2016/07/01/10-of-the-best-emily-dickinson-poems-everyone-should-read/

Educational Links 4/25/2020

THIS ADVICE FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS MAKES SO MUCH SENSE, WHICH IS WHY PROBABLY MOST WON’T FOLLOW IT

https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2020/04/24/this-advice-for-school-districts-makes-so-much-sense-which-is-why-probably-most-wont-follow-it/?fbclid=IwAR1QBabDQgubmawCMXY_M70yNktTH1sFzaFqC1YU58BuOGNRsHhTmNOI1wE

25 Family Movies Every Kid Should See (Plus Fun Activities to Go With Them)

https://www.weareteachers.com/family-movies-activities/?utm_content=1587572804&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR3MybhRHx9y0yqmDIpqrl4FXmmVulPx5UXyF21o39YsrzY_0RL8ejNhN_s

THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL

https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2020/04/24/the-best-posts-predicting-what-schools-will-look-like-in-the-fall/?fbclid=IwAR0OKmefke3jbQAsJOq9foEsVnHVgyHm1Xt2Mm-vrjy01kHG4iW1MgWGZuw

HERE’S HOW SOME DISTRICTS ARE REQUIRING (OR NOT REQUIRING) TEACHERS TO TAKE ATTENDANCE

https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2020/04/24/heres-how-some-districts-are-requiring-or-not-requiring-teachers-to-take-attendance/?fbclid=IwAR1t6z8w2vD1BwTi3C5DD4Llw3xx89bCxVkI853OlbKJZW9prMZO6AstxBk

Why we need to suspend K-12 testing for next school year now

https://thehill.com/opinion/education/493392-why-we-need-to-suspend-k-12-testing-for-next-school-year-now?fbclid=IwAR1qp7tZewMBleXssGX7srUUr_Ml-_3vOkH2_E81yWrvCbyLgTdGFR6Wggo

Google Classroom Assignments from Teacher and Student Perspectives - Nine Lessons

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2020/04/google-classroom-assignments-from.html?fbclid=IwAR2I2E7sJ_oj43PsUOCjF1R8L8_db9jPFhIQBkKTQGdz2GVZadovFZVx5hI

9 Ways Schools Will Look Different When (And If) They Reopen

https://www.npr.org/2020/04/24/842528906/what-it-might-look-like-to-safely-reopen-schools?fbclid=IwAR1fB6Qc5IYDBj8ysSHHdOI4eHn1jnSg77mU2pYAvagrhQj4W1yh4UDiSYI

Every expert NPR spoke with predicted that the need for remote learning would continue because of staggered schedules, schools prepared to close again for future waves of infection, and many students needing remediation. And that means training and support for teachers, and equipment for children.

National Poetry Month: Poem #23

Presentiment

Presentiment – is that long Shadow – on the Lawn
Indicative that Suns go down –
The notice to the startled Grass
That Darkness – is about to pass –

- Emily Dickinson



Absolutely adore Dickinson's personification.

National Poetry Month: Best Simile Ever: like a fragment of angry candy

the Cambridge ladies who live in furnished souls

By E. E. Cummings
  

the Cambridge ladies who live in furnished souls

are unbeautiful and have comfortable minds

(also, with the church's protestant blessings

daughters,unscented shapeless spirited)

they believe in Christ and Longfellow, both dead,

are invariably interested in so many things—

at the present writing one still finds

delighted fingers knitting for the is it Poles?

perhaps. While permanent faces coyly bandy

scandal of Mrs. N and Professor D

.... the Cambridge ladies do not care, above

Cambridge if sometimes in its box of

sky lavender and cornerless, the

moon rattles like a fragment of angry candy 

 

After all the years of loving this poem, I just realized he capitalized the word Cambridge. 

How sarcastic he was. 

Best simile ever: 

the moon rattles like a fragment of angry candy

Teachable Moment: A Rose By Any Other Name...

Roses in Stratford-Upon-Avon

Romeo's speech, the balcony scene

But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?
It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.
Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,
Who is already sick and pale with grief,
That thou her maid art far more fair than she:
Be not her maid, since she is envious;
Her vestal livery is but sick and green
And none but fools do wear it; cast it off.
It is my lady, O, it is my love!
O, that she knew she were!
She speaks yet she says nothing: what of that?
Her eye discourses; I will answer it.
I am too bold, 'tis not to me she speaks:
Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven,
Having some business, do entreat her eyes
To twinkle in their spheres till they return.
What if her eyes were there, they in her head?
The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars,
As daylight doth a lamp; her eyes in heaven
Would through the airy region stream so bright
That birds would sing and think it were not night.
See, how she leans her cheek upon her hand!
O, that I were a glove upon that hand,
That I might touch that cheek!

Thank you, William, for the wonderful thoughts. And inspiring some profound music, too

Jefferelli's version

Music and song from "Romeo and Juliet."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FHpmn-KYec






 And Tchaikovsky and a ballet, too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upyQMC-ioKE

Shakespeare lives.

Thank you, William.

Educational Links 4/24/2020

22 YA Novels to Help Students Process the Pandemic (or Forget It for a Bit)

https://www.edutopia.org/article/22-ya-novels-help-students-process-pandemic-or-forget-it-bit?fbclid=IwAR00AN6nCNcHshFn4KBw9WJX5VNdVxBOJLQvXptlWNUyqvNFVCZlu7Mt-oA

How to reach students without internet access at home? Schools get creative

https://hechingerreport.org/how-to-reach-students-without-internet-access-at-home-schools-get-creative/?fbclid=IwAR3tJmOoAdGzrv9DsPmNjBCRTvqS2Pna3xHlWMCZr1efKWbZkyUqcsxeVuA

‘It’s OK to not be OK:’ How One High School Saved Lives with a 34-Question Survey

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/53780/its-ok-to-not-be-ok-how-one-high-school-saved-lives-with-a-34-question-survey?fbclid=IwAR0s35yl__c9CS182ONstvNPDTYGCVnHAFwYNGotK23o_aCW4VKXh6DhNgA

“We’re being punished again”: How people with intellectual disabilities are experiencing the pandemic

https://www.vox.com/2020/4/6/21200257/disabilities-coronavirus-group-homes-isolation-policy?fbclid=IwAR3xTDnI5LkXbaw5XPz_UwbDD81RuZkFl6UHbboJz7dpBkpBy5h5mxnC4nc

Special education will be one of the biggest challenges for schools going online

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education/story/2020-04-06/schools-will-have-to-make-up-special-education-services-lost-during-closures-officials-say?fbclid=IwAR1xmasOS4l5K4t-Lg76Ik2fYCormGJrZG7zEYNyVPZ_7JBsRapsYudUiQM

7 Guiding Principles for Parents Teaching From Home

https://www.edutopia.org/article/7-guiding-principles-parents-teaching-home?utm_source=Edutopia+Newsletter&utm_campaign=07b606f6b2-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_042220_enews_formative&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f72e8cc8c4-07b606f6b2-85539072&fbclid=IwAR3pUfZR61ldXgTemcrUWr9H09hY22dKQu-x-73pwjE2LM9S4i9hBT7y8H8

8 Ways Distance Learning Makes It Harder to Focus

https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/learning-at-home/homework-study-skills/distance-learning-focus-challenges?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=covid-apr20-fm-eduutm_content%3Dpost-w-image&fbclid=IwAR0hg4JvaMkHx1TVwhCLwDy_JEr24W6ORdjiMTOR9CBmtHXlbdvf1B6PQ2w

School shutdowns because of COVID-19 have caused upheaval and distraction for all students. Some kids settle in to distance learning quickly and easily. Others take longer. But for kids and teens who struggle with focus , distance learning in the time of the coronavirus can be difficult.

Teachable Moment: A Party Game for William's Birthday

Need A G-Rated Insult? 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/06/need-g-rated-insult.html?spref=bl 

I find Shakespeare animal memes hilarious. I just can't help it. So here's the game--I'll give you a hint which plays these come from-- you guess. To be sure, you can always google the quote.

Which of these first four are from Richard III, Hamlet, Two Gentleman of Verona or a sonnet?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Of the next three, which are from Richard II, Romeo and Juliet?

Of the three memes above, which are from Romeo and Juliet or Richard III?

Of these four memes below, which are from MacBeth, Midsummer Night's Dream,  and Romeo and Juliet?

This last group:

Two from MacBeth, one from Midsummer's Night's Dream.

 

 

 

 

 

 My own meme--from a play we study in grade ten in the USA.

Celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday with some of his best insults and pickup lines

http://blog.ed.ted.com/2014/04/23/celebrate-shakespeares-birthday-with-some-of-his-best-insults-and-pickup-lines/

Welcome to the official Shakespeare’s Birthday Celebrations website.

 http://www.shakespearesbirthday.org.uk/