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Summarizing using Central Ideas and Supporting Details

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Reciprocal teaching is a strategy used to elicit comprehension of difficult/complex texts amongst students. It is generally understood amongst educators that with reasonable ability to decode, reading...

What’s in MY Name: Cherishing the Names of Your Black Students | Asynchronous Studio Lessons

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In this lesson teachers engage their students by having them research the origin of their name. Through a historical and cultural lens students and teachers gain a better understanding and...

What’s in MY Name: Cherishing the Names of your Black Students - Part V

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Days 5, 6, and 7: Researching our names, Black histories, and sharing research in creative ways It’s important to know that and think about how it impacted those ancestors and their descendants. This...

What’s in MY Name: Cherishing the Names of your Black Students - Part IV

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Day 4: Two different African naming traditions It’s important to know that and think about how it impacted those ancestors and their descendants. This lesson centers on various African and African...

What’s in MY Name: Cherishing the Names of your Black Students - Part III

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Day 3: Histories in African American names It’s important to know that and think about how it impacted those ancestors and their descendants. This lesson centers on various African and African...

What’s in MY Name: Cherishing the Names of your Black Students - Part II

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Day 2: Analysis of “The English Language is my Enemy” by Ossie Davis Teacher It’s important to know that and think about how it impacted those ancestors and their descendants. This lesson centers on...

Creating Poetry and a Portrait with Allison Pitre | Asynchronous Studio Lessons

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Allison Pitre (Meadowfield Elementary School) leads an art lesson on creating poetry in a portrait, which is half of a portrait, containing a poem in the background.

What’s in MY Name: Cherishing the Names of your Black Students - Part I

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Day One: Introduction into Implicit Bias It’s important to know that and think about how it impacted those ancestors and their descendants. This lesson centers on various African and African American...

Pandemic Text Structures

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Students will use their knowledge of text structures to explore past pandemics in SC.

Rhetoric & Space Race

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Students will engage in a debate over whether the United States should enter the Space Race using rhetoric and historical information.