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Spreading Positive Vibes
Sally Howell,
First Grade Teacher
Thomas White Elementary
Bridgeport-Spaulding Community School District

Sally shows her passion for teaching and her students every day in her first grade classroom. She works diligently to keep students engaged and meet their learning needs in a variety of ways. Sally consistently is looking for new ways to be even better for her students. Her tireless work with families during this pandemic has been unparalleled. Beyond work inside of the classroom, Sally cares deeply for her students and their families. She is an incredible asset to Thomas White Elementary and is the true embodiment of Bearcat Pride!

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  • Looking for templates to enhance student engagement & accountability? "EduProtocols are instructional lesson frames that are designed to engage students in learning through critical thinking, collaboration, and creativity." BONUS! They can be utilized with all contents, all grade levels.

  • From Amazon: "Kids begin their learning journey as curious problem solvers who ask questions and create solutions. As they go through school, something happens to many of our students, and they begin to play the game of school, eager to be compliant and follow a path instead of making their own. As teachers, leaders, and parents, we have the opportunity to be the guide in our kids’ education and unleash the creative potential of each and every student. In a world that is ever changing, our job is not to prepare students for something; instead, our role is to help students prepare themselves for anything..."

How do we talk about race in our classrooms?

How do we recognize our own racial biases?

How do we discuss the history of race in America?

This workshop is designed for middle school and high school teachers (or pre-service teachers), seeking to begin to answer these questions.

This “Teachers’ Workshop on Racial Justice in the Classroom” is a three-day workshop providing opportunity for writing and talking about race, with practical applications for the classroom, led by veteran educators Chey Davis, Trisha Baker, and Allison Jordan. All participants in the workshop will receive copies of three books: Stamped: A Remix by Jason Reynolds, So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo, and Not Light but Fire: How to Lead Meaningful Race Conversations in the Classroom by Matthew Kay.

Teachers completing this workshop will be eligible to check out up to 30 copies of Stamped: A Remix for use in in their classrooms during the 2021-22 school year.

This workshop will take place Tuesday, June 22, Wednesday, June 23, and Thursday, June 24 from 9 am – 3 pm via Zoom. 15 SCECHs are available. The cost is $25, which includes all three books. (SVSU College of Education students can register to attend free of charge).

REGISTRATION INFORMATION COMING SOON.

Questions may be directed to klotz@svsu.edu

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Michigan Learning Channel
During March, the Michigan Learning Channel will also be observing National Reading Month, with special programming for families on Saturday evenings. The acclaimed program Reading Rockets will air on Saturday’s at 7:00 p.m.  Reading Rockets has resources to help young children build phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension at www.readingrockets.org.  There are also online materials and resources for teachers looking for new classroom strategies when teaching reading.
 
Saturdays at 8:00 p.m., the Michigan Learning Channel will air episodes of The Great American Read.   The series looks at 100 best-loved books, and groups them by grade level with video assets on PBS Learning Media at https://dptv.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/great-american-read/.  PBS Digital Studios also weighed in on this series with a number of short videos with a less formal take on great books called It’s Lit!  https://www.pbs.org/the-great-american-read/watch/digital-studios/.


Updated March Schedule for the Michigan Learning Channel: https://www.michiganlearning.org/schedule/
Do the Write Thing Challenge
The annual Do the Write Thing Challenge is an national essay program that gives middle school students an opportunity to examine the impact of violence on their lives. Through this program, students are invited to communicate in written form what they think should be done to reduce youth violence. Students are also encouraged to make personal commitments to do something about the problem. Two national ambassadors from Michigan will be invited by the National Campaign to Stop Violence to attend the “Do the Write Thing Challenge” recognition week in Washington, D.C. The deadline for schools to participate is March 26, 2021.

For more information, visit the Do the Write Thing Detroit website and access the 2021 Michigan Schools Packet.
MDE has released the Equity in Literacy resource guide to help local schools and teachers improve literacy skills of all students, with a particular emphasis on children of color and working class and poor children.
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