Tag: Black History Month
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Slavery, Apologies, and Stumbling Through the 5th Grade
I love teaching social studies. I love it because I believe that it really, truly, matters. I love teaching it, but there is so much of it that I just don’t know. In my first year of teaching, with each unit I struggle to just stay one step ahead of my students and the curriculum…
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Analyzing Poetry with John Legend & Common
My fifth graders did not do so hot on the poetry section of their middle of year benchmark. I can rage about standardized tests all I want, but at the end of the day, our sweet kiddos have to pass. So I was faced with the choice between doing STAAR practice, or finding a creative…
Ms. Green's Class 