Hello, friends! How’s the long weekend treating you? Are you doing anything tomorrow to honor Dr. King’s legacy? How about with your kiddos next week? Check out our links below for related resources and ideas, as well as a few other items from around the web.
A Museum. A Memorial. A Message. It’s right in our back yard.
And it opened a new welcome center this weekend.
Dr. King’s legacy and choosing to participate.
The current #ClearTheAir discussion focuses on Dr. King’s Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? Check it out if you want to jump in and learn about how we can each do our part to be anti-racist. Upcoming discussions will center Cutting School: Privatization, Segregation, and the End of Public Education; How to Be Anti-Racist; and Understanding and Empowering Immigrant Youth in School Communities.
Jason Reynolds is the new national ambassador for young people’s literature!
Use GRASPS for real-world assessment.
Two states. Eight textbooks. Two American stories.
Strategies for teaching academic vocabulary.
A great update to Screencastify, one of our favorite tools for making classroom videos.