Despite the immensely powerful manipulations of artificial intelligence (AI) and social media, and the cognitive biases embedded in our minds, research does show that we can be more consciously aware, reflective, and rational about news and other forms of information. It all begins with knowing your own mind. Explore a lesson from Fighting Fake News to learn the questions to get you and your students started.
Explore a brief overview of each lesson included in Fighting Fake News and its purpose.
In this introduction to Fighting Fake News, the authors explore fake news and where we find it, how it can affect us, and why it can be dangerous and problematic for today’s students.
This resource outlines how to use memory maps, when to use them, and why they work.
This resource shares how students can practice bouncing in and out of formal and informal language through text translations.
This resource includes some quotes gathered from throughout the book that might be useful in the classroom.
In this introduction, the author defines poetry pauses and their purpose.
Shame-bound readers want someone to notice them. It’s true. But then what does a teacher do to help students? In this webinar, participants will learn about Gershen Kaufman’s seminal research on shame and how it can be applied to the reading classroom to build relationships, make vulnerability ok, and bring out every student’s aptitude -and appetite – for books.
Whether we consider the effect size of teacher efficacy or annual state testing results, the bottom line is, if students don’t buy into our practice or the belief that they can be successful in our classroom, what else matters? Justin Stygles, teacher and author of the new book, I Hate Teaching, suggests three questions you should be asking your students to build trust and credibility with your students.
This resource provides questions to consider when reading for critical comprehension to support your work as you and your students read against the text.
This lesson helps students build their comprehension skills using the book Locomotive by Brian Floca.
Welcome to the book study for Melanie Meehan and Kelsey Sorum's The Responsive Writing Teacher, Grades K-5: A Hands-on Guide to Child-Centered, Equitable Instruction. We have deliberately designed this book study to be collaborative so that most weeks the group is splitting the recommended in-class activities among the members of the book study.