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Hi all, I’m excited to join #ohedchat tonight. I learn with 7th grade ELA students at @KarrerMS in Dublin, Oh - it is hard to have a bad day with kids who love to read.
Welcome, Alyse! I know what you mean--I was on a math webinar last night (& while I've taught math, ELA is my "first love.") Good to stretch and grow! #ohedchat
A1: Books are integral to building the community of learners I spend time with everyday. The stories shared through books give our classroom touchstones throughout the year. The cumulative impact of these shared stories helps to build and strengthen our community. #ohedchat
#ohedchat A1: Well I teach math. BUT I use a daily quote, often from a poet or writer...but not always. I also use books from Ss world to make word problems. (Hunger Games, LOTR, etc.....)
A1: #classroombookaday has been a game-changer for my students this yr. We read a picture book everyday. So many rich conversations about the world, diversity, friendship, etc have come from this. #ohedchat
Teach Like a Pirate. We did it by section and then I assigned discussion points on Google classroom. So far so awesome and @daveburgess is Skyping in next PD day for q&a!! #ohedchat
The books we read are the heart of our classroom. They shape the conversations we have as a community, grow our writing, and help us to see the perspectives of others. #ohedchat
From Avatar: The Last Airbender.....Uncle Iroh: "Pride is not opposite of shame, rather its source." I know...that's a TV show, but that's what's on the board today.
Years ago, we read "seven habits of highly effective teens" in a classroom. Not literature...but applicable.
Classrooms could read "Wonder" to learn/teach empathy and kindness.
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A1: Hello from #WEareLakota! My 1st grade Ss like to give book reviews and share favorites with each other. When kids read the same books, they have instant connections even if they don’t typically play together. #ohedchat
Love this! When I'm at the library or book store, I try to select books that reflect my students. "Oh, Jose will love this book about coding." "Olivia will love this new fantasy series." #ohedchat
Q2: Literature can connect us to people, classrooms and authors. How have you created beyond the classroom experiences for your students to connect with others through literature? #ohedchat
A1: Our k-4 buildings are getting ready to unveil the book for this year’s 1 school 1 book #OSOB Pulls staff, parents, Ss & community together! #Ohedchat
I read the book ahead of time and used #TLAP strategies to invite people to the book club (admission tickets with a hook) Also, bought each person their own copy. #ohedchat
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@TebnerEbner, @AlyseConsiglio, @Mr_Mosure
A1: Robin-IL, @foxchase308 will be doing “One Book, One School”, having a School Read Aloud. The book has not been revealed to us yet! #ohedchat@joanmud
Easy read, small chunks, reflection, make it easy for people to participate, acknowledge they are probably doing some of this but don't be afraid to fail or try something new #ohedchat
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@TebnerEbner, @AricThomas10, @Mr_Mosure
Q2: Literature can connect us to people, classrooms and authors. How have you created beyond the classroom experiences for your students to connect with others through literature? #ohedchat
... Things like @pernilleripp 's Global Read Aloud, March Book Madness, World Read Aloud Day give classrooms opportunities to connect with other classrooms around the world. #ohedchat
A1 Part 2: My LMS does a Book Club with older grades (4th & 5th), this year they will be reading “Ban This Book”, great book discussions! @lrcthies#ohedchat
... Things like @pernilleripp 's Global Read Aloud, March Book Madness, World Read Aloud Day give classrooms opportunities to connect with other classrooms around the world. #ohedchat
A1: One tool imemented in our schools is weekly mystery readers at our elementary schools which range from law enforcement and parents to high school students! #ohedchat
Q2: Literature can connect us to people, classrooms and authors. How have you created beyond the classroom experiences for your students to connect with others through literature? #ohedchat
A2: we have 2 fifth grades, so 1 class reads Shiloh and then prepares a mock trial for the other class that has yet to read the story! Challenges Ss in many ways. #ohedchat
A2- we are creating opportunities for our students to blog with other 5th graders from another district. The 2 schools are in proximity to each other- but worlds apart. We are hoping that books can connect us. #ohedchat
A2: Love reading literature that connects to other subjects/experiences--like reading Killer Angels prior to 8th grade trip to Philly & Gettysburg. #ohedchat
There are many fun ways to use lit to connect to other classrooms. I LOVE @pernilleripp 's Global Read Aloud! #ohedchat and of course @TonyKeefer and @escott818 's March Book Madness
A2: @TonyKeefer and I started March Book Madness in the hopes of readers connecting and learning with books. We've seen so many great Padlets, Flipgrids & twitter convos about #2018MBM. Adding some fun to March! #ohedchat
A2) I'm pretty sure this doesn't qualify but I asked Ss today "who would win the teacher Hunger Games." Hysterical way to connect and laugh and bring in lit #ohedchat
A2 March Book Madness was a game changer for my classroom and our school community. As I’ve been in different buildings this week I see the conversation spreading! #ohedchat#mbm18https://t.co/OYycYBngdE
Q2: Literature can connect us to people, classrooms and authors. How have you created beyond the classroom experiences for your students to connect with others through literature? #ohedchat
A2) From a leadership standpoint, we asked staff members to employ what they learned and then teach the staff during edcamp-style PD. They connected w/ Ts outside the book study. #ohedchat
I know, personally through twitter, is a great way to connect to authors and publisher's. I would try something through twitter with the Ss as a class project. #ohedchat
Blogging is such a great way for kids to share thinking and connect. And, what I love most is that blogging is an authentic, real world way to share thinking...not like those lovely diorama's that I made when I was a kid (you know-stuff in a shoebox...) #ohedchat
A2: Sometimes Ss will ask me to tweet an author of a book to ask him/her a question. Connecting w/ authors is just a click away. Wish I had that opportunity back in the 80s! #ohedchat
A2: I have some Ss who read to others in our building. It helps my 1st graders with confidence when they get to make a special trip to a read to a kindergartner. Also inviting others into our classroom to read. Guest readers such as parents, administration are so fun. #ohedchat
Last year my own girls were in love with the book Hank Finds an Egg. We tweeted the author a pic of the girls with the book and she tweeted them back! They freaked! #ohedchat@storywoods
OOOO! That's a good one! I love that the quote can help you establish the culture of your classroom! It's not just about math, it's way more than that! #ohedchat
A3: Our current read aloud is Refugee by @AlanGratz. Never had a read aloud experience like this. My EL students are open to sharing their stories from Iraq, Mexico, etc. Have had to wipe away tears a few days. #ohedchat
A3: #WeNeedDiverseBooks#ownvoices are two hashtags that help me discover newly released books and extremely authentic stories that are not the ‘canon’ for middle school readers. #ohedchat
A3: finding the right book could make the world or events real to Ss by making it from a person within a perspective Ss can relate. Make the effort to find those books. #ohedchat
A2: I heard a powerful reading of Balcony On The Moon:Coming of Age In Pakistan by its author Ibtisam Barakat - her voice reading her words was powerful. Ss need to hear authors speak their words to help them “listen “ with their eyes as they read.#Ohedchat
A3 Books can provide an opportunity to see out into the world and consider something from another point of view. A few favorites for this: The Water Princess, Ada’s Violin and A Long Walk to Water. #ohedchat
A3: Most of my Ss didn't know about refugees, let alone the global refugee crisis. Paired with some NF books about refugees and YouTube videos, I may have some activists now. #ohedchat
A3 books are what I can share with my students to give them a snippet into the world. I read as much as I can so that my students can find books to learn about the world and others who might be different. #ohedchat
A2: We typically have @ least 1 author visit, sometimes 2 per year. The author describes their motivation, their writing process, their childhood, how they got started...in the last few years we have had @SW_Messenger , @choldenko#ohedchat
Q2: Literature can connect us to people, classrooms and authors. How have you created beyond the classroom experiences for your students to connect with others through literature? #ohedchat
And many of the Ss at our school are refugees themselves! So, for our Ss to have no idea about their classmates lives is tragic. I am so thankful for books highlighting diversity! #ohedchat
A3: Most of my Ss didn't know about refugees, let alone the global refugee crisis. Paired with some NF books about refugees and YouTube videos, I may have some activists now. #ohedchat
A3: creating text sets of lit and info text combining primary source or Authentic accounts with fiction builds vocab, builds knowledge, helps Ss develop empathy and a broader world view #Ohedchat
So true-it's about the real connections that can be built between literature. As we find patterns and commonalities, we build even deeper understanding #ohedchat
A3 Not only can they help students see things from other perspectives, but books can also help them to find themselves. #ohedchat Love this: THE Windows and Mirrors of Your Child’s Bookshelf: https://t.co/o5nLSASZ9c. #ohedchat
I just bought Ada’s violin. This would go well with The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind - who also builds using found materials and overcomes significant challenges including drought and famine. #OHEdchat
A4: Used Stephanie Tolan's Welcome to the Ark with my gifted learners--the discussions went well beyond the book into their experiences. Deep thinking, learning, feeling, reflecting. #ohedchat
A4: Ss share reflects and thoughts about the readings. Ss need to express themselves to gain a greater understanding. Ss collaborating in reading is essential! #ohedchat
A3: My students ask me every day to look at the March Book Madness participant map. They were pumped when our first international pin was added! #2018MBM#ohedchathttps://t.co/STDoQ6GGEL
A3. Ss are reading about the global problems and current events taking place in the world through stories of different cultures and they learn to empathy. It's important that we get our Ss to begin thinking about problem solving and how they would go about doing it. #ohedchat
A1: Literature invites conversations and opportunities to form a community of learners. It brings everyone together and offers the same frame of reference. #ohedchat
It's so exciting b/c kids need to know that this world is so much bigger than their little corner but that also that we have a lot in common with people all over it! #ohedchat
A3: My students ask me every day to look at the March Book Madness participant map. They were pumped when our first international pin was added! #2018MBM#ohedchathttps://t.co/STDoQ6GGEL
One easy way to help students connect through books is giving 2-3 minutes a day for students to share with each other what they are reading. Talk around favorite titles / scenes within books build connections. #ohedchat
A4: My Ss each have a padlet w/ their 40 Book Challenge books. Ss can scan each other's QR Codes to look what their peers are reading and get recommendations. #ohedchat
Chad Miller jumping in. A4: Kids need to be able to make connections to other texts, connections to self, and connections to the world. Literacy needs to be authentic and conversations need to model these connections. #ohedchat
@TonyKeefer So true! That reminds me of the power of sharing at the end of our workshop. Kids love to know what their friends are reading and thinking. #ohedchat
I love that @TonyKeefer reminded us of the importance of sharing! I remind my Ts all the time that we cannot cut sharing! It's crucial that we give kids time to talk about their reading to their peers. #ohedchat
A4. A book club run by the Ss is an excellent way for Ss to connect! They can share their ideas, voice their opinions, and set up the rules of the club! The can reflect on what they have learned and share with one another! #ohedchat
A4-one of my favorite things that would happen when I was a classroom T was when two kids were reading the same book and asked to have their own book club...UM...YES! #ohedchat
A4: I saw a great "speed-dating" lesson done by a middle school librarian. Students left post-it blurbs on books to entice peers. It'd be fun after an independent reading project to help Ss branch out. #ohedchat
A2: Sometimes we've used @padlet to share our reading lives from home with each other and I have an instagram account where I share my reading life with them. #ohedchat
A3: @foxchase308 Book Club book selections, “Pay It Forward”, “I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban”...it broadens Ss horizons! @lrcthies#ohedchat#LovetoRead
A5 - Any time I have read the book a student is reading (and I read a lot!) there are easy connections, but my favorite connections come when I read a book a student has told me I need to read. Then it is a daily quick chat before, after or during class about that book #ohedchat
A5: Every time I read Woodsong to a class, when I get to the chapter about Paulsen's dog Storm, I cry. Every. Time. And for days afterwards, Ss share their pet stories with me, sometimes with their own tears. Connection point. #ohedchat
A5 Nothing like pulling out a read aloud and saying, “____, when I saw this book it made me think of you. I know you’re going to love it.” Wins. Every. Time. #ohedchat
A5-Today a sweet like K student came to my office to read Max the Brave to me! Then he said, "I am going to sell some of my things so I can get money to buy this book from the library!" Guess who is getting his own copy of that book from me? #ohedchat
A5: Ruby Payne's A Framework for Understanding Poverty is a must-read. It helped me reflect on myself as a student and shifted my understanding of mindsets. #ohedchat
A2: We also start our independent reading with a Status of the Class thinking and they really value what others are reading and get ideas for their own reading. #ohedchat
My teammates and I all strive to make book clubs 100% student run. Ts are the silent observers and provide feedback. Formulating a deep question about a book shows comprehension and thinking. #ohedchat
A4: Priority is to get Ss reading! I read juvenile fiction so I have “conversation” starters...that leads to Ss talking about what they have read, which gets their classmates curious...its all about building relationships! #ohedchat
Yes, It started with a Ss describing pictures of a frog book to me in the library. Little did I know that this Ss, had a great love for STEM. This year, he signed up for our STEMCLUB! #ohedchat
Creating a classroom culture around books, as you do, will hopefully empower MS students to actually talk about books on their own w/o teacher direction :) #ohedchat
Literature-great resource 2 build community. Choice of texts under a common theme allows 4 students t2 follow interests while understanding the essential question, theme, &/or topic. Teaming allows 4 collaborative talk. Writing follows. #ohedchat (Carol from LI dropping in)
A5: I've read some books that have helped me connect to Ss by having me see life from a Ss viewpoint. Stories of divorce, getting involved in less popular extracurriculars...they help me relate better to Ss. #ohedchat
Q3: I think literature for elementary kids can be an introduction to these bigger topics and we are blessed more and more books are being written for them. #ohedchat
A5:When I tell a kid that I read a book as a kid, they’re like...what? You read THIS as a KID?!? Not sure if it’s a connection to the experience with the book that shocked them or the fact that I was ever a kid. #ohedchat
A5-another way that books help me connect to students is when they come and read their own writing to me! One of the 2nd graders at my school wrote a book about the time the zoo came to visit our school! I love hearing kids' stories too #ohedchat
I've started this up again after hearing your DubLit session. Got away from this in the past few years. It takes time, but the ends justify the means. #ohedchat
This shows that Ts need to be knowledgable about new and latest books. So many amazing books out there just waiting to be put in the hands of readers who need them #ohedchat
A5 - I also enjoy reserving new books I bring into the library for students who I know will devour them. When I picked up Thunderhead by @NealShusterman a few weeks ago, the student who got it first freaked out. #ohedchat
Q4: Status of the Class has really led students to connect with each other and books by trying books their peers are reading. A few have brought books from home for each other. #ohedchat
This shows that Ts need to be knowledgable about new and latest books. So many amazing books out there just waiting to be put in the hands of readers who need them #ohedchat
A6-Oh boy, it's hard to pick just one-when it comes to instruction and best practice-Marie Clay's Observation Survey changed the path of my career b/c it helped me build a deep understanding of the reading and writing process #ohedchat And helped me connect to other lit teachers
A6: Even though I'm a student, reading the book Man's Search For Meaning has helped me gain a whole different perspective on life and how everyone goes about it It opens your eyes. #ohedchat
A5: Handbook for boys...I had a "Principal's club" my first 3 years as a principal and read this book and discussed the choices that were made throughout book. My boys were in similar situations at times and I related it to my own life experiences. I loved those boys. #ohedchat
Q5: Just last wk, I talked to a student & parents about how life changing Long Way Down by @JasonReynolds83 is. Student came to me next day and had already read first 20 pages w/ his mom. Student just needed that nudge. #ohedchat
A6-Most recently the book that helped me connect is Carol Dweck's Mindset-it completely changed my thinking and catapulted me into a new realm of PD #ohedchat
A6: just one book??? Kids Deserve It...Teach Like a Pirate...Hacking Leadership...Culturize...should I continue? Ts need to read education books from those currently in education! #ohedchat
Q5: Complete joy when your bring in a new picture book and watch a striving reader read it to his intervention teacher and cover up the part that might give the story away before he's ready for her to see it. #ohedchat
A6: Wow . . . not sure. So many! Going way back: Nancie Atwell's In the Middle was like adding a rocket booster to my enthusiasm for student teaching. #ohedchat
A6: That is an unfair question, if it's rephrased as a plural I can answer it. LOL so if I have to cheat I would say any book by @regieroutman#ohedchat
A6:My staff is doing a book study on Teaching with Love and Logic. Great read and has opened helpful dialogue in the building. There are also district groups of parents talking about the parenting version of the book. #ohedchat#loveandlogic#wearelakota
A6: @paulyoungohio turned me onto John Maxwell in grad school. Five levels of leadership...You have to have permission and build your tribe, grow leaders, to be a true leader. Position means nothing. #ohedchat
A6: As a reading teacher...The Book Whisperer by Donalyn Miller was a game changer. As an innovator...Amplify and Innovators Mindset changed me. #ohedchat
A7: Guy-Write: What Every Guy Writer Needs to Know by @FletcherRalph was passed around my room btwn all my boys. They asked me to start a boys writing club at lunch time b/c of this book. Many reluctant boys suddenly saw themselves as writers. That's what its about. #ohedchat
A7: This is a tricky question with little ones, We read aloud Fenway and Hattie and they became obsessed with the series and took over the Read Aloud plan with book 2 and 3. #ohedchat
THANK YOU #ohedchat for tweeting tonight. Hope to see you during March Book Madness. Check out #2018MBM for a bunch of great pictures, connections, etc.
I'd like to send out a very special THANK YOU to @escott818 and @TonyKeefer for taking the time to moderate #ohedchat tonight! And, thanks to both of you for being such inspiring educators!
A7: One book that resonates with my students every year is The Three Questions by John J Muth - helps to set the tone for living (and learning) in the moment #ohedchat
