Culturally Responsive Teaching

Signs and Wonders: A reminder that someone hasn’t forgotten about me

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This may look like an ordinary butterfly to you, but there’s a story behind it. This beautiful 3D printed butterfly reminded me that someone hasn’t forgotten about me. A Student walked in yesterday and said: “Ms. Seward, I made this for you with my 3D printer!” I looked at it, said ‘Thank you’ and placed … [Read more…]

When You’re the Minority in Your Classroom

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With only 2 weeks left until the start of the 2019-20 school year, I’m still gathering resources (mainly picture books) to share with my students. After school ended, I spent 2 days in a Culturally & Historically Responsive Literacy training at Georgia State with Dr. Gholdy Muhammad. To say the training was transformative would be … [Read more…]