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two Bronx-based teachers learning beside students in our multilingual classrooms

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    Author: B. Marie

    Marie tries to make a video

    Y’all know I’m not the most tech savy… … but I’m trying! (and learning!)

    September 10, 2020September 10, 2020 by B. Marie

    The hell that was distance learning

    A long long time ago, in a version of our world (what seems like) far, far away, the coronavirus swept through and upended everything we thought we… Read more “The hell that was distance learning”

    August 19, 2020 by B. Marie

    Split ELA: Writing and Reading: Re-Imagining Literacy as Student-Driven

    What we do in a nutshell. In a student-driven instructional model, teachers co-create the curriculum alongside students. Our priority is to understand who our students are and… Read more “Split ELA: Writing and Reading: Re-Imagining Literacy as Student-Driven”

    October 18, 2019August 5, 2020 by B. Marie

    New York State English Council Conference: “Empowering our Students and Reclaiming our Passion for Teaching”

    Albany, NY Today Mac and I presented about how we transformed the curricular structure at our school from a very scaffolded, traditional ELA class into a deconstructed,… Read more “New York State English Council Conference: “Empowering our Students and Reclaiming our Passion for Teaching””

    October 17, 2019August 5, 2020 by B. Marie

    #TeacherInspo Limiting creativity and imagination in schools…

    “…the habit of not thinking, just doing, is dangerous. […] Evidence abounds. Too many students are fake reading. Too many students follow a formula and stop composing… Read more “#TeacherInspo Limiting creativity and imagination in schools…”

    April 28, 2019April 26, 2019 by B. Marie

    Responding to Poetry

    In my last poetry post “Poetry is fun,” I described what the process was like for us as we read poetry. Given how unique the genre is… Read more “Responding to Poetry”

    April 27, 2019August 19, 2020 by B. Marie

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