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This week we remember the purpose of our work during these uncertain times.
We are in Week 4 of responses for the Engaging Literate Minds book study: Four Strategies for Learning to Love and Use Words by Heather McKay, How to Start Fostering Curiosity Around Language in Our Classrooms by Michelle Olson, What Our Children Need to Put Their Best Foot Forward by Rhonda Precourt, Routines and Relationships for Managing Uncertainty by Paige Bergin, and Be Authentic by Jamie Cicconetti
Stop Reading the News (interesting position/proposal, on my maybe to-read list)
Have you developed any positive habits during the pandemic? They may not last once this is over, but we can we sustain them with strategies suggested here (Katherine Cusumano, The New York Times).
Books I read aloud to 4th graders via Zoom this week for summer learning, around perseverance: Stuck by Oliver Jeffers, After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back up Again by Dan Santat, Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah by Laurie Ann Thompson and Sean Qualls, and Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty and David Roberts.
Mary Howard reminded me of a post I wrote in 2016 about action research. Recommended resources for this purposeful approach to professional learning include The Action Research Guidebook by Richard Sagor, The Reflective Educator's Guide to Classroom Research by Nancy Fichtman Dana and Diane Yendol-Hoppey, and Living the Questions by Ruth Shagoury and Brenda Power.
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