From Classrooms in Compton.: Recent Episodes
M. McBride
The good and the bad
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One of the last bus ride away from in the series.
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this episode looks at the way the English Canon fails to connect with students of color.
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Better late than never, this episode shares my thoughts and experiences about February, Black History Month.
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Continuing the mini-series, "One bus ride away..." I discuss the possible barriers to my students visiting museums.
Continuing the mini-series "One Bus Ride Away..." In this episode, I look into the reasons (my reasons) that may keep my students from becoming surfers.
This mini-series looks at "things" my students live so close to yet are out of their reach.
This episode continues the mini-series addressing "things" my students are a bus ride away from.
In my class I see my students for the positive potential they contain, but the duality of nature is that with good there must be bad.
Reflecting on my personal values and beliefs and the need for them to align with my career.
The power of calling home, really connecting with families is a practice we constantly should be thinking about.
Hear my pleas to work together, across grades and disciplined so our students have the best education and future opportunities possible.
Importance of incorporating other disciplines into your classroom, like digital citizenship. Specifically a strategy known as Lateral Reading, to verify online sources credibility.
After clarifying some questions about the first two episodes of the season, I share how I use Gardner's Multiple Intelligences Theory to kick off the school year.
Teachers model their behavior for students. We should include assessment to help us become the best teachers we can be.
In this episode I discuss student engagement during distance learning. Student engagement is not attendance.
After a few weeks of distance learning reality is kicking in. I have a million emotions and in this letter I address several of them.
How asking students to use an alternative swear word has led to students having unplanned, student led language discussions.
Apologies for mixing up episodes. The monster paragraph activity I promised in Episode 1 is finally here. Use this easy, no prep activity tomorrow or save it for a rainy day. Above all, have fun!
The first and best thing in my classroom: KINDNESS! Strategy: Good News Notes, send one home today
Introductory Episode: a little about me, a little more about the podcast. An educational podcast in which I, Michelle McBride, High School English Teacher, share my methods, strategies, and pedagogy that my colleagues and I practice in our classrooms.