I read Rebecca Solnit's The Faraway Nearby a few weeks ago, back when I got word that my students would be returning to school in-person for four days each week. I had spent the year alternating back-and-forth between remote learning and hybrid teaching, and I wanted normal. Not-staying-home-not-wearing-a-mask-not-teaching-second-grade-online-and-in-person-at-the-same-time normal. We're all in the same place; [...]
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It's Dyngus Day, the Polish and Polish-American holiday celebrated on Easter Monday each year to signal the end of Lent. Growing up, we never missed the party: I remember driving into Buffalo the day after Easter and wading through the sea of red and white to watch the parades, stopping by The Broadway Market for [...]
So, I'm back. Again. Life update? I've spent the past few weeks conducting a seemingly-endless stream of video chats and figuring out what works best for my students, their learning styles and their families' schedules (and what doesn't). I'm trying my hand at teaching "central message" for the first time--for the first time online, too--and [...]
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