Election Day Take Aways

Students have been tremendously vocal around this year's election.  What are some reflections that your students have shared ?  What are some of your hopes and concerns? 

Election Day Dreams

What is a DREAM that you have for your future? What would you like to DO? What would you like to ACCOMPLISH? What would you like to be when you grow up?

What is your best Middle School Memory? What is something that was a challenge for you in Middle School?

Sharing your secrets to balancing work and life outside of school.

What do you enjoy doing in your free time?  How does this help you to recharge and rethink a problem or practice?  What do you like to do on your vacations?  The weekends?  Please share with us how this helps you find balance and meaning in your life. 

What is one SUCCESS and one CHALLENGE that you had this week?

Where are the 21st Century Learners?

What does a 21st Century Learner look like or sound like? Or what does 21st Century Education look like?

Students with special needs. How are we providing support?

What successful strategies have we used that help us in accommodating special need students?   What questions might we have in best supporting our students with special needs?  What would you like to learn more about?
Resources for teachers:

Sign up for free "Teaching Tolerance" instructional DVD kits with teacher's guides: 

http://www.tolerance.org/teaching-kits/order

Sign up for free "LA Times" newspapers for your students:
http://nieonline.com/latimes/order.cfm
Create a "Donors Choose" account to request funds for any of your class projects:
https://www.donorschoose.org/