Affirming Identity by Katie Toppel https://padlet.com/katie_toppel/mfvujffr43lo 17) The authors provide a number of ideas for affirming student identity (p. 40-50). Why is it important to incorporate these types of assignments into instruction? en-us 2017-09-16 04:50:39 UTC 2023-04-30 16:15:36 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Simplehouse.png 3 Ways of Building Oral Curriculum From Students' Oral Grammar jaclynmhk https://padlet.com/katie_toppel/mfvujffr43lo/wish/191708001 2017-09-27 15:02:53 UTC https://padlet.com/katie_toppel/mfvujffr43lo/wish/191708001 Can't wait! jnora https://padlet.com/katie_toppel/mfvujffr43lo/wish/191774732 I have learned so much from the conversations and translations of ideas from our book that participants have shared. I can't wait to hear what comes from chapter 3.

]]> 2017-09-27 17:06:11 UTC https://padlet.com/katie_toppel/mfvujffr43lo/wish/191774732 Home Visits katie_toppel https://padlet.com/katie_toppel/mfvujffr43lo/wish/191871701 I think home visits are a great way to affirm student's identities because 1) visiting their home/meeting their family members shows them you care and 2) seeing their home environment firsthand gives you so many points of entry to incorporate aspects of their lived experiences/their identity into the classroom/lesson context. It's a great way for teachers to foster connections with students. My school was trained by this organization and it was fabulous: http://www.pthvp.org/]]> 2017-09-27 20:27:48 UTC https://padlet.com/katie_toppel/mfvujffr43lo/wish/191871701 Self in Literature smsteach12 https://padlet.com/katie_toppel/mfvujffr43lo/wish/192309079 We often affirm ourselves when meet others who are like us. What better way to help our students meet others, but through characters in books. I purposefully choose novels or picture books so students can identify in some way with the story and characters. When they see themselves in literature or read about someone facing similar challenges, they may (hopefully) affirm their struggles are real and valid.
Novel ideas: Esperanza Rising, The Circuit, Dragonwings, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane ( great journey story), Walk Two Moons (great story about dealing with loss)
Picture books: My Name is Yoon, My Name is Jorge on Both Sides of the River,  ]]> 2017-09-29 01:23:46 UTC https://padlet.com/katie_toppel/mfvujffr43lo/wish/192309079 Connecting Key Concepts and Central Ideas to Home Language lemeryj1 https://padlet.com/katie_toppel/mfvujffr43lo/wish/192320357 I currently teach in an IB/PYP school and we have 6 units through out the year. These units have concepts and central learning targets that drive the students inquiry into the topic. One of the very first things I do is have the students translate the key concepts and central ideas into their own language (the best they can). Often these concepts/ideas are a bit abstract when the students first start the inquiry. So I send the student translations home to their families in hopes that they will discuss what they think they will be learning about with together. Throughout our initial explorations into the topic, we have a lot of discussions about what the students know (prior knowledge) and what their experiences are within the topic. The topics are usually designed with the international student in mind, so they really do lend themselves nicely to allowing the students to bring their global perspectives to their inquiries. I really believe that by triggering their prior knowledge through the connection of home language and allowing them to bring their own experiences to the discussions/learning allows them to connect to the concepts/ideas more. It usually makes the students more confident in their learning.]]> 2017-09-29 03:01:02 UTC https://padlet.com/katie_toppel/mfvujffr43lo/wish/192320357 jnora https://padlet.com/katie_toppel/mfvujffr43lo/wish/192395422 I shared these two videos @ #ELLChat_Bkclub, but thought I would repost here. Both address language and identity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fE-c4Bj_RT0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLI4Y5GLzzI

]]> 2017-09-29 11:06:43 UTC https://padlet.com/katie_toppel/mfvujffr43lo/wish/192395422 I am very excited to be back in a PYP oriented school. The Role of Language and the language policy is so supportive of L1-mother tongue. I can think of translanguaging strategies/tools -We are so fortunate at this school/heavily Chinese speakers and we have awesome instructional classroom assistants that can support their mother tongue. I am working with the assistants at my grade level this year (i am new here) and my goal is to support them to reach theirs-which this year, they picked: supporting ELLs in the classrooms. gina039173 https://padlet.com/katie_toppel/mfvujffr43lo/wish/192720657 THIS translanguaging TOOL is awesome, from CUNY, in NY. http://www.nysieb.ws.gc.cuny.edu/files/2012/06/FINAL-Translanguaging-Guide-With-Cover-1.pdf
I am now interested in learning more about UDL - Universal Design for Learning to see how they incorporate that approach in a culturally responsive environment. Here is the link to that book: Culturally responsive design for ELLs. http://castpublishing.org/books-media/culturally-responsive-design/

]]> 2017-10-01 02:54:05 UTC https://padlet.com/katie_toppel/mfvujffr43lo/wish/192720657 Diversity in Books, I forgot to mention: http://weneeddiversebooks.org/where-to-find-diverse-books/ gina039173 https://padlet.com/katie_toppel/mfvujffr43lo/wish/192721310 as published on the NCTE blog
http://blogs.ncte.org/index.php/2017/09/students-right-need-read-diverse-books/
Windows and mirrors. Our students are asked to study characters and to connect to them ... It's important that they are exposed to/and are given opportunities to get to know characters that look and live like them.

]]> 2017-10-01 03:08:02 UTC https://padlet.com/katie_toppel/mfvujffr43lo/wish/192721310 Identity Quilt astrid_francis https://padlet.com/katie_toppel/mfvujffr43lo/wish/192757389 I love using diverse books to celebrate our differences and embrace our similarities with others. 
The book: Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson is a book that we read in 2-5th grade. We learn how our family's values and cultures make us who we are and we need to learn to value them and appreciate them. After reading the book each students creates a self-reflect square that shows what he/she loves and appreciates about their family. We put it together to create a class quilt, we share among ourselves then we display for all to see! 

]]> 2017-10-01 13:28:06 UTC https://padlet.com/katie_toppel/mfvujffr43lo/wish/192757389 Choice Projects carolsalva1 https://padlet.com/katie_toppel/mfvujffr43lo/wish/192826593 We begin the year with a fun quiz with questions about ourselves. We create a class game (Kahoot!) that helps with team building. But it also allows students to share a fact about themselves. From that one question they think of a few more and it becomes an outline for a writing assignment. They can write about their migration journey, or their home country or even just about their interests. This eventually becomes a project/presentation and the students have an opportunity to share it with the rest of the school. None of this is forced but I'm always amazed at how eager every student is to share about their culture, their home land, their identity.


]]> 2017-10-02 00:37:50 UTC https://padlet.com/katie_toppel/mfvujffr43lo/wish/192826593 1. photojournalism project - students are encouraged to create news stories to show culture. One student wrote about quinceaneras, another about her sister's first communion celebration, etc. fuhss https://padlet.com/katie_toppel/mfvujffr43lo/wish/345787886 2. Letters to the Editor - Students were required to write a letter of praise about something or someone in the community or offer a suggestion of something to add to our community. Several students praised and promoted our local annual Latino festival. The local newspaper selected some to publish. 

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