I know I still have 5+ weeks (I think?) but others are heading back into the classroom pretty soon, so I wanted to make sure all the free Broken Copier resources could be found in one place!.

RT @Marc__Watkins: Faculty guidelines and frameworks for using generative AI with their students are often unclear and vague. The instituti….

"Be patient.". I just got this email that I sent to my future self from the last week of the previous school year—and I feel like it was exactly what I needed to read as I go back into work next week. Goal going forward: patient urgency . (Emphasis on patience!)

Major development in the classroom set-up this year: I decided to rotate my teaching desk 90 degrees to the right. (Context: it hadn't moved in a half-decade.). Students have no clue what they're walking into. .

A bit more on this practice here, especially the why/how:.

Whether you've started your school year already or are still getting set up, I'd recommend 2 things:. 1️⃣ name/write down what you want your classroom to look/feel like in the best of worlds. 2️⃣ about six weeks into the school year—pause and reflect on how reality matches up.

Here's a link to the full resource, which you're 100% welcome to use/adapt for your planning and classroom!.

In case there are folks out there thinking of teaching Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston this school year, two quick things:. 1️⃣ It is the absolute best. 2️⃣ Here is a resource with 20 things to help you move through it based on my experience!

RT @MrNeibauer: Last year, I asked, “What if I taught literacy to my fifth-graders like they were in an AP course?”. I’m starting this year….

The other day I worked w/ our team to construct unit plans, assessments, rubrics + exemplars. We took time to make the stuff—no shortcuts (TPT, AI, etc.) and yes, it took a bit longer. But we understand it so much better as a result. And that's better for students. (And us.).

I don't make kids choose—but they have to have something for our classroom! (And of course I provide when they need them.).

. it's the most wonderful time of the year 😎

Teachers: spiral notebooks or composition notebooks in the classroom?

This question was initially posted at Edutopia's live event with questions about beginning the school year for teachers—feel free to check it out or even participate yourself:.

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Here's the full overview of what spirals look like in our classroom, too!.

Taped inside each student's spiral notebook in our classroom? A roster with three things:. ✔️ the names of each of their classmates.✔️ each classmate's top value.✔️ an interesting OR boring fact for each classmate. Fantastic way to begin building community!

RT @JoeSonofJoe: When you light up, they light up. Knowledge without passion = distrust. We teach what we do for a reason.

I do very much feel like I'm in the process of mourning something we haven't lost yet but are very much in the process of losing: the rapport and trust that comes from authentic feedback for student writing.

Having teachers "review AI feedback for students" is absolutely soul-crushing to hear about as frequently as I'm hearing about it. Not what I needed to feel excited about this upcoming year. .

It seems simple, but I think that there is immense value in people teaching a subject they love and feel purposeful about. It is really difficult to be a great teacher of something you don't personally enjoy, right?.