Johanna O'Brien
@joobrien77
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Grade 6 PYP Teacher in Canberra Australia.
Joined August 2012
Absolute privilege as always to hear @FrRichardJB Farmer Richard inspire the kids (& adults) in the classroom! 🙌🏻 The conversations, thinking, motivation & empathy of 8-9 yr olds makes me excited for the future 💫
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So any way, I wrote a book- lessons from #Timor Leste. A journey in social change making. @dirrumfestival all set to go.
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I have worked with @BruceFerrington for 8 years and have been waiting for this PL! Everything and more than I expected. Awesome! #inquirymaths #pyp #Radford
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MCS teacher @joobrien77 is having her students use 6 word memoirs to explore the character of Layla in the book Internment by @sam_aye_ahm. Such powerful examinations of her beliefs, character traits, etc. @pernilleripp, you might be interested in seeing these!
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Clever use of the 8cultural forces @whatedsaid !! Super link to PYP!
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8 Cultural Forces that define our Classrooms. Colleagues as data collectors! @PaulSouthwell @jankeato #CoT #chaptersint @RonRitchhart
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Educators must progressively withdraw from the student, shifting the responsibility for learning from the teacher, where it traditionally is, to the learner where it belongs. The hardest working person in the classroom should never be the teacher, it should always be the student.
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Exploring discrimination and what it means to be treated differently and unfairly @TiiaWright @joobrien77 @JulianneHay16 #blueeyesbrowneyes
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Week long provocation - what is time? Going deep with some terrific discussion #inquiry @JulianneHay16 @TiiaWright @joobrien77 @RadfordJS
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Creating awareness of sustainable solutions and economic development #actpyp #ibstrong @RadfordJS @joobrien77 @TiiaWright @JulianneHay16
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Expanding our inquiry through teacher engagement #teachmeet #actpyp #ibstrong @RadfordJS @joobrien77 @TiiaWright @JulianneHay16
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Why reading aloud to older Std's is valuable - enjoyable and rewarding experience for T too! https://t.co/vpbdfUNwaA
@joobrien77 @GogginLee
kqed.org
Reading aloud to older children -- even up to age 14, who can comfortably read to themselves -- has benefits both academic and emotional, according to researchers.
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Learning to read, in itself, is not sufficient preparation for reading to learn https://t.co/coWWxSqw0M
@BReitstatter @joobrien77 #literacy
theconversation.com
Students reach the middle years of high school with poor vocabularies and unable to work with language in sophisticated ways.
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Why some kids can’t spell and why spelling tests won’t help https://t.co/d0cpFZ9QDg
@PaulSouthwell @Nicole_Coombe @joobrien77 @MrPeteMac
theconversation.com
A couple of years ago, early one morning, I received an SMS advising “resadents to stay indoors because of a nearby insadent”. I was shocked by the spelling, as much as the message. Surely, I thought…
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Value in the words of our youngest learners, so happy to read this- inspiring https://t.co/ShL1NGmMhA by @whatedsaid
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"Sometimes there's too much teacher control"- @smokeylit on small groups that really work http://t.co/2aZH0DTW0c
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If I’m doing most of the talking as the teacher, I’m probably doing most of the thinking work http://t.co/2FUZHOVWPX
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