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Dear ELA Supporter,
We hope you are all doing well and enjoying the longer days filled with sun. This week, the ELA team was swamped with lots of Zoom meetings and a titch of writer's block...so we will leave you with a couple of quotes and an inspirational video to send you into the weekend!
“Education is the key. With a really good education, you have a much broader view of the world. Well-educated people can seek help for themselves. They can help others."
-First Lady Laura Bush
“...here today, and for educators and advocates all across this nation who get up every day and work their hearts out to lift up our young people. And I am so grateful to all of you for your passion and your dedication and all the hard work on behalf of our next generation."
-First Lady Michelle Obama
 “Rita Pierson, a teacher for 40 years, once heard a colleague say, "They don't pay me to like the kids." Her response: "Kids don't learn from people they don't like.'" A rousing call to educators to believe in their students and actually connect with them on a real, human, personal level.”
Link: https://www.ted.com/talks/rita_pierson_every_kid_needs_a_champion?language=en
Sincerely,
The ELA Team
Maggie and Milly and Molly and May
By E.E. Cummings
Maggie and Milly and molly and may
went down to the beach(to play one day)
and Maggie discovered a shell that sang
so sweetly she couldn't remember her troubles,and
Milly befriended a stranded star
whose rays five languid fingers were;
and Molly was chased by a horrible thing
which raced sideways while blowing bubbles:and
May came home with a smooth round stone as small
as a world and as large as alone.
For whatever we lose(like a you or a me)
it's always ourselves we find in the sea
We have four sections of the newsletter:
OSPI Resources For Everyone!: This is our fifth wave of supporting you and we will continue to refine and add resources over the coming weeks.
Support for Educators, School Staff, Schools and Districts: this section is primarily directed to those currently working in a formal education setting. These resources may be helpful to parents, families, and caregivers.
Support for Parents, Families, and Caregivers: this section is geared toward members of our community who normally don’t teach/facilitate in a formal education setting. Everyone is welcome to use these resources.
Up-To-Date Information: this section provides up to date links from OSPI, The Governor’s Office, and Washington Department of Health.
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Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member stations throughout Washington are partnering with OSPI to support educators as they embark on a new journey of providing distance learning for students. We are also working to connect parents and children with resources to help them through the next several months of school closures. |
Link: https://www.k12.wa.us/about-ospi/press-releases/novel-coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-resources/tv-learning-opportunities
Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching and learning materials that are free to use, adapt, and share.
OSPI’s K-12 OER Project Grant targets the development of OER instructional materials, especially in content areas currently lacking in standards-aligned OER (e.g., Health and Physical Education, Arts, World Languages)
This competitive grant opportunity for 2020-2021 will open on May 1 in iGrants (FP 730). In the meantime:
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Review the grant announcement that has all the information about the opportunity
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See the work other grantees have done
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Register for the Project Grant Walkthrough on May 5 at 3 pm
National Council of Teachers of English: There's no better time than now to celebrate children reading. On April 30 we will be celebrating with bookjoy in light of Children's Day, Book Day! The resources below are available to help you celebrate with your students.
Link: https://ncte.org/get-involved/2020-cd-bd/
Ideas for giving virtual feedback on student work: How are you managing feedback in your virtual or remote setting? Please click on this link to find and share ideas.
Link: https://padlet.com/elawak12/Bookmarks
New Literacy Project: The News Literacy Project (PDF) is a national education nonprofit offering nonpartisan, independent programs that teach students how to know what to trust in the digital age.
Link: https://newslit.org
Celebrate Children’s Books! April starts and ends the month with celebrations of children’s books. International Children’s Books Day is April 2 while Children’s Day/Book Day is April 30.
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Pat Mora: "Children’s Day, Book Day, in Spanish, El día de los niños, el día de los libros, is a year-long commitment to celebrating all our children and to motivating them and their families to be readers, essential in our democracy." |
Link: http://www.patmora.com/whats-dia/
Eleven Ways Parents Can Help Their Children Read: https://www.readingrockets.org/blogs/shanahan-literacy/11-ways-parents-can-help-their-children-read
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