As we continue our emphasis on open-mindedness, please visit Primary Source (http://www.primarysource.org/for-teachers/guides ), a free website that provides teacher-created, classroom-ready activities designed around key primary sources, including written documents, artifacts, audio clips, visual evidence and much more. Each set of sources includes key questions, objectives, and a background essay to help you teach the activities with confidence and infuse more global content into your subject area. These activities shed light on topics that are often misunderstood and give voice to under-represented groups and their histories. These rich, easy-to-use classroom ideas can bring an international perspective to any grade level or subject area.
Thanks to all the teachers that recognized your students for last month’s learner profile: caring Ashianna Hayes- Ms. White Jaqueline Mencias-Garcia- Ms. Calhoun Ja’Kentae Jenkins- Ms. Ridley Jada Jackson- Ms. Ridley Tabias Cudgar- Ms. Jones Priceless Williams- Dr. Davis Kameron Clark- Ms. Pettway Makayla Davis- Mr. C. Howard Myriane Smith- Ms. Parker Maliyah Gordon- Ms. Carter Tacorra McGriff- Ms. Williams Jala Rowe- Ms. Edwards Please share how you are teaching open-mindedness in your classroom. If you have any questions about MYP, do not hesitate to email me or reply on this blog. Your question(s) may benefit someone else.
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Ms. Calhoun
9/19/2016 09:51:24 am
I am allowing the students to give different ways to solve problems, even if initially incorrect. I then "force" the students to say, "I understand, but is there a different way or I understand how you got your answer. And that has gone a long way in my class in allowing students to be receptive to other ideas.
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Coach Kelly
9/19/2016 12:43:51 pm
I have taken a new approach to teaching by allowing the students to lead small groups of discussions about the lesson and work as a team to formulate ways of concluding their answers as a team. The students are really enjoying taking ownership of their learning.
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Mr. Wingate
9/28/2016 11:07:17 am
Great website!
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Sheu Shwu-Jiuan
9/30/2016 07:14:44 am
I check the resource web. It looks fun and useful. The library where I plan to check it out see what books I can borrow to introduce to my class. Thank you!
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Micheala Lowe
10/3/2016 07:20:53 am
In our math classroom, as Ms. Calhoun mentioned, we allow open-minded by allowing students to express their many different strategies for arriving at answers and problem solving.
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Wayne Lomax
10/17/2016 08:04:20 am
In my classroom we work as a community in which we are as strong as our weakest link. Students are encouraged to say what is on their minds and to ask questions without feeling they will get backlash from other students. This allow students to be open-minded to the opinions and knowledge of their peers.
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