3/26/24: Helping student writers grow, taking care of yourself, and some more motivation!

Is it summer yet? 🤣

But First, A Chuckle!

 Student: Did we do anything while I was absent?

Teacher: Nope we just sat here waiting for your victorious return.
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Helpful Stuff

Here’s a fantastic tip to help you help your students improve their writing:

Set goals (and personalized individual goals) for each student and each writing assignment.

Instead of trying to cover everything in one single writing assignment, perhaps the student can focus on writing 3 paragraphs with great topic sentences and supporting details after.

That way you and your students don’t get so overwhelmed!
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Recommendations

​This fantastic episode of The Ed Mylett podcast really reminds us about the importance of self-care and not putting our needs behind those of the ones we love.

A powerful quote from the episode:

“And so there's a difference between loving somebody and accepting them. My great friends, I tell 'em all the time, man, I love you. I believe in you, but I don't want 'em to accept all my stuff. I want them to expect of me better than I'm doing. I want them to believe in me and love me so much that they see the version of me I could be that I'm capable of becoming. I think that's what a great friend does.”

Check it out here on Spotify: “14 Signs You Don’t Love Yourself Enough”
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A Little InspiratioN

Because our headspace matters when we are trying to show up as our best selves for our students, our loved ones, and ourselves!

The secret of change is to focus all of your energy,
not on fighting the old, but on building the new.
-Socrates
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As always, please forward this to any teacher that could benefit from this message and help spread the love! 

The goal of these messages is to help ourselves improve—for our students, for our loved ones, and for ourselves. 
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Keep changing the world!
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Charlie with Shining Scholar Education
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