Welcome to our new blog!

Welcome to our new blog!

We are going to be providing timely and helpful information and tips for new as well as more veteran educators.

Our schedule of blogs for 2018-2019

Month	Topic
August 2018	Teacher Resilience
September 2018	Establishing Classroom Procedures
October 2018	Mindfulness For Teachers
November 2018	High Quality Anchor Charts
January 2019	Culturally Responsive Teaching
February 2019	Mindfulness in the Classroom
March 2019	Fine Motor Skills
April 2019	Emerging Writer’s Workshop

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Social Justice Presentations 2

The DKG California STEP committee has created 3 more social justice presentations for your enjoyment, reflection and personal/professional development. These presentations can be used by individuals or groups or even for chapter programs. Please read the following descriptions to learn what each presentation has to offer: How To Be an Antiracist Ally View this presentation to learn what you can do to be an antiracist ally. Are you unsure about what is entailed with being an antiracist and/or ally? This presentation will help to clarify the terms as well as give you ideas of actions you can take. Racism This presentation answers the question: What is racism? It also explains how race is a socially constructed concept rather than biological fact. It encourages you to consider the role of race and racism in your life. Teaching With the Social Justice Standards This presentation provides information about what the social justice standards are and where you can find them in...

Resources For Teaching For Racial Justice

We are all watching the demonstrations happening right now in response to the many years of discrimination and oppression of people of color and wondering what we can do as educators to help ensure that our society does better moving forward. As educators we have the power and the ability to be part of the solution. There are many resources available that can help guide us on that journey. We hope that the books,websites and resources below will empower you to help make the change that is needed right now. We must also acknowledge that every teacher comes to issues of race differently based on their own experiences and identity/ies. White educators have a special responsibility to increase their own understanding and to listen when they are fortunate enough to hear about the experiences of their colleagues of color. However, we must ensure that the burden of informing others about the history and experience of racism does not rest on the shoulders of our colleagues an...

Why Workshop and Balanced Literacy?

We have all heard about the pendulum of literacy instruction that forever seems to swing back and forth between isolated phonics instruction and/or diving right into immersing children in reading and writing experiences. Another way of looking at the possibilities for literacy instruction is a more balanced approach that incorporates benefits from both sides of the Whole Language vs Phonics debate. If we use a balanced literacy approach for our literacy instruction, students can benefit from explicit, direct instruction in Phonics as well as engage in authentic reading and writing experiences. Reading and Writing Workshop are integral to a balanced literacy approach in addition to other foundational practices such as: shared reading, interactive writing, guided reading and Phonics or word work, just to name a few. For the purposes of this post, reading and writing workshop are defined as structures that have the following components: daily, succinct mini-...

DKG California Support Team for Emerging Professionals

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