joelatorre.bsky.social
I build buy in, create community, and make kids and teachers love coming to school. Two-time New York State teaching award winner and multiple fantasy football titleholder. JosephLaTorre.net https://linktr.ee/TheJoeLaTorre
👤 Joined on 09 November 2024
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@joelatorre.bsky.socialFolks he is developing the juice.
Show PostFunny thing is: several years later and I remember that exact moment like it was yesterday—who said it, who else was in that classroom, how immediately/comprehensively we all melted down. What I don't remember: what the exit ticket data was from that lesson. 🤷♂️ (And I think that's the point?)
Show PostI’m going into a unit where students choose their next four short stories from a curated list—one focusing on plot, then setting, then character, then theme. They research one and publish their findings for the class as well. It’s student choice and it gives me a chance to take a backseat.
Show PostEven as a veteran teacher, hearing useful classroom engagement and management techniques others use is so helpful! Thank you @mrrablin.bsky.social and @edutopia.org 👏🏻 for this podcast episode! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
Show PostThis really resonates as the skill I’d want to cultivate in novice T’s as an intention: “Eventually, each teacher builds a repertoire of things to notice and a larger pool of ways to respond.” We need to name the repertoire/pool for novices to help them begin naming those things for themselves.
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