So...I did a thing today. At the end of the school year, I was able to find out who will be in my classes next school year. At the end of the year, I signed them all up to their new Google Classrooms and asked them to check in the last week of school.
I created a voluntary Social Studies/Literacy Summer Boot Camp. I am hosting it every two weeks for the entire summer. I have invited my 7th grade honors students to come in for a 10a-12p session and my 8th grade honors students to come in for a 12p-2p session.
It was a success! I didn't expect a ton of kids to come in, but...I was able to get 13 students to break from their summer time to come in and learn with me! I am so proud of them. We did intensive historical analysis with primary and secondary sources while practicing more than 6 literacy standards.
What is more exciting? More students have signed up for the next session in 2-weeks!
This taught me a lot about my students.
* They like school.
* They like learning.
* My teaching engages them.
* I am worth giving up 2 hours of their break for Learning!
Feeling great!
Be Mindful.
Peace.
Mark Levine
#Mindfulliteracy
@LevineWrites
I have been thinking about doing a boot camp of sorts for my students. Glad this went well. I think I could do something like this 10-12 for one group and 12-2 for the other.
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