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Sharing successes and challenges through teaching while becoming a (hopefully) published author.

Self Talk Art: 54 Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers
Core Competenices, SEL, Art, Literacy, Class Community Melissa Salter Core Competenices, SEL, Art, Literacy, Class Community Melissa Salter

Self Talk Art: 54 Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers

Positive self talk art inspired by 54 Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers. This blog post is about our class discussion of ‘should-ing’ on yourself and the positive self talk art we made after the discussion. It was a community building activity that has become a powerful display of the good our classmates see in us—and the good we see in ourselves!

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Self Talk & Emotions: Three activities to explore 54 Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers
Literacy, Core Competencies, SEL, Read Aloud, Class Community Melissa Salter Literacy, Core Competencies, SEL, Read Aloud, Class Community Melissa Salter

Self Talk & Emotions: Three activities to explore 54 Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers

Using literature to unpack self talk and build class community is powerful. Three more activities to do with 54 Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers. I also share a few ideas for how I design lessons linked to books I am reading. Making a novel do double or triple duty in the intermediate classroom makes engagement with the text even deeper.

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