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    🎉The giveaway has ended🎉 LaNesha and I are e 🎉The giveaway has ended🎉 LaNesha and I are excited to add Awesomely Emma to our K/1 Perspectives Through Picture Books units! It's so well written and has a beautiful message and lesson all students (and adults) will benefit from! The wonderful author, @thislittlemiggy
To enter, comment your favorite thing about the power of picture books. 
This giveaway will close on Friday, March 5th. The winner will be contacted via direct message and must be able to provide a U.S. shipping address. (The lesson included is for K/1 students.)
    Awesomely Emma is our read aloud for today because Awesomely Emma is our read aloud for today because it's a book that makes us smile. Thanks for this gem @thislittlemiggy.
"Emma has limb differences, but different isn't bad, sad, or strange. It's just different! But when some accessibility problems get in the way at the local art museum, it ruins the fun of a class trip...and then Emma's friend Charley makes things even worse! In the middle of a really bad day, Emma has to call upon her sense of inner awesome to stand up for herself and teach everyone a lesson about the transformative power of feeling awesome in your own skin.
Amy Webb's follow-up to When Charley Met Emma, Awesomely Emma will have all kids cheering as they learn to see the inner awesome in themselves and those around them." - Google Books
Image ID: Noah holding the book Awesomely Emma and a Barbie doll with a limb difference..
    Some people's failure to take "the work" off of IG Some people's failure to take "the work" off of IG and actually apply it to their real lives harms BIPOC. Lying about feeling threatened by a Black person, reporting that you feel uncomfortable because a Black person held you accountable for racism in the workplace, not reflecting daily on how you might be racist and making changes immediately, not holding employees, co-workers, friends and family accountable when you know something is racist, not condemning racism (whether a Black person is present or not) harms us. And here's the thing, it's a tale as old as time. I'm tired of it. I've spoken with three POCs just in the past two days that have been disciplined at work for speaking up against racism. It's because of white supremacy and fragility that the discipline even takes place. I've been in that position in a workplace too many times. It feels like you just can't win when the people in power side with the racists because they too, are that level of racist. They don't see the situation from your perspective because... they can't. They think about how racism makes them feel uncomfortable to navigate and they make the rules about how much racism and discrimination is allowed in a workplace. It's like being sexually harassed by a male coworker and then having to report to a male superior about what happened and you just know there's a 99.9% chance they're going to excuse the behavior because it's probably behavior they engage in themselves. You feel helpless. And then, when you handle it yourself, you get in trouble for being "unprofessional" and you're labeled as emotional or aggressive or always making everything about race. 
My BIPOCs, we know this is a marathon and not a sprint. Racial battle fatigue is real. Take care of yourselves. I'm sorry that this is our path, but we've got this. Keep fighting. Keep advocating. Keep your head up. Justice delayed is justice denied, but we will always fight for it.
    Picking my books for Read Across America Week! I c Picking my books for Read Across America Week! I created my own suggestion list and picked a focus for each day. There are so many amazing books and authors to choose from! It's a good thing we can prioritize diversity and being inclusive for more than just one week out of the year. For Day 5 (Swipe to see our week) we are reading "A Book the Reflects Something About You". Noah chose The King of Kindergarten and Jabari Tries. ❤️ What will you be reading next week?
    When I was in the classroom, and even now as I tea When I was in the classroom, and even now as I teach my son, I am always focused on what I want my learners to walk away with. I craft my lessons with the goal of guiding them in the direction I hope they'll go after my lesson has ended. As it pertains to American history, with Black people as a focus, my goal is never for students to simply learn that Black people were enslaved. The end. How sad. 
I want them to know that though Black people were enslaved, they resisted. I want them to know that though they were oppressed, they stood up for themselves. They boycotted. They peacefully protested. They violently protested. They forced white people to change racist laws. They took up space that they deserved. They organized and they marched and we still do today.  Enslavement and oppression will never be the center of my lesson. It's not the only aspect I want my kids to focus on. I want them to know that even with all the odds stacked against us, we survived. We escaped. We helped others. We loved and had families. We wrote books. We were innovative. We created. We shined. We painted. We went to space. We broke barriers that should have never been there. We told our stories and we passed our energy down to the next generation to keep on doing the same.
Image ID: A white square that says, "As Black History Month comes to an end, your focus on Black History should not. What are your students’ key takeaways from Black history month this year? Hint: it shouldn’t only be: Black people were enslaved and treated unfairly. Plus images of Black history resources created by @apron_education and I
    📚Read Across America is coming up and we’re a 📚Read Across America is coming up and we’re already seeing Seuss themed materials rolling out ‼️
So, @clevergirlcraftings and I teamed up to create this resource for caregivers and parents who want to advocate for students by encouraging their schools to rethink Seuss celebrations and focus on diversity & inclusion instead during Read Across America!
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Dr. Seuss’ works are filled with racist stereotypes and imagery (evidence in @clevergirlcraftings Story highlights), yet many educators and schools refuse to distance themselves from him. In clinging to him they inflict harm by exposing their students to these images and excusing an unapologetic racist. 
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In this guide we share: 
✏️email templates for addressing educators, principals, and superintendents (first email as well as follow-ups. 
✏️a slideshow to present or email filled with information about Seuss and Read Across America
✏️a note to excuse students from activities
✏️a book list and suggestions of how to celebrate the week
✏️links to read & include in emails
✏️5 printable Read Across America activities to gift to teachers that may need to change plans (or you can use them at home to counter what is being taught at school)
✏️and more!
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