Teachers Helping Teachers

am very proud of my online store where I sell helpful reading lessons and project-based learning slides to teachers who need a quick way to engage their students.

I have been a seller on TpT since 2007 and it has grown tremendously over the years. However, I am NOT just a seller I am also a buyer. I tutor part-time, so I always look for helpful assignments for my students who vary in grade level.

I know that many teachers are on a budget so I wanted to list a few sites I like to use and find lesson sources for free. After all, teachers are ALWAYS on a budget!

Great School Partnership - This site featured my lesson plan on Ukrania poetry and offered great classroom engagement tips and ideas.

Education World - Education World is a complete online resource that teachers, administrators and school staff can visit each day to find high-quality and in-depth original content. 

Education.com - This site provides content that will "Nurture each child’s passion, curiosity, optimism, and educational success."

EdHelper.com - I have always loved Edhelper. They have a tremendous variety of lessons covering tons of topics.

These are just a few of the available site to help you plan optimum lessons for your kiddos. Just Google "lesson plans".

Teaching and Making Real World Connections

 July 2022

J. Sanders-Nelson
Dallas, Texas

In the spring of 2022, I was creating a poetry unit and I somehow wanted to make a connection between poetry and what was going on in the Ukraine which had dominated all news on all sources of media.

 

My students and I had brief conversations about it but never really delve deeper into it.

I decided to Google "Ukrainian poetry" and bingo, I found this article: “You’ve got to live somewhere you aren’t afraid to die.” Contemporary Ukrainian Poetry From Kharkiv

Here I discovered the most amazing and relevant poetry by Serhiy Zhadan, a punk lyricist and definitely poet. 

With this singular resource, I created an engaging lesson that many of my students could absolutely relate to. Many commented on the poems being relevant to the social justice protest right here in our country. 

If you would like to use this poetry lesson for your students, please click here from the Great Schools Partnership Blog by Kate Gardoqui .

Lesson Plan: The Poetry of Serhiy Zhadan