TT54 - Teaching students the bigger picture and connecting content to humanity: Jennifer, teacher of ELA, ELL, Spanish in MS and HS

April 16, 2026 00:32:48
TT54 - Teaching students the bigger picture and connecting content to humanity: Jennifer, teacher of ELA, ELL, Spanish in MS and HS
Teacher Tales
TT54 - Teaching students the bigger picture and connecting content to humanity: Jennifer, teacher of ELA, ELL, Spanish in MS and HS

Apr 16 2026 | 00:32:48

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Show Notes

In this episode, our guest teacher from North Caroline, Jennifer, goes big and deep into making connections to humanity through what we teach students. We touch on all the important C’s – curriculum, content, celebrations, communication, conversations, conferences, community, cross-curricular, cross-cutlural, and most of all, connections! As Jennifer showed participants at a recent conference, these big C’s are like strands of thread that should be woven into a lesson in order to help them see a bigger “tapestry” of life and to greater appreciate the humanity that connects us all. Jennifer shares that her goal in every lesson is to…

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