Hi Megan! Thanks for purchasing my product and including me on your Farewell to Manzanar review! Your blog is absolutely the cutest thing with the teaching and style tips! Feel free to contact me with other novel studies you might like to see added to my store at ms.staciyam@gmail.com
Just ordered a bunch of stickers from Etsy! Cant wait to get them. However I am also a teacher, so I am hoping I will be able to keep up with making my erin condren planner cute!
Hi! I’ll be directing my students in a play this Spring. Just a few questions lol: 1. How many hours did you practice a day? 2. How did you handle the craziness of everyone? 3. Did you do it on a weekend?
We rehearsed from 1:00-5:00 Monday through Friday for 5 weeks during the summer. We had a couple of days off during that time, and it honestly felt like a miracle that we pulled it off so quickly!
I was always very strict about the fact that the only way we can put on a play is as a TEAM. If anyone is goofing off, or doesn’t know their lines, or doesn’t show up, it hurts everyone else. So I used a lot of guilt to keep people in line, haha. There was also one day where I almost lost my mind and I got up on the stage and yelled at everyone for about 10 minutes straight about how if you weren’t here to WORK, you could just go home now, lol. A day like that is inevitable!
There will be moments where you wish you’d never gotten yourself into this, but once you see them perform and come together as a team, you will hardly be able to contain your tears of joy and pride! Good luck! 🙂
We are doing the Wizard of Oz!! 🙂 It will be our second play and we are so excited. How did you get them to remember their lines? I had a hard time last year with the kids memorizing their lines.
And I just want to say your videos and blogs are super helpful! I teach 6th grade (multiple subject) and you are such an inspiration. And I appreciate your online support. You, as well as a few other teachers, have inspired me to do a blog/videos to help others as well. God bless! 🙂
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I love this idea for an assessment! We just started our Constitution Unit this week, and I’m totally going to steal this idea for their unit quiz. Thank you!
Hi! We at CommonLit loved your Top 5 Online Resources video. Would you mind if we used the clip where you talk about CommonLit? If you’re ok with it, we’d really appreciate it if you could send us the video file so we can cut it down to the CommonLit bit. Feel free to email me directly. Thank you!!
Can you please add a way for us to get your posts in our email? I use feedburner and it’s supre easy to install and use! I want to remember to come here! Thanks! (I am an 8th grade resource teacher.)
I love this so much and have been halfheartedly aiming to purchase more ethical clothing toofor some time. Thankyou for inspiring me to make more of an effort on purchasing more locally made and ethically manufactured clothing 👍🏼
Loved this video Megan! I am beginning this novel in a week and just happened upon your talk. I’m even more excited about this unit after your comments. Missing you on Instagram!
@alycenturquoise
I just started teaching ELD in middle school in January after being a classroom elementary school teacher for 6 years. Let me tell you, you have been are an incredible resource! Having an elementary school background, I am worried that I am not pushing my students to do the highest level/quality work that they should be. I want to do a PBL research project, but I am having difficulty finding the proper resources for them. Do you have any recommendations/suggestions?
Hey Megan! Thank you for sharing your teaching journey. I am a third year teacher. I teach 5th and 6th grade social studies. I would love if you would share about exactly how you tackle lesson planning. As a new teacher I often struggle and stress quite a bit about planning. I would appreciate any tips/tricks you have.
Greetings Megan,
I am writing about people who care about ethically sourced fashion, Some of the businesses I am highlighting are, Elegantees, Rooted Beauty, and The Root Collective, my friend Bethany Tran’s shoe business. I wanted to properly quote you and site your voice on the YouTube vids you have published.
Best Regards,
Shawna
I am 53 and have a crazy hope to be a person like you even though I began using English 20 months ago since I came to US as a pending undocumented refugee from China. Your video of classroom tour in Youtube is so inspiring.
Hello Megan . I have been watching your videos for a while now. You are an amazing teacher . I am studying to be a history teacher too. One of my favorite videos from your channel that I have watched was Teaching History As If Black Lives Matter. Although I am not a black student I am an Asian American,but I never really learned about Asian History except for Chinese immigrants and Japanese concentration camps. These are important but there is so much more to Asian History than China and Japan and Black History than slavery. As a future history teacher I wanna teach my students about the world and give them a unbiased view of the world. I love watching your videos. I hope I can become an amazing history teacher like you.
Thank you! I love this idea. Using it for my homeschooled 6th grader in 2021 😀 Hashtags are fairly common now, but I still love the skit video you posted!
Hello. My name is Brian Everett Francis, Rothschild Francis was my father Bernard Gilbert Francis’ grandfather. As a proud American with carribean roots I am intrigued by the life and contributions my great grandfather made to the Islands. I understand that when he feld to the US he landed in Brooklyn NY. I’m a Native New Yorker and I would be interested in his journey from there and connections with any existing family members. Hopefully you may have come across some information during your research. I would appreciate any insight you could provide.
Thank you in advance.
I just learned about RF today from a Fellow Jamaican who currently lives in the USVI’s and as I am sure that you already know, we are the descendants of the indigenous and African travelers and slaves who ended up in the Caribbean and who’s language, culture and religion were erased, muddled and at very least lost and replaced with a disjointed and false history. Its those like RF, MG, NT, MX & MLK and other men and women who were supposed to keep our history. However many of us just dont know it and dont care to know it due to keeping our present day lives in order, but you see where that gets us, a whole bunch of ignorance and more confusion.
I am a Web 3 Architect and lead many projects in Art, Tech and Social Impact and I have a Thesis that our Culture is the Powers the world (from the Continent to the Caribbean) but as a Jamaica there is no way to be in the world and not feel the affect that brand Jamaica has…and when I got into the Web 3 space..rather that create a digital shitcoin token I realized that the most important thing is US the CULTURE…so I am on a quest to ” MINT THE CULTURE” onto the Blockchain where it is immutable and can be passed on as true generational wealth.
I have learned some interesting things from some elders and with my WEB3 mind I not only see a way for sovereignty (if thats what they want) but I see a way for the USVI’s to get the big “R” and that can really be something that can change a family and their generational direction. I’m looking at this as a major domino as a story that could change the trajectory of the USVI and the CARRIBBEAN.
Thank you for your work and I am also proud of you. Are you from the USVI’s?
Oh wow, that’s amazing and so interesting to hear about! My father-in-law told me about Rothschild Francis, because he was his grandfather. We are trying to keep his legacy alive through our family, who now lives in Southern California. We need a family trip to the USVI soon though!
This reminds me of your 4:29 club/group from our CEFC youth group days!
You need to take me shopping! After baby #3 I need some wardrobe updates. Btw, we will be in Santa Barbara in February!
You will? Ok then WE will be in Santa Barbara in February, haha. And we’ll find a Target!
Then I want to be in Santa Barbara in February!
Inspirational! Loves it!
You are beautiful and a real inspiration!
Awww thank you so much, that’s so nice of you!
Hi Megan! Thanks for purchasing my product and including me on your Farewell to Manzanar review! Your blog is absolutely the cutest thing with the teaching and style tips! Feel free to contact me with other novel studies you might like to see added to my store at ms.staciyam@gmail.com
Thanks again! =]
Thank YOU for creating such great curriculum with so much heart. I will definitely keep in touch about more novel studies! 🙂
thanks for the mention!
Your post always stuck with me for some reason. I like the idea of “taking stock” 🙂
Just ordered a bunch of stickers from Etsy! Cant wait to get them. However I am also a teacher, so I am hoping I will be able to keep up with making my erin condren planner cute!
Oh fun, I love to see how other people do theirs!
Starting this in my 7th grade reading class this week.
Hi! I’ll be directing my students in a play this Spring. Just a few questions lol: 1. How many hours did you practice a day? 2. How did you handle the craziness of everyone? 3. Did you do it on a weekend?
Thanks,
Audra
How fun! Which play are you going to do?
We rehearsed from 1:00-5:00 Monday through Friday for 5 weeks during the summer. We had a couple of days off during that time, and it honestly felt like a miracle that we pulled it off so quickly!
I was always very strict about the fact that the only way we can put on a play is as a TEAM. If anyone is goofing off, or doesn’t know their lines, or doesn’t show up, it hurts everyone else. So I used a lot of guilt to keep people in line, haha. There was also one day where I almost lost my mind and I got up on the stage and yelled at everyone for about 10 minutes straight about how if you weren’t here to WORK, you could just go home now, lol. A day like that is inevitable!
There will be moments where you wish you’d never gotten yourself into this, but once you see them perform and come together as a team, you will hardly be able to contain your tears of joy and pride! Good luck! 🙂
We are doing the Wizard of Oz!! 🙂 It will be our second play and we are so excited. How did you get them to remember their lines? I had a hard time last year with the kids memorizing their lines.
And I just want to say your videos and blogs are super helpful! I teach 6th grade (multiple subject) and you are such an inspiration. And I appreciate your online support. You, as well as a few other teachers, have inspired me to do a blog/videos to help others as well. God bless! 🙂
I love this idea for an assessment! We just started our Constitution Unit this week, and I’m totally going to steal this idea for their unit quiz. Thank you!
Hi! We at CommonLit loved your Top 5 Online Resources video. Would you mind if we used the clip where you talk about CommonLit? If you’re ok with it, we’d really appreciate it if you could send us the video file so we can cut it down to the CommonLit bit. Feel free to email me directly. Thank you!!
Welcome back!! Will love reading your posts just as much as watching your videos 🤗👏🏻
Can you please add a way for us to get your posts in our email? I use feedburner and it’s supre easy to install and use! I want to remember to come here! Thanks! (I am an 8th grade resource teacher.)
Thanks for the suggestion! I will definitely try feedburner, thank you for your help! 😊
You’re so very welcome. I love your videos! 🙂
I love this so much and have been halfheartedly aiming to purchase more ethical clothing toofor some time. Thankyou for inspiring me to make more of an effort on purchasing more locally made and ethically manufactured clothing 👍🏼
Hi, love this idea! Is the story you use particularly good with this activity or could anything work?
I love you and I have learnt a lot from your video.I am also a teacher in Nigeria
This is such an awesome idea! I can’t wait to do something similar with my sixth graders. Thank you!
Loved this video Megan! I am beginning this novel in a week and just happened upon your talk. I’m even more excited about this unit after your comments. Missing you on Instagram!
@alycenturquoise
I just started teaching ELD in middle school in January after being a classroom elementary school teacher for 6 years. Let me tell you, you have been are an incredible resource! Having an elementary school background, I am worried that I am not pushing my students to do the highest level/quality work that they should be. I want to do a PBL research project, but I am having difficulty finding the proper resources for them. Do you have any recommendations/suggestions?
Would love to see some examples of student work. This sounds fun.
Hey Megan! Thank you for sharing your teaching journey. I am a third year teacher. I teach 5th and 6th grade social studies. I would love if you would share about exactly how you tackle lesson planning. As a new teacher I often struggle and stress quite a bit about planning. I would appreciate any tips/tricks you have.
Would you ever be willing to add find your voice?? I love this file. It’s perfect. Thanks for sharing.
I am so inspired by your ideas and blessed by your heart.
Would you please let me know when you have the ‘History Teacher’ stickers back in stock? Thanks!
Yes I love reading your work!!! Thank you for sharing with us!!!
Greetings Megan,
I am writing about people who care about ethically sourced fashion, Some of the businesses I am highlighting are, Elegantees, Rooted Beauty, and The Root Collective, my friend Bethany Tran’s shoe business. I wanted to properly quote you and site your voice on the YouTube vids you have published.
Best Regards,
Shawna
That’s awesome Shawna!
I have the gray one and love it!
Thank you!
mrs.j_booksanddreams
Can’t wait to wear this!
I am 53 and have a crazy hope to be a person like you even though I began using English 20 months ago since I came to US as a pending undocumented refugee from China. Your video of classroom tour in Youtube is so inspiring.
Great read, I knew some history of Brazil but not to this degree.
Hello Megan . I have been watching your videos for a while now. You are an amazing teacher . I am studying to be a history teacher too. One of my favorite videos from your channel that I have watched was Teaching History As If Black Lives Matter. Although I am not a black student I am an Asian American,but I never really learned about Asian History except for Chinese immigrants and Japanese concentration camps. These are important but there is so much more to Asian History than China and Japan and Black History than slavery. As a future history teacher I wanna teach my students about the world and give them a unbiased view of the world. I love watching your videos. I hope I can become an amazing history teacher like you.
Do you mind sharing in which “separate post” you shared the activity about how you “connected their summaries to the overall theme of the story”?
I would love this shirt! But it is out of stock. Any chance of restocking it? Many thanks.
Actually yes! I should be getting more in next week!
Thank you! I love this idea. Using it for my homeschooled 6th grader in 2021 😀 Hashtags are fairly common now, but I still love the skit video you posted!
Hello. My name is Brian Everett Francis, Rothschild Francis was my father Bernard Gilbert Francis’ grandfather. As a proud American with carribean roots I am intrigued by the life and contributions my great grandfather made to the Islands. I understand that when he feld to the US he landed in Brooklyn NY. I’m a Native New Yorker and I would be interested in his journey from there and connections with any existing family members. Hopefully you may have come across some information during your research. I would appreciate any insight you could provide.
Thank you in advance.
Brian Everett Francis
Oh wow, so nice to meet you! I’ll look for some more connections for sure!
I just learned about RF today from a Fellow Jamaican who currently lives in the USVI’s and as I am sure that you already know, we are the descendants of the indigenous and African travelers and slaves who ended up in the Caribbean and who’s language, culture and religion were erased, muddled and at very least lost and replaced with a disjointed and false history. Its those like RF, MG, NT, MX & MLK and other men and women who were supposed to keep our history. However many of us just dont know it and dont care to know it due to keeping our present day lives in order, but you see where that gets us, a whole bunch of ignorance and more confusion.
I am a Web 3 Architect and lead many projects in Art, Tech and Social Impact and I have a Thesis that our Culture is the Powers the world (from the Continent to the Caribbean) but as a Jamaica there is no way to be in the world and not feel the affect that brand Jamaica has…and when I got into the Web 3 space..rather that create a digital shitcoin token I realized that the most important thing is US the CULTURE…so I am on a quest to ” MINT THE CULTURE” onto the Blockchain where it is immutable and can be passed on as true generational wealth.
I have learned some interesting things from some elders and with my WEB3 mind I not only see a way for sovereignty (if thats what they want) but I see a way for the USVI’s to get the big “R” and that can really be something that can change a family and their generational direction. I’m looking at this as a major domino as a story that could change the trajectory of the USVI and the CARRIBBEAN.
Thank you for your work and I am also proud of you. Are you from the USVI’s?
Oh wow, that’s amazing and so interesting to hear about! My father-in-law told me about Rothschild Francis, because he was his grandfather. We are trying to keep his legacy alive through our family, who now lives in Southern California. We need a family trip to the USVI soon though!