Month: October 2019

• Q is for Questions and Not Getting Caught in the Quagmire

  

  A teacher’s job is full of questions; that’s what we do really, live in questions. Answering, asking, composing, rephrasing — all those questions fill our day. And then we ask some more questions — questions that we hope will challenge our students, push them deeper, and foster critical thinking. We perfect our questioning skills to…

  Lynn Thomas

  October 19, 2019

  Critical Thinking, Mental Health, Social-Emotional Learning, Teaching

  Critical Thinking, inner critic, reflection, retrieval practice, self-talk

• P is for Patience

  

  “If we want to live wider and deeper lives, not just faster ones, we have to practice patience — patience with ourselves, with other people, and with the big and small circumstances of life itself.” M. J. Ryan Have you ever felt frustrated? Exasperated? I think those are pretty natural feelings to experience occasionally but…

  Lynn Thomas

  October 8, 2019

  Empathy, Mental Health, Social-Emotional Learning, Teaching

  Empathy, Happiness, Mental Health, mental health and wellness, mindset, patience, social-emotional learning, Social-Emotional Skills