Email from Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility Plus AAPI Heritage Month, activities to end the year, and more!     Morningside Center Newsletter     Happy Teacher Appreciation Week, Morningside Friends! Educators in our schools, after-school programs, CBOs and beyond are precious wisdom-nurturers and caretakers who change the lives of our children and families and we are delighted to honor them this week! It is also Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! Across cultures, skills, practices and stories, FOUR Teachable Moments and what we’re reading make the adventure this week. And it is Spring Fund Appeal time! If you can give, click the DONATE button below to support our work together. Whether now is a good time for you or not, PLEASE share this email with friends and family who may want to follow the work and/or join in to fund SEL, restorative practices, equity work, community building and more in whole school and district communities! Featured on TeachableMoment The Teachers in Our Lives In honor of Teacher Appreciation week, Morningside Center offers this Circle-based lesson as an invitation for students and Circle keepers to reflect on the impactful teachers and “teachers” in their lives; what lessons were learned; and ways they’ve passed this learning forward. Celebrating AAPI Heritage Month Through Song One of the most powerful ways to connect to others’ lived experiences is through music. In this lesson for grades 7-12, students will listen and respond to the songs of three musical artists that identify as AAPI SEL Tip: Sharing Appreciations Developing a practice of sharing appreciations can help build community and shift your classroom climate. It’s wonderful to hear someone say something as simple as “I appreciate you,” and it can be even more impactful with a little time and practice to share something more specific. Activities to End the Year Looking for ways to help students reflect on the past year? Ways to deal with spring fever? Activities and games to celebrate the community you've built over the past months? Here are some activities you might consider to close out the school year and prepare students to transition into the summer and the year to come. What We're Reading Building Bridges to Support Grade-Level Transitions "It’s important to honor and reflect on the growth and bonds that students have made during the present school year, and to simultaneously prepare for the next school year and future experiences." By Laura Wheeler at Edutopia What is your child learning at school? NYC launches new tool to track literacy lessons "A new tool quietly launched by New York City’s Education Department gives families and the broader public a window into the topics students are learning about in English language arts classes at any given time. It also serves up free digital books connected to the specific unit students are learning about." By Alex Zimmerman at Chalkbeat “Unless we know ourselves and our history, and other people and their history, there is really no way that we can really have positive kinds of interaction where there is real understanding.” —Yuri Kochiyama Donate Shop Website   Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility www.morningsidecenter.org   Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility | 475 Riverside Drive, Suite 550 | New York, NY 10115 US Unsubscribe | Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice