Teaching With Magic

I’ve been tutoring a 4th grade student in the morning, and so far, I’ve learned the following:
- he wants to be a tattoo artist when he grows up,
- he 3D printed me a pickle fidget,
- he plays Magic the Gathering & has some of the LotR cards and he’s going to show tomorrow.
I love my job.

So I’m teaching an academic “camp” right now and a 4th grader noticed my One Ring to Rule Them All sticker “I like it because it sounds like a poem or a prophecy” and I was like “WELL LET ME TELL YOU CHILD” now she wants to read the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit and this is why I do what I do 🥰

When they accidentally tell the truth... (Pt. 2)

(also try to avoid swimming in sewage)

All fixed!

Oh no! Thank you for letting me know!

It’s gonna be May…. Be sure to visit your local comics shop this Saturday! A wonderful and exciting day for reading! Comics = literacy! #freecomicbookday

Wrong. That’s a baby dragon.

"The Imperial Senate will no longer be of any concern to us. I've just received word that the Emperor has dissolved the council permanently. The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.”

Coming soon to a former democracy.

“We stand for no Frodo slander”

Hi everyone.
This is Patricia.
Patricia really enjoyed spring break.

YouTube video by Voices of Arda Voices of Arda Episode 60: The Magic of Teaching

I’m really happy that I got to hang out with Kali and @knewbettadobetta.bsky.social on the Voices of Arda. I got to talk about how I bring Tolkien to my classes, ways that Tolkien inspired me to become a dyslexia educator, and some of my favorite teachers in the Legendarium.
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This Tolkien Reading Day (Tuesday March 25th) Season 1 of the PPP will be rereleased over at youtube.com/@prancingpon...! Be sure to subscribe so you're notified when the episodes drop.

Join the Tolkien community — along with The Man of the West and The Lord of the Mark — for the PPP's 10th annual Tolkien Reading Day, observed every March 25th. This year's theme, as chosen by @tolkiensociety.org is Fellowship and Community. dcs-spotify.megaphone.fm/GLSS34260950...

Tolkien on Tap - Of The Meade Episode (Part 2) SPDM Crew · Episode

On this episode of Tolkien on Tap, @the-neej.bsky.social continues his talk with @teachingwithmagic.bsky.social , Jen, and @guiamonster.bsky.social about the #LOTR musical, the #harfoots, and more!

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#jrrtolkien #tolkien #middleearth #podcast #podcastersofbluesky

Educators -We do not give up. We do not give in. As John Lewis said -we find a way to get in the way, to get into good trouble. Welcome to the resistance. Regardless of dismantling of the federal education department, as horrendous as this is, we go back to work tomorrow. So much is depending on it.

I’m so excited! And I’m so happy to be part of such an amazing community 💜

“It’s all part of the same thing. It is Censorship or Repression, or Dictatorship, or Reaction, or whatever you want to call it. It’s is the stuff Fascism fattens on.”

- Shirley Jackson, when a student at Syracuse University in the 1939-1950 school year, writing in defense of #FreeSpeech on […]

One of my students was gushing about Marvel today and we landed on the earlier Captain America movies and she said with a straight face “I feel like Captain America is just Straight White Male propaganda”

Reader I HOWLED

I don’t understand how little kids can have such big chaotic energy

Mine just got over a cold and pinkeye only to develop a stomach bug. I feel this SO HARD

There’s nothing better than getting together with good friends to talk about your favorite stories ❤️

For more on how this applies to Ahsoka and the Clone Wars, be sure to listen to “Part of a Legacy” on Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Amazon Music, and Spotify linktr.ee/TeachingW.Ma...

Instead, Trauma Responsive Ed needs to be:
✔️Universal, Proactive, Preventative
✔️Anti-Racist, Anti-Oppressive
✔️Fix the inequities that lead to trauma
✔️Systems of support
✔️ Present in the classroom, district, and statewide.
✔️Aim to create a trauma free world.
@asv.bsky.social

We think Trauma Responsive Education means:
✏️Social Emotional Learning curricula
✏️Anti Bullying mandates
✏️No Tolerance policies
✏️Expecting families and outside resources to fix the problem
✏️Kids and their problems are something to be "fixed."
All of these can contribute to and perpetuate trauma

Teaching With Magic on Substack When I started researching for “Part of a Legacy,” I really wanted to understand how trauma can manifest itself in the classroom. I saw it happening daily- my class of 4th graders struggled to perform...

When I started research for “Part of a Legacy,” I wanted to understand how trauma manifests. That’s when I found @asv.bsky.social “Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education.” Band aid practices don’t work unless the entire system is devoted to meeting our students’ needs
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Rosario Dawson as Ahsoka posing with her arms crossed.

Have you listened to “Part of a Legacy” yet? Listen closely for a secret code for a prize at the end! Go to linktr.ee/TeachingW.Ma... to listen! It’s available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Amazon Music! #StarWars #Teaching #Ahsoka #Jedi #Mandalorian #CloneWars

HELL YES

I had SO MUCH FUN with TJ! Talking all things Tolkien.. and TJ was kind enough to ask me about my Signum U thesis!

8th grade boys are hilarious.
They spend half their time acting up and showing off how cool and tough they are.
They spend the other half telling me all about their lives like I’m a therapist.
I love ‘em.

Part of a Legacy: Master and Apprentice Relationships in Ahsoka and Trauma Responsive Education The recent release of Ahsoka in live-action has been a delight to fans of The Clone Wars series, the Prequel films, and Star Wars: Rebels. But, while this sh...

Part of a Legacy- now in audio and video format! Listen to the full episode for the secret code... and a prize at the end!