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Sometimes wisdom
comes in small packages.
In the case of Flor,
wisdom comes
in a 4 ft. package.
Yes, it is quite a challenge
(and honor!)
teaching such a mind.
Find a free pdf here for
decoration, discussion,
or informative graffiti.
-Q
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2014 Submit-A-Quote Winners
1st Place
Don’t make fun of others.
God didn’t laugh when he made you.
>Flor Galindo<
4th Grade, Salinas Elementary, SBCUSD
2nd Place
The darkness is how you follow,
the light is how you lead.
>Alana Allard<
4th Grade, Seneca Elementary, MVUSD
3rd Place
It is not easy to do something,
but it feels better to have accomplished it.
>Saida Diaz<
6th Grade, Norton Elementary, SBCUSD
Honorable Mentions
“Our secret weapon are our minds”
Kyler Dorsey, Salinas Elementary
“If you gain a little,
save it up and you will earn something big.”
Ivan Jimenez. Seneca Elementary
“God gave me feet,
so I decided to walk them toward my dreams.”
Natalia Prandini, Seneca Elementary
“Those who sleep through life
will awaken to failure.”
Adrew Almada, Salinas Elementary
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Not everything that can be counted counts,
and not everything that counts can be counted.
>Albert Einstein<
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Martin Luther King, Jr. quotes for Socratic discussion.
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Fine a pdf of these wonderful quotes for Socratic discussion here.
-Q
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Sure, he may be rough
& vulgar.
Like the pot-ridden face
that inspired his work.
Bukowski is our pain,
our solitude.
Few carry sorrow
-shrouded in wisdom-
as he.
Bukowski is proof that
even the lowest
of of our lot
has a world of beauty
inside.
Enjoy the free pdf here.
-Q
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What do you get when you mix wild kids,
wilder parents,
wilder-er grad students,
and the wildest-est teachers & prof?
Obviously problems with
the comparative and superlative,
but also a recipe
for a new type of learning!
Enjoy,
-Q
Special thanks to Alex Avila,
the media mastermind
behind it all.
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The first is the cattle prod.
Socrates.
The true father of education.
A teacher that was sentenced to death for
“corrupting the youth”.
A man that practically created pedagogy
and the probable inventor of
the toga party.
Know what?!
You too can cause
intellectual celebration and self-destruction
in your very own classroom!
I present…
The Socratic Circle.
aka
The Socratic Seminar.
aka
Cultural Circles.
Above is a sampling by
Grand Master Teacher Larry Light
using quotes about Gandhi
to demonstrate character analysis.
However, anything may be used
to push discussion along
including art, articles, & poetry.
This is the bread and butter and jam
of Quotationals lessons.
THE best tool to connect
kids, families, and community.
A copy of the Gandhi quotes can be found here.
A copy of the follow-up Gandhi Non-Test can be found here.
A copy of Common Core Standards can be found here.
Now, go question.
-Q
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Drink + Suffering + Raven Feather Quill = Edgar Allan Poe
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Boo.
An early Halloweenie present from
the Father of the Macabre.
Click here for a free pdf download.
Enjoy,
-Q
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