Gabrielle Plastrik
@gplastrik.bsky.social
MG and YA reader, curator of learning experiences, parent, executive function coach, baker, and poet. I work toward a more just world with little choices every day.
In essence, it is like chunking rubric categories and not doing the math to have a final grade. It helps learners focus on progress in skill and content knowledge areas. The grades mean something rather than appearing as a value judgment.
November 19, 2025 at 4:05 AM
In essence, it is like chunking rubric categories and not doing the math to have a final grade. It helps learners focus on progress in skill and content knowledge areas. The grades mean something rather than appearing as a value judgment.
I switched to standards based grading in my own classroom long before common core and systematized sbg.
November 19, 2025 at 4:05 AM
I switched to standards based grading in my own classroom long before common core and systematized sbg.
This whole conversation made me think of Tinkers, which is both about time and best enjoyed slowly.
November 15, 2025 at 4:54 AM
This whole conversation made me think of Tinkers, which is both about time and best enjoyed slowly.
This is what I came to say!
November 13, 2025 at 2:57 AM
This is what I came to say!
This is one of my favorite passages of Walden. I use it to teach enjambment. Groups of students create poems using mostly only these words. Every group always has a different poem. Then we look at the work the line breaks are doing in their creations. 📖
November 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
This is one of my favorite passages of Walden. I use it to teach enjambment. Groups of students create poems using mostly only these words. Every group always has a different poem. Then we look at the work the line breaks are doing in their creations. 📖
American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1750–1804
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American Revolutions
Alan Taylor is featured in THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, a film by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt on PBS<br /><br />'Excellent…deserves high praise. Mr. Taylor conveys this sprawling c...
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November 8, 2025 at 9:32 AM
American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1750–1804
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An amazing resource. Thank you.
November 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
An amazing resource. Thank you.
There should be a movie about Perkins!
Thanks for the book rec! That one is about her aiding refugees from Nazi Germany. I am adding it to the tbr pile!
Perkins took care of people.
Thanks for the book rec! That one is about her aiding refugees from Nazi Germany. I am adding it to the tbr pile!
Perkins took care of people.
November 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
There should be a movie about Perkins!
Thanks for the book rec! That one is about her aiding refugees from Nazi Germany. I am adding it to the tbr pile!
Perkins took care of people.
Thanks for the book rec! That one is about her aiding refugees from Nazi Germany. I am adding it to the tbr pile!
Perkins took care of people.
I am sorry you are having a rough year. I hope rest and the EAP help you protect your peace.
I left the classroom Spring 24 and am happy to PM about the scary parts and the wonderful parts.
I left the classroom Spring 24 and am happy to PM about the scary parts and the wonderful parts.
November 4, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I am sorry you are having a rough year. I hope rest and the EAP help you protect your peace.
I left the classroom Spring 24 and am happy to PM about the scary parts and the wonderful parts.
I left the classroom Spring 24 and am happy to PM about the scary parts and the wonderful parts.
Contact Living Leaks for speakers! They train descendants of survivors to tell their grandparents' stories. I am a Living Links speaker and would definitely consider participating.
October 30, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Contact Living Leaks for speakers! They train descendants of survivors to tell their grandparents' stories. I am a Living Links speaker and would definitely consider participating.
10 historians advised on the project, including Annette Gordon Reed and Ned Blackhawk. Maybe they know?
October 30, 2025 at 4:35 AM
10 historians advised on the project, including Annette Gordon Reed and Ned Blackhawk. Maybe they know?