Para Empezar: Norms, Routines, Get to Know Students, Cultures, Pronouns, Names
For Teachers starting the year:
Learning about and respecting students' identities is an important part of building rapport and a safe environment. There are ways to signal this safety
Age appropriate inquiry
1. Names/ nicknames/ preferred pronunciation
2. Last names (for states restricting free speech, names and pronouns)
2. Pronouns/ gender identity
3. Cultural identity/ language
4. Interests and hobbies
5. Career interests
-What other information would you like me to know about you as a person or student? (safer phrasing if there are restrictions on inquiring appropriate information)
Practices/Routines
1. Notecards/Surveys (student fills in)
-pronunciation/preferred name/ birthday/ cultural identity/ languages/ favorite interests
-each day student adds something so information does not get missed or overwhelm
-pass back at end of class for teacher to listen to repetitions of names and pronunciation
-calling cards
-asking students friendly questions about what they write. So Juan you like soccer? Do you play here at (school) Maria you like birria tacos? Me too, sooooo good!
2. Identity activities
- After breaks and periodically thru year may be a good time to review or learn more about students (especially those who join late or miss the initial days)
-Explicit welcome of many common groups (beginning of the year and on Representation Days and Months).
- Identity maps (age/level variation)
- Forms and Surveys (try to return to these at least once a week as the data may get cold if teachers don't regularly review.
Teacher note: This inventory can be overwhelming if you give it all at once (for teachers and students) consider breaking up by unit or after breaks/grading terms
- Bingo surveys about common experiences (positively stated: Example I speak three languages)
3. Name Games *repeats for teacher
-Each student repeats names/favorites of prior students.
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