coffee drinker • continual learner • instructional coach • Apple Teacher • Apple Learning Coach
Nebraska
Joined December 2015
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Conquering the winter blues with a bulletin board full of encouragement written by students for students! #whyiteach
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(1/9) Gordon Ramsay and Martha Stewart are being outperformed by Doña Angela, a grandma from rural Mexico and her daughter’s phone camera.
It’s official! I earned my #AppleLearningCoach certification! Can’t wait to put these plans into action. @AppleEDU #AppleLearning
Ready for day 2 of #AppleLearningCoach! Such great collaboration and planning. My mind is racing with ideas for next year!
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Listen, if Wordle isn't free anymore, you can just tweet five letter words at me all day and I'll tell you what letters you got right.
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Students who struggle with reading find every aspect of school frustrating.
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I'm not really a call out person but for all of the English teachers who are only correcting spelling, commas, and MLA format errors and think they are teaching writing, you are mistaken. 1/1
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When you listen to Biden or Trump, ask yourself, if this person sharing fear (emotion) or information? There are times when emotion is appropriate, but most of the time we are better off when a leader shares information based on facts. Fight or flight is not great leadership.
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Here I will share my lesson plans for my students who will not be coming to school for the next two weeks. These plans were developed with my friend @pennykittle , as well as from input from some of my ELA colleagues at Magnolia High School. But before I share, some thoughts:
Drove to the gym this morning only to find it was closed.
I’d hate to start 2020 off wrong by missing a day.
Guess I better wait until next year to start my new, more active lifestyle.
Consistency is key!
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Me: Alright kids, what might a potential moral to The Great Gatsby be?
Student: Look both ways before you cross the street
Class:
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Today after school in the midst of the dregs of the end of the year madness, two of my students came by after school...before they left: one told me she had a poem she wrote that she’d been wanting to read to me. It was beautiful. She has a gift. Shine bright, young poet. 1/3
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The other girl told me about her plans to open a business to help her pay for college path to becoming a doctor. She has goals and a vision. I will forever be a customer. Shine bright, young visionary. 2/3
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