7th & 8th grade English Teacher, Orioles Devotee, Dog Mom Extraordinaire, Avid Reader, & Coffee Connoisseur
Virginia, USA
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I am officially renaming all of my rubric categories in an effort to communicate with my students in a language they understand... 🤣🤣 #teacherlife
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Hey @GoogleForEdu any chance we can add a sort by assignment feature to the “To Review” tab. Being able to look at one Classroom’s assignments is nice, but I usually grade by the assignment across multiple classes. The review feed gets a little crowded.
For anyone interested, this program is recommended for readers age 13+. It might be a great way to get some summer reading done with audiobooks. Visit audiobooksync.com/ for more information.
Today marks the 105th anniversary of the start of the Armenian genocide. Last year, I read this amazing novel in verse that told a heartbreaking story of the time. Highly recommend!!
Started this series this week. I needed a good historical/mystery after the last two realistic fiction reads I chose, which both dealt with trauma.
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Finished Paper Butterflies by @LisaHeathfield. This was a heavy read, and it took me a little longer to finish it because I couldn’t read it straight through. But the message that there is always hope, even in the darkest times was inspiring. #IReadYA #ReadingWhileQuarantined
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Rebecca Stein retweeted
Remember when they said we need state tests & report cards because otherwise teachers & principals would slack off?
Well, testing & state report cards are canceled and all I see are teachers & principals working harder than ever before.
Let’s trust our professionals.
Rebecca Stein retweeted
3 things I hope parents & the public will now appreciate a little bit more about educators:
1. How huge the responsibility it is.
2. How much planning and preparation goes into being an educator.
3. The magnitude of putting someone else’s child first & often before ones own.
School Closure Day 1: finished 2 started the 3rd. School Closure Day 2: discovered that it takes 30 steps to make a single lap around our downstairs. This means, I would have to do approximately 334 laps around the downstairs to keep up with a day of teaching....
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On Friday, @FCMSMediaCenter and I launched a Holocaust themed Reading & Research unit. Ss engaged in a gallery “walk” overview of the Holocaust, a book tasting to select independent reading, and chose the photo of a victim/survivor to complete a biographical research paper.
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Game faces on!! Getting ready to start tonight’s Winchester Regional Spelling Bee!!! @fcpsk12 @ScrippsBee #FCMSInpires
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My 8th period kiddos had some great conversations about figurative language and poetic devices as they previewed the first three stanzas “The Highwayman” today. I ❤️ this poem! And I am so proud of the work they are challenging themselves to do! #FCMSInspires
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Congratulations to Hannah and Fletcher who placed 1st and 4th in the @fcpsk12 Spelling Bee! They will be representing our school and county at the regional spelling bee in March!!! FCMS has won the Bee 2 years in a row!! I am so proud!!! #FCMSInspires #SpellingBee #TrojanPride
Fierce competition about to begin at The @fcpsk12 Frederick County Spelling Bee! So proud of my Trojan Spellers and the hard work they’ve already put in!!! #FCMSInspires #SpellingBee #FCPSInspire
Hey @mattloux - one of my 7th graders just finished Volume 2 of The Time Museum and would like to know if there will be more books in the series!
Jaw drop!!! @writerkmc has done it again!!! I didn’t even consider that ending a possibility... #PlotTwist #ClassroomLibrary #IReadYA
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Ss created research projects about working conditions in garment factories worldwide. Today, they are creating single point rubrics to use for Peer Review feedback. #FCMSInspires #StudentDrivenAssessment @JennyClovis @FCMSPrincipal @scott_lykins
It may be an unpopular opinion, but it is so true. Some of my favorite classroom days are spent @FCMSMediaCenter
Unpopular opinion of the day: If you never take your MS/HS students to the school library, it doesn’t matter how many books are in the collection or how awesome your librarian, they are still living in a defacto book desert you helped create.
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Thought provoking article: 7 drawbacks to extrinsic rewards: they cripple intrinsic motivation, limit performance, squash creativity, stifle good conduct, promote cheating, can become habit-forming, and spur a short-term mindset. kqed.org/mindshift/48578/how…
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