she/hers Proud Malayalee. ELA forever. Advanced novice quilter. Fabric hoarder. Fur mama to 3 barking weighted blankets.
Houston, TX
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Summer school lessons need to be different from a regular school year. It is heartbreaking to see students drowning in lessons they’ve already failed because adults in a building far away were too lazy to think about what a summer session represents for kids and their parents.
'Academic Rigor Is in Decline.' A College Professor Reflects on AP Scores (Opinion) edweek.org/teaching-learning…
Day 1. Period 1. What an impressive push out to the Team Center. English 1, here we go! 🙌🏾🙌🏾 @DrKJ723 @WisdomHS_HISD @educatorsimpact @WestDivSuptHISD @WestDivSuptHISD
Look at my bestie @VocabSoFab
I am the August feature for @torchlitarts Torch Literary Arts. Thank you, Texas Poet Laureate Amanda Johnston. Check out my poem, Sacred Tongues.
Thank you @AdigunLaSondra and @HISD_ELARSS_CPD for having me at the #hisdethnicstudies institute my last week of work! Learning a lot from our guest professors and practicing my #sketchnotes in real time. What a way to wrap up the year!
Rhetorical goldmine. Grammatical goldmine. Short text, & can be leveraged for multiple standards, including the 9Cs and Ds.
MIKE MILES responds to News Report Scandal:
Houston #HISD Schools Superintendent
issued a statement refusing to step-down
& demanding #Parents, Elected Officials &
@FBIHouston simply 'take his word for it'
that he is innocent of any & all Misuse of
Public Education Tax Funds.
That moment when you have to cover an art class for a colleague and the next thing you know, you’re spending the weekend making prints of literary characters 🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️
instagram.com/reel/ClUvjjOAg… – at Corpus Christi, TX
WhY ArE QuILtS so EXpenSiVe?
Labor: 382 hours (my last project)
Hourly rate : $7.25 (just make it minimum wage for now)
That’s without the fabric, the thread, or the batting.
You’re welcome to go the store & purchase a comforter with a printed design posing as patchwork. – at Texas, USA
Love when I see my friends doing great things!
facebook.com/100069501190188… – at Texas, USA
Finally a video I can relate to 😂😂😂
instagram.com/reel/CylWIEhLV… – at Texas, USA
Shout out to the exceptional Officer Sanders @HISDPolice for her excellent service to students. She stepped in and helped us judge our mock trial for Lamb to the Slaughter @WorthingColts1 today. Thank you to the 12th graders who came to support our freshman class!
My friend @thepoetmendez doing the GOOD work! – at Texas, USA
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There are benefits of moving up with your students! I love that they now feel comfortable and confident enough to randomly message me on Teams just to process what they’re reading. 💜💜
It’s wild to me how folks are just willing to die on the hill of “Independent Reading is not a good use of classroom time” when the state thought it was important enough to include it in the standards and name it one of their FOUNDATIONAL skills. – at Texas, USA
