Wife, Sahaan & Sanoma’s Gi-Gi, Mama, and Educator because of God’s love and grace. All views are my own.

Joined September 2017
One of my darling 2nd graders today: “I’ve been to 5 different schools, but this school isn’t like any of the other schools. We do different stuff here and I get it.” #WeareHCS #DroptheMic @HCS_TitleI @HamptonCSchools @MBlountJr @CJSmithSharks
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I found my Awesome Twin in kindergarten! ⁦@KraftES1⁩
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Everybody needs to spoiled sometime…especially 3rd graders that help their teacher find her glasses! #RelationshipsMatter #WeAreHCS @KraftES1
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🚨 freebie alert 🚨
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Phil Jackson said, "Leadership is not about forcing your will on others. It's about mastering the art of letting go." Ken Blanchard said, "We works better than me." Great leaders believe they work for the team not themselves. ~ via @CoachAJKings
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LaShaunda Slade retweeted
You can’t “𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐳𝐞” 👟with Mrs. Slade’s third grade class. 𝐒𝐖𝐎𝐎𝐒𝐇💨 💙🐾 #WeAreHCS #kraftcubs #cubnation #blazernike #slade3rdgrade #cubroom114 #checkthenike
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Classroom management is a form of self-care! tiktok.com/t/ZT8FosacA/
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Let’s normalize teaching children how to appropriately handle failure and disappointment instead of rushing in to save or fix every every difficult situation for them.
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So true 💯🙌
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Playing “Nasal War” w/ our Shark Literacy Cards! ⁦@HCS_TitleI⁩ ⁦@Liz_A_Hester⁩
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Playing “Magic ‘E’ Shark-No” with some of my favorite 2nd graders! ⁦@HCS_TitleI⁩ ⁦@Liz_A_Hester⁩
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Choose people wisely! 🙌
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Students in Mrs. Slade’s class had a special guest reader this week! One of her former students came back from 3rd grade to read a book and model her fluent reading! #relationships #WeAreHCS @CJSmithSharks @SladeLuvs2tch @HCS_TitleI
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Who has old pool noodles around?! 😝
These Twist & Read Sticks are perfect for phoneme manipulation, segmenting, blending, word families etc… I used #poolnoodles paint sticks & rulers. Older grades think #morphology fun! #phonics #SoR @IMSEOG @DonnakaSpencer #kdi #teachertwitter
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Power that comes from investing in people, like identifying teachers who are effective leaders and can help implement bold changes in literacy instruction and foster buy-in with peers.
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LaShaunda Slade retweeted
Get your beach balls ready! Here’s a fun way to strengthen #phonemicawareness AND #phonics skills… See how many words students can think of that begin with the isolated phoneme. Let’s get the ball rolling (in the comments) w/other skills to practice using beach balls. @IMSEOG
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While roughly 79% of Americans can read, less than 53% actually read for pleasure.
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