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Northbrook Junior High
Joined January 2018
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Maintaining relationships with students is critical during these times, and sometimes all it takes is a simple game to bring us together. Today’s XBlock Zoom meeting included 5 students, 1 Guinea pig, 2 dogs, and 1 game of BINGO. Can’t wait for next week! Looking for more ideas!
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Ss @NBJH_D28 wrote My Dream Is poems and I am inspired beyond belief...@JasonReynolds83 @_KELewis #scholasticscope Can I get them to enter the writing contest? We shall see!
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Rainbows brought to you by Ayden & TJ. We are celebrating the things that make us smile...#rainbow #distancelearning #Happiness #StayAtHomeSaveLives
Making time for independent reading @D28Northbrook #distancelearning. Snap a picture of your IR book, record a summary & share your favorite sentence/line @Seesaw Keep them reading! @JasonReynolds83 @NealShusterman @mattdelapena @jamesdashner
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The great debate. Is the narrator guilty of murder? Or is he not guilty by reason of insanity? Students argue for the prosecution or defense @NBJH_D28 .
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Escaping room 110 @NBJH_D28 Ss read The Tell Tale Heart and practice vocabulary in context & close reading. Working as a team and having fun! So glad I found this great resource!
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Oooh, I’m so intrigued @NBJHReads! What a great way to promote reading in the classroom. Any guesses @ncte?
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Room 110 has spirit @NBJH_D28! Check out our Moana themed door decorations. The Ss really came together this year and worked as a team to complete this masterpiece! I’m so proud of them @D28Northbrook #schoolspirit #whyiteach #middleschool #moana
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Ss are Phineas Gage! Using Phineas’s perspective, we use details from the text to write journal entries and letters home. Ss age paper to add an authentic touch! We celebrate our writing @NBJH_D28 #28empowers @Amplify_ELA
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Ss wear pink @NBJH_D28 to support Breast Cancer Research and Awareness #PinkOut #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth
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Let every voice be heard @NBJH_D28 We are practicing the art of discussion. Best question of the day: is it okay for a government to classify its people? #Redscarfgirl #facinghistory #SocraticSeminar
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This is what happens when your colleague just gets you! She communicates with you via Punctuation Pockets @savallone! Thank you for this.
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Empowering students to choose sets them up to be lifelong readers @NBJH_D28 @D28Northbrook #28empowers
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Ss record their thinking and use the pointer to navigate me through their analysis of propaganda. Love @Seesaw #innovate28
Ss are describing, identifying, analyzing, and evaluating propaganda as we prepare for our Red Scarf Girl & Narrative unit @NBJH_D28 #redscarfgirl
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There’s no seating chart for this peer conferencing activity. We are writing @NBJH_D28
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Are there any REAL graduate level scholarships or grants out there for Navy vets? I’m looking to get my Master’s in Ed @USNavy @DeptVetAffairs @PayingForSchool @FAFSA #navycorpsman #VETERAN #EnglishTeacher
7th grade Ss finish off the year with these IR one-pager assignments! Love seeing their favorite IR reads @NBJH_D28 #studentchoice Thanks for the inspiration @booklady_721 #whyiteach @ncte #engchat
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