Math Teacher. Marigold. Lover of coffee. Wife. Mom. Ultimate High-Fiver. On a mission to make a difference in the world since middle school.
Wentzville, MO
Joined July 2018
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Friday afternoon appetizers with teacher friends...a 3 year old and his mom thanking us for being heroes for teaching in a pandemic. Faith restored.
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Please help! ISO ideas to support a S who is new to US, Arabic is her native language, but she does not read/write in Arabic & doesn’t speak English. In a reg Ed math classroom with iPad/Google translate. Any ideas of where to start? #mtbos @challemeier
And just like that things change from my classroom being my home, to my home becoming my classroom. I miss everyone. And for the first time I wish I had a lot more chairs filled with students in my classroom. @mtbos @iteachmathG7 @iteachmathMS
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I have one child singing Black Vulture and another singing The Silence. Im a fan of so many, but have Here’s to Us stuck in my head. Your music gets us through this quarantine. @LZZYHALE @TheJoeStorm @Halestorm
When a teacher bestie hooks up the Apple TV she has before school in your classroom and hands you an iPad, just so you can try it out...you realize (for the millionth time) why you are lucky to be on her team @love_amanda7 @techmoody @greglawrence
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When you meet the Teacher Twin you never knew you had at #additup19 & you realize you probably shouldn’t keep your shared passion for a gradeless classroom to yourself. @MattisonMath - NCTM 2020 in St. Louis? Together? #tg2chat #mtbos @KatherineSchack
It’s a good day when “that” kid who you made your “mission” to change, Michelle-Pfeiffer-in-Dangerous-Minds-style engages actively, initiates convo about how to extend his learning, and then tells you he doesn’t hate math anymore & wants to go to college. #iteachmath #MTBoS
I was gone for my gma’s funeral yesterday. Today a S told me that I needed lots of hugs so she brought me chocolate, and a coffee cup and a box of positive quotes to make me smile. Best. Students. Ever. @WSMSwolves @KatherineSchack #wsdproud #relationshipsmatter #MTBoS #iteach
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When your students say you are so extra because you make them think instead of spooning them the answer and you explain the “why” out of everything, you have to get the mug...and believe it really was a compliment. @KatherineSchack #iteach #iteachmath #msmathchat #mtbos
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I have the BEST students. They know me well and have such amazing hearts. #mtbos #iteachmath #iteach @wsmswolves
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Favorite hands on, visual way to launch a transformations unit? #mtbos #iteachmath @challemeier @KatherineSchack @MrsCTeachesMath
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I try really hard to make sure my Ss know the “why” behind everything. After working out some integer operation review today, a S says “man, you are soooo extra!!” I think it was a compliment, or at lease that’s what I’m going with. @challemeier @KatherineSchack #mtbos #iteach
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PD days are some of my favorite-learning from other teachers is the best, but also exhausting. I can never turn my brain off after all those sparks of new ideas!! Sushi helps.
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Jennifer Hancock retweeted
Believing in your students is not fluffy, feel-good language that we banter around in schools. It is a fundamental principle of teaching and one that we must ALL work for every single day. It isn't easy to do it all the time, but it is critical.
#TeachBetter #MasteryChat
When you wipe out in front of 400+ 7th graders playing a basketball game at a pep assembly, but they won’t stop talking about how you schooled some kids & now believe you when you say you can play...it’s a good day #illfeelittomorrow
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Alternatives to reassessing on a Gr 7 fractions unit? I just can’t bear to give them another test. I want them to be actively engaged in authentic production of their knowledge, but need something “on paper” for data...#mtbos @challemeier @KatherineSchack
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