Moving our bodies and reviewing GCF and simplifying fractions. Forever a favorite strategy - number pairs on index cards, give them solving time, a workout associated with each answer, and a new card! #oneCCPS #moveyourbody #BAESeagles

I will never be able to unsee this! One of my Ss pointed it out this morning and we have all been laughing! #ulyssessgrant #justintimberlake #longlostrelatives

This time of year is usually when fatigue sets in and this year its been set in. So, be kind, patient, and supportive of staff, colleagues, and admin because you never know what others may be going through and many are going through something.

This year, like last year, my Oscars for best actor and actress go to teachers who stayed completely calm in front of their students even though they were breaking down internally. #Oscars #AcademyAwards #BestActor

When one of your fourth graders comes to school wearing a William & Mary jersey with your classmate Jonathan Grimes’ number on it, it’s going to be a good day! #goTribe #BAESeagles #oneCCPS

A beautiful weather day at Jamestown/Yorktown with my favorite fourth graders made for a Monday well spent! (and a Monday night well exhausted) #oneCCPS @BAES_Eagles

A morning of owl pellet dissection is the perfect way to start out last full day of our school year! #oneCCPS #handson

9 years of teaching, all packed up and moved in to new digs at St. Catherine's School. Lots of transformation and growth in these last 9 years, but glad to be closer to home & have my boy with me on campus at daycare! #lifeofateacher #theendisthebeginning #oneCCPS

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Our book wall is being installed!!!

Every month last year, I hung Potty Puzzlers in the bathrooms at the District Office because one of my goals as Math Coordinator was to get EVERYONE thinking & talking about math. This is the first issue for the 2022-2023 school year. Indian Prairie 204 #IPSDMath #iteachmath

After we learn a new sound it becomes the “secret password” for entering the classroom, allowing for several extra daily repetitions. The kids ❤️ it - and don’t worry about the ones who forget; if they don’t copy the child in front of them I supply the sound for them to repeat.

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Wishing you a happy and safe Halloween! Illustration for, “Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?”, published in 1991.

Wishing you a happy and healthy holiday season!

Happy New Year! Illustration for, “The Grouchy Ladybug”, published in 1977.

Another gem found in the Twitterverse to practise our new phonics skills from this week, played similar to Battleship. This game was a hit today!

Which of these affirmations resonates with YOU the most? (Photo via educator Melissa Kincaid🛬San Francisco 😉's colleague) #TeacherTwitter #TeacherPD

"We've been talking about productive struggle. I've loved all of the kids' ideas, especially valuing others' ideas. We've been learning about place value, too, and that value means what something is worth. They said other people's ideas are worth something!" – T Dr. Katie Perez

It’s my birthday. I’m 37 and I have some things I’d like to share, in no particular order. 1. No one thinks about you more than you do. That thing from two years ago that keeps you up at night? No one else remembers. Honor the memory and let it go.