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Classroom Success Stories: Running on Autopilot

Classroom Success Stories: Running on Autopilot

March 4, 2019

In a well-run classroom, the teacher is not doing all the work. He or she creates the conditions for learning, plans the lessons, tracks student progress. These are major tasks, no question about it! Students though…

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🎧Hearing crickets in your Google Meets? In your 🎧Hearing crickets in your Google Meets? In your live classes? Are students just not working? This is MORE than helping. It’s shifting the focus and taking the pressure off of everyone!

🗓We started using this structure in a middle school Writers Workshop three years ago. Writer’s Block was an epidemic and blank stares were contagious. We eradicated Writer’s Block with this protocol and gained ACTIVE LISTENERS and built respect within our community. Step #3 is crucial: “Who heard something brilliant in their small group that the rest of us need to hear?” Suddenly, the student who came into class feeling clueless and defeated has a waving hand in the air (literal or virtual) and is gaining status for their share and crediting their peer. “Sonja said that she thinks it was a robbery.” 💥Boom! You participated. You listened. Annnnndddd you have an idea when it’s time to write independently. 

🏆BONUS: Try it with a math problem. Just one! Sick of “going over the homework all period while kids’ eyes glaze over? STOP! Give them ONE problem to make sense of using this protocol. Everyone will have a BETTER sense by step 4, then they did walking into class. And THEY are doing the work, not just you! 🤷🏼‍♀️

🤨How else would you apply this?

🚨Go grab the Writers Notebook slide deck for step by step slides and my teacher notes in my link in bio. Use it for ANY subject! 🚨

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This pandemic has been a long haul for teachers. W This pandemic has been a long haul for teachers. We’ve been running on fumes and caffeine.

@drbiden addressed teachers this evening, accompanied by @randiweingarten and Becky Pringle @neatoday 

She spoke more teacher truth in 15 minutes then I’ve heard from government officials in all of my 15 years combined.

I have hope in the future of this country because change comes from a strong, well supported and valued educational system... and I think we might be on our way to just that!!!

#optimism #thankateacher #teachertruth #teachertruths #teacherappreciation #pandemicteaching #aftstrong #nea #publicschools #writesolutions #tptfs #igconnect4edu #iteachtoo #teachersofinsta #teachersofthegram #tpt #ntchat
Happy Writer’s Wednesday!!! It’s a great day Happy Writer’s Wednesday!!!

It’s a great day to be back in person, because I’m my first period class these young writers were ready to rock and roll. 

Have you used this prompt yet? We’re heading toward publishing later this week with a Writing Shuffle. 🎈🎉 I love how amazed the kids are at JUST HOW wildly different everyone’s finished pieces are... when we all began with the same story map!

#iteachfifth #iteachsixth #iteachseventh #iteachwriters #iteachwriting #iteachmiddleschoolela #middleschoolela #tpt #distancelearning
💡How about THIS as a way to check your work?

‼️Kids no longer do 3 problems wrong in a row in my class. They no longer get GOOD at doing it wrong. You KNOW what I’m talking about, right?!? 😉

💻Instead they check each problem as they go against a video solution. They often pick up some tips and tricks, too! 😉

🎢Also great for differentiating! I have 3 different skills going in one class- no one has a clue! They are so busy trying to make their models look better than mine!! 🖍

👀Check out all the Guide Me Math Packs in my Write Solutions TPT Store. 

🎙What topic do YOU need next??

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And in 7 days my nana turns 95, and today is Betty And in 7 days my nana turns 95, and today is Betty White’s 99th. 

Perspective. 

It’s important that we remember (and teach our students) how close our present is to the past. This history is quite recent. 

Thank you @theconsciouskid for shifting my perspective.

#teachinghistory #socialstudiesteacher #iteachmiddleschool
I made “veggie pie like Nana” for my kids yest I made “veggie pie like Nana” for my kids yesterday. After work. I thought it might be one of those times where the thing I make isn’t done in time for dinner. (🤷🏼‍♀️ It happens!) 

But, it wasn’t. And, my kids are SO KIND when I try to make something new. 

A few weeks ago I tried to make spinach pies (calzones). I usually “make” those by running into the bakery and leaving with a box. 

What I made looked NOTHING like what comes out of that box. My kids didn’t even flinch. My oldest said, “Mom, I can’t believe you MADE this!!” And together with his brother, gobbled it up.

Last night with the half burnt pie? Same thing. Raced to their chairs. “Oohs!” And, “ahhhs!!” 

“It’s tastes JUST like Nana’s!” (Which it did NOT😂)

Sometimes dinner time drives me to open a bottle of wine, or chase the kids around with their plates, or threaten crazy things.

But they really are the sweetest, kindest my loving little maniacs ever. Gush over. 

#mombrag #veganfamily #veganrecipes #veggiepie #veganteacher #teachermomlife #veganteachermom #vegansofig #spinnachpie #familymeals #familydinner
Looking for a meaningful, no-prep way to kick off Looking for a meaningful, no-prep way to kick off your ELA class?

These warm ups are packed with important skills and engage middle schoolers!

Whether in your room or on a Zoom, consider your plans ready! ☑️

Check out the variety of ELA warm ups in my Write Solutions TPT store today!

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⏱Watching the clock as we plan to head back to i ⏱Watching the clock as we plan to head back to in-person instruction in a week.

📈Watching the numbers RISE in my very small state.

💉Watching the medical professionals I love get vaccinated and get top of the line PPE to protect them from patients who had their temps checked before entering their offices.

😷I’ll keep wearing a mask for sure when we go back next week! My masks are floral or striped. They are from @oldnavy . I wonder if that what my friends who work at nursing homes and dental offices are wearing🤷🏼‍♀️

🎙I’d love to share my concerns with Commissioner Infante Green or Governor Raimondo. I just don’t think they’d understand, since they only meet via videoconference.

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🤷🏼‍♀️Have some kids in the same class 🤷🏼‍♀️Have some kids in the same class that need something a little different from each other? 

💃🏼Of course you do!!! And differentiating can be tricky. Sometimes it means creating 3 different assignments. 😩

🌟Not this time! This time, I’ve done the differentiating for you. Here are three levels of Valentine Themed 😍❤️Operations with Fractions story problems. All in one CHOICE BOARD. Print (or upload) and go. No-prep. Answer key makes for a great self-checking station😉

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Such a great listen! We have such a key role as educators to shape this nation and create a better future. But, what does that look like? How do we grapple with the ugly parts of our history? ...

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NPR's Michel Martin speaks to historian Hasan Kwame Jeffries about how American school children learn about U.S. history.
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🎧Hearing crickets in your Google Meets? In your live classes? Are students just not working? This is MORE than helping. It’s shifting the focus and taking the pressure off of everyone!🗓We started using this structure in a middle school Writers Workshop three years ago. Writer’s Block was an epidemic and blank stares were contagious. We eradicated Writer’s Block with this protocol and gained ACTIVE LISTENERS and built respect within our community. Step #3 is crucial: “Who heard something brilliant in their small group that the rest of us need to hear?” Suddenly, the student who came into class feeling clueless and defeated has a waving hand in the air (literal or virtual) and is gaining status for their share and crediting their peer. “Sonja said that she thinks it was a robbery.” 💥Boom! You participated. You listened. Annnnndddd you have an idea when it’s time to write independently. 🏆BONUS: Try it with a math problem. Just one! Sick of “going over the homework all period while kids’ eyes glaze over? STOP! Give them ONE problem to make sense of using this protocol. Everyone will have a BETTER sense by step 4, then they did walking into class. And THEY are doing the work, not just you! 🤷🏼‍♀️🤨How else would you apply this?🚨Go grab the Writers Notebook slide deck for step by step slides and my teacher notes in my link in bio. Use it for ANY subject! 🚨#totalparticipationtechniques #studentengagement #iteachmiddleschool #iteachmiddles #educoach #writesolutions #tptfs #igconnect4edu #iteachtoo #teachersofinsta #teachersofthegram #tpt #ntchat #mathteacherproblems #mathteachersrock #mathteaching #teachingmaths #mathteachersofinstagram #teachingmath #teachmath #mathteachers #iteachsixth #grade7 #grade6 #grade5 #grade4 #mathteacher #distancelearning #breakoutrooms ...

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This pandemic has been a long haul for teachers. We’ve been running on fumes and caffeine.@drbiden addressed teachers this evening, accompanied by @randiweingarten and Becky Pringle @neatoday She spoke more teacher truth in 15 minutes then I’ve heard from government officials in all of my 15 years combined.I have hope in the future of this country because change comes from a strong, well supported and valued educational system... and I think we might be on our way to just that!!!#optimism #thankateacher #teachertruth #teachertruths #teacherappreciation #pandemicteaching #aftstrong #nea #publicschools #writesolutions #tptfs #igconnect4edu #iteachtoo #teachersofinsta #teachersofthegram #tpt #ntchat ...

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Happy Writer’s Wednesday!!!It’s a great day to be back in person, because I’m my first period class these young writers were ready to rock and roll. Have you used this prompt yet? We’re heading toward publishing later this week with a Writing Shuffle. 🎈🎉 I love how amazed the kids are at JUST HOW wildly different everyone’s finished pieces are... when we all began with the same story map!#iteachfifth #iteachsixth #iteachseventh #iteachwriters #iteachwriting #iteachmiddleschoolela #middleschoolela #tpt #distancelearning ...

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