Amanda Cruikshank

8/9 ELA Teacher. Wit & Wisdom Year 1 for 8th grade.

[Amanda Cruikshank @Acruiks]

Mercer Island 11’s AllStars! #TridentsUp

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Great night for some baseball! #tridentsup

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Let’s go Big Dumper! #tridentsup

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Great to be back! #TridentsUp

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@jamiebgolden She reminds me of Brittany Murphy

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@jamiebgolden Some of us also watched the live footage of the OKC Bombing. Vividly remember that.

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Go Hogs! #Thisisbaseball #wps #omahogs

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Go Hogs!! #Thisisbaseball #WPS

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#wps #beatbama

[Jon Williams @radiojondeek]

Gray. Uniforms.

Wear them tomorrow too.

#WPS

[Andrew Hutchinson @NWAHutch]

Why do cocaine when you can simply watch Arkansas baseball?

[Ben Wakefield @benewakefield]

They fed my children
...taught my children
...played with my children
...listened to my children
...loved my children
they did it all this week.

"They" are teachers. Not lawmakers, teachers. And it is teachers, not opressive laws, that I trust with my children

[Neil Gaiman @neilhimself]

There's only one kind of people who would vote to ban Maus, whatever they are calling themselves these days.

[Amanda Cruikshank @Acruiks]

@EsMteach @pennykittle @KellyGToGo I intro’d Book Clubs for the first time for Freshman today. They haven’t read on their own in quite some time. Some pushed back. A lot. And deep down, I think they are scared. But even more seemed, dare I say it, excited? I’ll try to hang on to the joy while also nudging a bit.

[Amanda Cruikshank @Acruiks]

The ONLY MLK tweet you need.

[Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones]

I was invited to give an MLK speech today and a small number of members of the group hosting me wrote and then leaked emails opposing my giving this speech, as it dishonored Dr. King for me to do so. They called me a "discredited activist" "unworthy of such association with King"

[Amanda Cruikshank @Acruiks]

Is this the new version of a “Bones Day?”
Wordle 209 3/6

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[Amanda Cruikshank @Acruiks]

Wordle 202 5/6 - Why does this feel like the best thing I’ll do today? ⁦@jamiebgolden⁩

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[Amanda Cruikshank @Acruiks]

Putting together book clubs with novel pairings for Romeo and Juliet. Has anyone had success with certain novels? I have Aristotle and Dante, Long Way Down, and a few others as possibilities. Would love some input? #ncte #elachat #ela #literacy #highschoolela

[Amanda Cruikshank @Acruiks]

@heisereads Just sent a text to my colleagues. I had a dream that I had one class of 60 - and all were on the cusp of starting a fight. Admin had no clue and were no where to be found. 🙄

[NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact]

‘Perhaps many people’s biggest fear is that their children may come home and say, ‘I think you may be wrong’’ — These authors are speaking out against attempts to ban their books

(with @DrIbram and @JasonReynolds83)