Mara Corush

6th grade English Language Arts and Writing teacher at Hawthorn Middle School South.

[Mara Corush @CorushMara]

Getting ready for our next unit by tapping into our imagination. Students were given required traits but had to use their creative minds to draw what they thought monsters and vehicles look like! #LAfun #creativity #myperspectives @Ms_Eiter @District_73 @HawthornMSS

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Does technology improve or worsen our lives? Let's start our argumentative unit on technology with a launch debate! #BetterTogether #myperspectives #technology #6thgrade #makeaclaim #arguments #debate @Ms_Eiter @HawthornMSS @District_73

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Working hard. Annotating to find our central idea! #BetterTogether #annotateforapurpose #animalallies #myperspectives @HawthornMSS @Ms_Eiter @District_73

[Mara Corush @CorushMara]

Experiencing Literature Circles: Collaborating, discussing, and learning together! #BetterTogether #litcircles #6thgraderocks @Ms_Eiter @District_73 @HawthornMSS

[Mara Corush @CorushMara]

Annotating for a purpose will help with our unit's essential question. #bettertogether #LAisfun #6thgraderocks @Ms_Eiter @District_73 @HawthornMSS

[Mara Corush @CorushMara]

Building a community within the classroom by connecting our interests together! #BetterTogether #LAfun #hexagonalonepager #6thgraderocks @District_73 @HawthornMSS @Ms_Eiter

[Mara Corush @CorushMara]

Great first few days of learning about each other. #hexagonalonepager #become1 #6thgraderocks @HawthornMSS @District_73 @Ms_Eiter

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Last day Ice cream truck! SCHOOL'S OUT FOR SUMMER! #icecreamtruck #peaceout6thgrade #onto7th @HawthornMSS @District_73

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Reading our class story together. Each student wrote a chapter. Meeting with each other for smooth transitions was vital! #thevangoghcafe #workingtogether #writingclass @HawthornMSS @District_73

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Fresh air and amazing weather. Took our LA class outside today! #summerweather #readingisfun #litcircles @HawthornMSS @District_73 @Ms_Eiter

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Earlier this week, my writing students prepared both sides of an argument. They came to class and chose which side they were going to debate against on the same day of the debate! Always be prepared! #BePrepared #debate #argumentativewriting @District_73 @HawthornMSS

[Mara Corush @CorushMara]

Refreshing to not only have a WINN session during our FLEX schedule where we have a nice place to read, but I also was able to open it up for all grade levels! #dropeverythingandread #grababook #67and8 @HawthornMSS @District_73

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What a Monday! With the help of our amazing writing students, 6th graders persuaded the Police Chief to add a therapy dog to their police force - and it worked! Meet Pawfficer Billie @VernonHillsPD @HawthornMSS @District_73 @PawfficerBillie

[Mara Corush @CorushMara]

Light Blue team won 1st place today! We showed everyone that motivation, working together, and having fun will put you on the top of the podium! #6thgradeolympics #corinth #lightblue @Ms_Eiter @HawthornMSS @District_73

[Mara Corush @CorushMara]

Working on personal goals and committing to it. #districtstrategicplan #committment #goalsetting

[Mara Corush @CorushMara]

Finding the counterclaim and rebuttal in mentor texts will only make our writing stronger! #argumentativewriting #6thgraderocks #LAfun @HawthornMSS @District_73

[Mara Corush @CorushMara]

We had a fantastic SEL lesson the other day using coping strategies. We had a blast drawing Pizza Guy! #copingstrategies #pizzaguy #drawingfun @Ms_Eiter @HawthornMSS @District_73

[Mara Corush @CorushMara]

Congrats to my amazing student Evelyn (Zee) D. for winning the distinguished fiction award at this weekend's Stevenson High School Page Break workshop! #fictionwriting #pushyourself #6thgradewriting @HawthornMSS @District_73 @stevensonhs

[Mara Corush @CorushMara]

Reading is super important. We make time to read as a family and set a 25 minute timer to hold us accountable...I like when we go past the timer! #familyreading #readingisfun #beingaccountable

[Mara Corush @CorushMara]

@HawthornMSS @District_73 Everyone did amazing!