Kristen Fickes

Gifted Support Teacher @ LMS, avid reader, dog mom of Teddy Tedster, graduate of JHU & MU, & graduate student @ EC

[Kristen Fickes @KFickles]

@jimknight99 I use Doodle—the Group Poll, which is a free feature. I propose date and time options, and then I send the link to the other participants. Once a time is selected, Doodle books the timeout calendars.

[Andrew Kalista @KalistaAndrew]

. @YorkCathAthlet Volleyball is off to their first state championship. Check out the post game chat. @fox43 @FOX43Sports @YAscores @PIAASports @piaadistrict3

Highlights at coming up in a few minutes

[Sue Allen @heallens]

LMS students learned about the Hummingbird bit and built a rover robot! @hempfield @birdbraintech #STEM

[Kristen Fickes @KFickles]

@reckj Congratulations, Jared! I cannot wait to read this one.

[YC Athletics @YorkCathAthlet]

Congratulations! York Catholic moves on to the District Volleyball Championship Tuesday! Go IRISH!

[Ryan C. Unger @RUngerGamez]

Hi. It’s Teddy again. He got a new haircut. He’s a very good boy. #TwitterTherapyPup #DoomScrollInterrupter

[Kristen Fickes @KFickles]

'Special group' at York Catholic enjoying standout volleyball season 💚💛🏐 https://t.co/Vu1zmOx9XZ

[Kristen Fickes @KFickles]

Please send thoughts and prayers for Maximus. After a trip to the emergency vet last night, he was diagnosed with Boxer cardiomyopathy syncope. He is now on medication and has a referral to a cardiologist in Towson. Tedster is so happy to have his brother back home—as am I. ❤️

[Kristen Fickes @KFickles]

While researching PhD programs, I noticed that Yale now has a Canine Cognition Center. Teddy and Maximus are definitely on board now!

[Kristen Fickes @KFickles]

When most people share an article on Facebook, do they actually click the article and read it prior to sharing? Because scrolling through my newsfeed makes me think I need to rework how I instruct reading a non-fiction text.. or maybe I should just befriend the unfollow button.

[Kristen Fickes @KFickles]

@BargeIntoClass @rtquinn Guys, I can’t even handle watching my own videos back, and those are the best copies! You’re basically asking me to publicly shame myself. 🤣

[Kristen Fickes @KFickles]

At the end of this year, I’d like to rewatch all my deleted Screencastify takes. It’s essentially like having my own bloopers reel—the teaching 2020 edition.

[Bethany Hill🌟#JoyfulLeaders @bethhill2829]

You can tell a teacher to take the weekend off, to push school to the side, to avoid email, and to avoid 12-14 hour days...but they will tell you that most of the time, being highly effective in their role requires them to use their personal time. Teachers need us to know that.

[Kristen Fickes @KFickles]

@JayWamsted Think of them as giant elementary school kids! Good luck. :)

[Kristen Fickes @KFickles]

@caitteach I do! We also have titles of it for our book clubs.

[Kristen Fickes @KFickles]

To end the year, we are having the kids create a Museum of Me (thank you, @ruth_ayres). Part one is to select ten items that reflect your identity. What would your ten items be?

[Kristen Fickes @KFickles]

@MarisaEThompson I have been using Flipgrid currently. The students are able to respond to the discussion questions, and then, they can respond to their classmates’ responses, too.

[Kristen Fickes @KFickles]

@mj5wilson @saklansek thank you, you two!

[Kristen Fickes @KFickles]

Doing a GooseChase on Zoom today with my students was easily the highlight of this time in quarantine.