April Krabill

Mom to 3 amazing boys, married to Jon (business prof and consulting extraordinaire), book nerd, Grade 6 LA educator at Columbus Academy

[April Krabill @KrabillApril]

Our entire class is here, and we all fit in the room! Can you tell we’re excited to be together?!?!
@ColumbusAcademy @CAgrade6

[April Krabill @KrabillApril]

Fun advisory activity: Sticker mosaics!

[April Krabill @KrabillApril]

One of my favorite parts of our schedule is Activity E days. It was fun to have a group of 8th graders back in our hallway, even just for 30 min of Pictionary! They drew 🐠🏟 👩‍✈️ 🏠🛁🏄🏾🎷🔥🍫

[April Krabill @KrabillApril]

@khudsonedu @BRN_Elementary I really enjoyed that book!

[April Krabill @KrabillApril]

A FULL (6ft apart, max. of 12) classroom for the first time since November! 🥰

[April Krabill @KrabillApril]

@livethroughlit @ncte @TCTELA I am sure that these are just as meaningful as they are beautiful! I miss sharing a classroom with you and getting to soak up these ideas in person! ☺️

[April Krabill @KrabillApril]

@sagedining @ColumbusAcademy Thank you so very much!

[April Krabill @KrabillApril]

@ColumbusAcademy We are so, so appreciative that the Sage chefs always think of and accommodate for our allergy kiddos! 🥰

[April Krabill @KrabillApril]

I call all of our 6th gr students “my kids,” and even though this one isn’t my student, he literally is my kid. 🥰🥰

[April Krabill @KrabillApril]

@CAgrade6 Hey, I know that kiddo! 🥰

[April Krabill @KrabillApril]

Leaving school yesterday, James (my 3rd grader), spotted this leaf print in the salt brine. I was reminded of the VIA character strength Appreciation of Beauty and Excellence. 🥰 Thankful for these little moments. #strengthspotting #PosEd @ColumbusAcademy @3AVikes

[April Krabill @KrabillApril]

A small sampling of the dodecahedrons @CAgrade6 students made after reading Dateline Troy. The goal: to show the connects between characters and events.

[April Krabill @KrabillApril]

@ktcastle87 @CAgrade6 @toddjmartin4 @DanOlexio Those are super cool!

[April Krabill @KrabillApril]

This thread! Yes!

[Scott Bayer #THEBOOKCHAT co-founder @Lyricalswordz]

I'm happy everyone is teaching Amanda Gorman's poetry. But it's also another moment where I wonder, "Are we white teachers ready for this moment?" Whether it's Childish Gambino or The 1619 Project, white teachers always seem to have a pretty slides ready the next day. A thread 👇

[April Krabill @KrabillApril]

This made me chuckle. I dropped in a breakout room last week to find one student playing piano and the other playing ukelele. When I asked what was going on, they said “we finished our work and now we are having a jam sesh.” My response: Jam on!

[Scott Bayer #THEBOOKCHAT co-founder @Lyricalswordz]

When I drop in on a breakout room and the group is off-topic https://t.co/D4tnFqE0Ag

[Scott Bayer #THEBOOKCHAT co-founder @Lyricalswordz]

When I drop in on a breakout room and the group is off-topic https://t.co/D4tnFqE0Ag

[April Krabill @KrabillApril]

@3AVikes @ColumbusAcademy I loved hearing my kiddo explain his mud-covered clothes: “...it was a rather big jump by the edge of the rather muddy creek; then I grabbed a rather loose branch.” Ha!

[April Krabill @KrabillApril]

This. 🧡

[Martin Luther King III @OfficialMLK3]

We cannot celebrate Thanksgiving without acknowledging how many empty chairs there are at dinner tables this year. Today, we can take time to be thankful for what we have, but we must also consider what we've lost & the work that is still ahead.

[April Krabill @KrabillApril]

@hitRECordJoe

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Advisory walk in the woods!