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[melissa cruz @MelissaCruz2017]

Love this. 🖤 kids are so observant.

[𝕮 @XCzsnx]

A kid at the library tapped my arm while I was reading and whispered "are you almost done with that table?"
Me: I just got here.
Kid: Okay.
Me: How long have you been waiting?
Kid: A while.
Me: Why do you need this table specifically?
Kid: The light's best here. For drawing.
Me: (looking around)
Me: There are other tables.
Kid: The light's different there.
Me: How old are you?
Kid: Nine.
Me: You're nine and you care about lighting?
Kid: My art teacher says good light matters.
Me: Fair point.
I moved my stuff to the left side and made room.
Me: We can share.
Kid: Really?
Me: Yeah. You draw. I'll read.
We sat together for two hours.
She drew elaborate maps of places that didn't exist.
Labeled everything.
Me: What's this place?
Her: The valley where tired people rest.
Me: Can anyone go?
Her: You just have to need it.
She gave me the drawing when she left.
It's on my fridge now.
Her: You looked like you needed it.
Me: I did actually.
Sometimes a nine-year-old with a map of a made-up valley sees you more clearly than anyone.

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@Seraphinaf5 71

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Perales career day with HEB. Yummy cakes. @PeralesESchool

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@FixingEducation Yes! Absolutely agree.

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Building fact fluency with Skittles arrays for skip counting. @PeralesESchool

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Point of view sentence sort 3rd grade wizards. @PeralesESchool

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@cillalizette She’s all grown up! 💜

[Leddy @LeddyLLC]

If your body’s insulin resistant, it won’t burn fat... it’ll store it.

Most people don’t realize blood sugar habits can matter more than macros.

Here is 11 cheat codes to reset insulin and trigger fat-burning again🧵:

1. Walk after every meal.

[melissa cruz @MelissaCruz2017]

A Day To Remember 5k @PeralesESchool @EISDofSA

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3rd grade scientists observing and documenting living and nonliving things at Perales @PeralesESchool

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Perales Third grade field trip to Devine acres. Kids had a blast. @EISDofSA

[MindShift @MindShiftKQED]

"Objectives are not meant only for teachers and those that evaluate teachers, they are for designed to support the learners." @ValentinaESL

https://t.co/GGGrH7OmYB

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Valentine hearts fractions for my mathematicians 💜 @PeralesESchool @EISDofSA

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3rd grade mathematicians creating equivalent fractions with brownies @PeralesESchool

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Final lesson for my soil scientists-soil cups they can eat! @PeralesESchool

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Made a compost bottle for my soil scientists. Let’s see what they learn over the next couple of months. @PeralesESchool

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More soil scientists observing their soil samples and sketching their observations. @PeralesESchool @EISDofSA

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Perales 3rd grade soil scientists. @PeralesESchool @EISDofSA