Miss Collins

8th grade ELA Teacher at MMS | M.Ed. | Teaching With Empathy | Book Worm | #MiddieRising💜

[Miss Collins @Miss_Collins__]

We want a fair contract— now. #459Strong #UnionStrong #WeAreMTA 🖤💜

[Miss Collins @Miss_Collins__]

Love this space and the amazing kiddos I share it with. 🧠💜🖤 #MiddieRising #ITeachMiddles

[MMS @MMSMiddies]

Our PBIS Behavior of the Week is WEARING YOUR MASK THE PROPER WAY. Earn points from teachers for completing the Behavior of the Week. Proper mask wearing is going to give us the best chance at staying in school face-to-face.

[Miss Collins @Miss_Collins__]

#MiddieRising #UnionStrong 💜🖤

[Middletown City Schools @MiddletownOH]

📓🖍✏️✂️School Supplies: 2021-22
In an effort to ease your transition back to the classroom, Middletown City School District will provide ALL K-12 students with school supplies. Please send your child/ren to school with a backpack 🎒 & water bottle💧 #middierising

[Miss Collins @Miss_Collins__]

Blessed with the best admin team!

[Patty Gibbons @PattyAGibbons]

Real hero’s don’t wear capes - they teach! Thanks GMS staff for all you do for the Griffin family. #YeahImAGriffin #BigBlueOnTheMove

[Miss Collins @Miss_Collins__]

Starting off March madness ELA style. 🏀 analyzing poetry and an animated short film by Kobe Bryant! We are also creating our own passion poems. So much fun! #KobeBryant

[Shannon Frey @curlsss3]

Valentine's is in the air at Garfield Middle School...Special thanks to my 6th period students from Ms Harrison's, Ms Carmody's, & Ms White's classes, for helping create this collaborative mural out of hand painted papers :)

[Patty Gibbons @PattyAGibbons]

Rodrigo choppin’ Grrrowl Cards! #YeahImAGriffin #BigBlueOnTheMove

[Miss Collins @Miss_Collins__]

Celebrating my MAP “goal-getters” today! Everyone who hit or exceeded their MAP goal gets to sign their class poster and will also receive a few other rewards! So proud of these hard working kiddos. 👍🏼 #YeahImAGriffin

[Miss Collins @Miss_Collins__]

Today I introduced my students to some old school cartoons! We watched The 3 Little Pigs & practiced our skills with conflict and characterization. 🐷🐷🐷🐺 #YeahImAGriffin

[Miss Collins @Miss_Collins__]

Happy Freaky Friday from my 1st period SPOOKY ESCAPE ROOM winners!!! I put their ELA skills to the test and they crushed it.💀🎃 Teamwork makes the dream work! 💪🏼 #YeahImAGriffin

[Miss Collins @Miss_Collins__]

So excited to have my classroom library up and running (COVID friendly). It was so nice to read with my students today! Coffee shop music & calm lighting included. ☕️📖

[Miss Collins @Miss_Collins__]

Big kids love picture books too! Last week, we analyzed children’s books & uncovered the hidden messages behind the books (theme). Such a hit with my students! #YeahImAGriffin

[Miss Collins @Miss_Collins__]

Yesterday we used Disney movie trailers to analyze theme. We had such a fun time discussing the hidden messages behind some of our favorite movies! There were so many thoughtful responses from my students. #YeahImAGriffin

[Carol Jago @CarolJago]

More important than keeping kids busy is keeping them THINKING.

[Miss Collins @Miss_Collins__]

#YeahImAGriffin #WriteRightRite

[Miss Collins @Miss_Collins__]

I was so excited to have a special guest in my classroom yesterday to help warm up my students at the beginning of class. @JasonReynolds83 thank you for sharing your genius! My students had such a great time with your writing prompt about creating their own video game. ✏️🎮

[Mr. Schermer @matt_schermer]

Welcoming back our students to 5 days was quite the affair! Chalked sidewalks by staff, welcome assembly by APs, Grrrowl Card Winners, undefeated 7th Grade FB... Not a bad restart! Thanks to all students, staff, and coaches that made it happen! #YeahImAGriffin #BigBlueOnTheMove

[Alfred W. Tatum @AlfredTatum]

On effective lesson planning: It communicates to children that 1) you are wanted , and 2) somebody cares. Teaching is the easy part. Lesson planning is where the love and genius happen.