Mrs. McCredy

7th grade ELA teacher in Chicago burbs, 181 World 🌎 Changer, tech 🍎 🤓 geek, voracious reader 📚, workshop writer ✏️, lifelong learner 👩🏻‍🏫.

[Mrs. McCredy @MrsMcCredy]

@RachelLitLady1 Daily 10 minute modeling reading and updating GoodReads with them! We chat, book talk, and conference Fridays when we have more time.

[Mrs. McCredy @MrsMcCredy]

@mrmorong @AHSD25Thomas @CCSD181 Three great kids! 👏🏻 🎶 Congrats!

[Mrs. McCredy @MrsMcCredy]

And that is a wrap on #NaNoWriMo21!!!! All that’s left is to activate our inner editors to complete the novel. #INovel I am so proud of my students- they wrote millions of words. Thanks @NaNoWriMo for the stickers and progress chart to keep us motivated. ✏️

[ShelfieTalk @ShelfieTalk]

“Four things have made our students better writers—a volume of practice, choice, modeling, and feedback. Grading is not on this list.” ⁦@pennykittle⁩ ⁦@KellyGToGo⁩

[Mrs. McCredy @MrsMcCredy]

Poetry for Justice & Power: So many of my EDU heroes in one place and an amazing performance by @micahbournes. @KellyGToGo @CarolJago @pennykittle A wealth of knowledge and resources! #NCTE21 @ncte

[ShelfieTalk @ShelfieTalk]

“Who else was there?” A reflective question for distupting the single story. @LindaSuePark #NCTE

[Mrs. McCredy @MrsMcCredy]

@dbarclaymoore @lilliamr #NCTE2021 @ncte Setting as an act of revolution panel with these amazing writers! My mind is blown and I have so many setting prompts/activities to do with my writers for #nanowrimo2021

[Mrs. McCredy @MrsMcCredy]

Thank you #NCTE2021 for such an inspiring conference keynote. @MichelleObama you spoke directly to my teacher heart. ❤️

[Kelly Gallagher @KellyGToGo]

I always love NCTE week. Join me, @pennykittle, @micahbournes, @GeorgiaHeard1, and @CarolJago in Session G-2 "Poetry for Justice and Power: How Language and Freedom Are Intertwined" on Friday 11/19 at 4:15pm ET. This is a live event. #NCTE21

[Teacher2Teacher @teacher2teacher]

Let's start a thread of classroom library picks for middle school Ss! 📚👇

T @FosseMr wants to promote a love of reading and learning across different subjects – what books might you recommend?

#InstantPD #BookChat #BuildYourStack #PLN

[Mrs. McCredy @MrsMcCredy]

Honored to celebrate two of my amazing 8th grade Rotary winners last Friday! Congratulations 🎉 - wonderful to celebrate with the leaders in our community. @HinsdaleRotary

[Mrs. McCredy @MrsMcCredy]

Scenes from ELA this week #chmsproud #ThankaVeteran #nanowrimo2021

[Mrs. McCredy @MrsMcCredy]

Loving the #nanowrimo2021 stickers and bookmarks to goal set after conferencing! ✍️

[Mrs. McCredy @MrsMcCredy]

@LundLibrarian Refugee, Amal Unbound, You Should See Me in A Crown

[NaNoWriMo @NaNoWriMo]

It’s officially November in every time zone in the world, and we’re ready for a month-long novel-writing fiesta! Have you started writing yet? Tell us about your novel! Share your first line!

[Alice Keeler @alicekeeler]

"Take your roster of student names and assign them a slide in Google Slides." https://t.co/bD5JZDsjSq #googleEDU

[Mrs. McCredy @MrsMcCredy]

And so it begins. Happy #NaNoWriMo21!!!!!!!

[Eric Morong @mrmorong]

Happy Halloween from CHMS faculty/staff! #D181Proud #halloween2021

[Mrs. McCredy @MrsMcCredy]

Spooky digital magnetic poetry and two sentence Horror stories to celebrate Halloween writing. 🎃 👻 The writing was so good it was scary!