Mrs. Laird🌻

Middle & High School English Educator 👩🏼‍🏫 she/her ✏️ Central Bucks School District

[Mrs. Laird🌻 @MrsNicoleLaird]

@angiecthomas Happy Birthday! Currently have a self-described “non reader” reading “On the Come Up” because “The Hate You Give” was the first book they enjoyed reading on their own

[Angie Thomas @angiecthomas]

It’s my birthday, and I want to give 3 educators classroom sets of my MG debut, Nic Blake and the Remarkables. I’ll zoom with your classes too. US and Canada only. To enter, follow me, reply to this, and RT by 9/26. For a bonus entry, follow Nic Blake on IG (see below)

[Mrs. Laird🌻 @MrsNicoleLaird]

8th grade enjoyed their first trip to the library this year! Thank you @TamanendLibrary /Mrs. Holloway for having us!

Would have taken more pictures but students were excited to ask for recommendations 📚📖

@CBTamanendMS #ReadersAreLeaders

[Mrs. Laird🌻 @MrsNicoleLaird]

Started the year with a pipe cleaner guessing game for our favorite summer memories, and building towers out of the things we have in common! Excited for the year ahead with a great and creative group of 8th graders 🍎

[Tyler Rablin @Mr_Rablin]

🧵 I update grades every two weeks while conferencing with students.

I used to just update grades whenever I put scores in and then would talk about the changes with students later.

Here's why I've switched and the benefits I've found to updating grades LESS frequently.

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[Michele Myers @mmyerscb97]

Ss in @MrsNicoleLaird @CBTamanendMS get CLUES to good writing by playing the iconic board game. This type of thinking prepares Ss for an upcoming writing assignment and reading “And Then There Were None”. #cbsdpd

[Mrs. Laird🌻 @MrsNicoleLaird]

Collaborative notetaking!
Students activated their prior knowledge (fav #HattieStrategy) independently, with a group, and then as a class. They added to and refined their notes on the #ElementsofFiction

@CBTamanendMS

[Mrs. Laird🌻 @MrsNicoleLaird]

8th grade practiced note-taking and making SMART goals today with our whiteboard table tops!
Setting Team Infinity’s expectations high this year!

[Mrs. Laird🌻 @MrsNicoleLaird]

Super cute idea! Honors the different ways a student can participate in the classroom and shows that they a valued member of the community

[Mrs. Laird🌻 @MrsNicoleLaird]

Watching TV/movies with my family and pausing to ask them about inferences/predictions 🤷🏼‍♀️ #justteacherthings

[Mrs. Laird🌻 @MrsNicoleLaird]

@cbjjaffe @CBSDSchools Nicole Laird, Tamanend 🐅

[Eileen @NZNeep]

The youngsters at my work made the "he's a 10" meme into a YA book display 😅

[Mrs. Laird🌻 @MrsNicoleLaird]

I started by asking my Ss what they knew, correcting or adding information as we went.

We moved into questions/thoughts/feelings that touched on gun control, justice system, racism, & more. This was mostly led by them.

We ended by reviewing safety procedures for our classroom.

[Mrs. Laird🌻 @MrsNicoleLaird]

It’s important we give our students the space to ask questions, express feelings, and process thoughts about these events.

[Mrs. Laird🌻 @MrsNicoleLaird]

It’s important we give our students the space to ask questions, express feelings, and process thoughts about these events.

[Mrs. Laird🌻 @MrsNicoleLaird]

How to talk to students about school shootings (based on age):

https://t.co/m76ucmYWRh

[Mrs. Laird🌻 @MrsNicoleLaird]

How to talk to students about school shootings (based on age):

https://t.co/m76ucmYWRh

[Mrs. Laird🌻 @MrsNicoleLaird]

Today 9th grade previewed the plot of Romeo & Juliet with my narration & their own dialogue before we begin reading the play next week!

Pics are the secret wedding, Juliet’s slumber, & the final deaths of the star-crossed lovers

#RomeoandJuliet #HSEnglish #TeachingShakespeare

[Dwayne Reed @TeachMrReed]

Just made a mistake.
Just apologized to a kid.
Normalize apologizing to kids.

[Mrs. Laird🌻 @MrsNicoleLaird]

Saw a student reading Concrete Rose by @angiecthomas & asked how he liked it. Turns out he LOVES it, is reading it for FUN (“how weird is that? I never do this!”), and wants to read MORE books!

Not my student, I was covering a class, but hearing his enthusiasm made my day 🤗🤩🌹

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

Overheard: School meals should be free for everybody. Charging children to eat somewhere they are legally required to be for the entire day is exploitative.

[Tyler Rablin @Mr_Rablin]

If we average scores from assignments over the course of the term to calculate final grades, we don't value growth.

I don't know a way around that fact.

If a students scores a 50% and then a 90%, they will get a worse grade than a student who got 75% both times.