Mrs. O'Toole

5th Grade Teacher at W.A. Johnson School. :) The purpose of this account is to promote the awesome learning happening in 5th grade.

[Mrs. O'Toole @MrsOToole5]

Sometimes you just need a personalized note on your desk to help get you through the rest of the week #keepmovingforward

[Mrs. O'Toole @MrsOToole5]

@AlanGratz Thanks for your response! Is there any way you could write my kids a quick message just thanking them for reading that I could share with them? They LOVED your book so much it inspired them to start reading "Grenade."

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@AlanGratz My students are SUPER engaged in a book club with Refugee. You have helped some of my most reluctant readers to be excited about books clubs! Would love to find a way to connect with you so my students can share their thoughts about what they read! #bsd2

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@NealShusterman My students are SUPER engaged in a book club with The Shadow Club. You have helped some of my most reluctant readers to be excited about books clubs! Would love to find a way to connect with you so my students can share their thoughts about what they read!

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@nielsenwriter My students are SUPER engaged in a book club with A Night Divided. Would love to find a way to connect with you so my students can share their thoughts about what they read! #bsd2

[Mrs. O'Toole @MrsOToole5]

In preparation for our field trip on Thursday, We are doing a web quest today on Westward Expansion. 🤠🐎 #bsd2

[Mrs. O'Toole @MrsOToole5]

Practicing our book discussions. We are making sure we use eye contact, stay focused and keep our conversations natural.

[Mrs. O'Toole @MrsOToole5]

But most importantly we’ve been having a ton of fun in fifth grade! ☺️

[Derek Sutor @CoachSutor]

If we are to lead kids in any capacity ... as parents, teachers, coaches, educators of any sorts ... we must be models of the people we want them to be.

Why would they follow someone who doesn’t practice what they preach?

Don’t give an example.

Be the example.

[Mrs. O'Toole @MrsOToole5]

We answered our first whiteboard question!

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We worked together to talk about what being respectful, responsible, and safe looks like.

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Then we did a scavenger hunt to get to know our classroom better 🗺

[Mrs. O'Toole @MrsOToole5]

Love that we were able to have a special guest in our class today to show us their communication board to help us relate to our class novel- Out of my Mind. Love the connections kids were able to make ❤️

[Mrs. O'Toole @MrsOToole5]

Thankful Thursday- Who or What are you thankful for?

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Today we had a scavenger hunt around the classroom in order to be prepared with where materials are located!

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Loved the responses from our first whiteboard questions in homeroom last week!

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We’re off to a great start this school year! So much fun exploring our classroom and new laptops.

[Mrs. O'Toole @MrsOToole5]

Great last day of fifth grade at the 5th grade picnic!

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Such a beautiful day for Sports Day!

[Lorrie Ruh @LorrieRuh]

Hats off to 16 Heartland 4th & 5th graders who read all 20 of the 2018 Young Viking selections. Pizza party celebration today! @heartlandhawks @Geneva304

[Mrs. O'Toole @MrsOToole5]

Great author visit today from @mikevanwaes and @aBadManPajama