Rebekah Stathakis

Teacher, learner, parent, advocate, reader, author, language lover, and NBCT.
She/her/ella

[Rebekah Stathakis @ProfeStathakis]

@HOrchestra57 And a huge shout-out to our amazing Director of
Orchestras for teaching all of these Zoom lessons! May the music continue! #D57bettertogether

[Rebekah Stathakis @ProfeStathakis]

Grateful that #Gimkit enables all of our 8th graders to play and learn #together from our separate homes today! What a fun game! ¡Excelente trabajo, estudiantes! And who was Selena Quintanilla?! #D53Learns #D53Cares @SraKorhonen

[Rebekah Stathakis @ProfeStathakis]

¡Enhorabuena, estudiantes! We miss seeing you in our classrooms but loved being able to all play a game #Together live through #Gimkit. #D53Learns #D53Cares

[Rebekah Stathakis @ProfeStathakis]

@MrB_D53 @tiktok_us This is amazing!!

[Rebekah Stathakis @ProfeStathakis]

@farheen_beg @dringelestein @CoSN You are amazing!!

[Rebekah Stathakis @ProfeStathakis]

Thanks to @idea_northburbs for a great mini-con and @jpowellteach, @SchwabSpanish and @NoApp4Pedagogy for great sessions! Now off to think about how to implement some new ideas in meaningful ways!

[Rebekah Stathakis @ProfeStathakis]

Students sometimes wonder what teachers do on the weekend. Today I played Gimkit, broke out of Chicago (digitally), and was challenged to think critically about goals first and tech/strategies second. All this and more at #ideansminicon. #D53Learns

[Rebekah Stathakis @ProfeStathakis]

@LissaBrunan @Flipgrid If you are willing to share, I would love to see your list! I also teach pre-service teachers and always want to update materials I share with them. I definitely recommend the podcast from @cultofpedagogy about Grecian Urn Lessons (https://t.co/t5PlCDCbRU)

[Rebekah Stathakis @ProfeStathakis]

Thanks so much to El Metro and to everyone who helped with our in-house field trip! The students seemed to thoroughly enjoy learning more about Mexican food, celebrations, and traditions! #MilGracias #D53Learns

[Kathleen Ferrell @FerrellKathleen]

Delicious lunch for our Spanish in-house 6th and 7th grade field trip provided by El Metro #D53learns

[Rebekah Stathakis @ProfeStathakis]

@MsAngelillo_Art I happen to know for a fact that @MsAngelillo_Art makes class FUN and so MEANINGFUL!

[Rebekah Stathakis @ProfeStathakis]

@NealShusterman You try to reach out to the Thunderhead and realize that you are not marked as an unsavory. (Why?! How did you escape the designation?) Share a brief conversation with the Thunderhead.

[Rebekah Stathakis @ProfeStathakis]

Why are we drawing? Lots of reasons! Drawing is a great way to respond to a text, share our mental pictures of what is happening, create images for new vocabulary, and imagine what might happen next. #DrawingHelpsLanguageLearning #D53Learns

[Rebekah Stathakis @ProfeStathakis]

Happy World Teacher's Day! I am so thankful for all of the teachers who have invested in me and enriched my life. Also honored to work with so many talented educators who innovate, inspire, motivate, support, create, and lead in amazing ways. (Too many to tag!)

[Rebekah Stathakis @ProfeStathakis]

Already loving the new white boards that provide us with 3 walls of collaborative space! Students are generating questions for our unit on sports and society. #d53learns

[Rebekah Stathakis @ProfeStathakis]

Last night, parents added to our collection! Their words shared memories, described their kids, offered encouragement, and are FUN! Adding to the beauty, they shared words in Farsi, Hindi, Italian, Sanskrit, English, and Spanish. #WeLoveLanguages #WordsarePowerful #D53Cares

[Rebekah Stathakis @ProfeStathakis]

We were so inspired by @peterhreynolds book, El coleccionista de palabras. We shared it with our seventh grade Spanish students and each of us contributed a word to our very own word collection. #JusttheBeginning #D53learns #WordCollectors

[Rebekah Stathakis @ProfeStathakis]

7th graders created Spanish name puzzles with each answer revealing a letter from their name. Now they are recording the solutions using #Flipgrid. So wonderful to get to know them through puzzles and videos! #HallwayRecordingStudio #FlipgridFever #d53learns

[Rebekah Stathakis @ProfeStathakis]

Our court is in session! Lawyers and clients use text evidence to try the characters from El Nuevo Houdini. Great evidence and thoughtful arguments. @CarolGaab who should pay the fines and repairs? Our judge rules tomorrow! #D53Learns

[Rebekah Stathakis @ProfeStathakis]

Estudiantes: If you don't see your recommendation on my end table, it means I already read that book. When I see you in August, I will have finished these books and will be excited to chat about them!

[Rebekah Stathakis @ProfeStathakis]

The 7th grade final included an extra-credit question, "What should Sra. Stathakis read this summer?" I headed to the public library this morning to check out every student recommendation! #D53Learns #D53Reads #ReadinMultipleLanguages #ListeningisReading