Kara Bell

Alternative Teacher Certification Candidate at HTU, ELA 7-12 & ESL. Thankful to teacher Twitter for helping me learn.

[Kara Bell @karabelltx]

@BrianODawson Congrats! Lucky district! I’ve found my learning community! Principal leaves door open for students, and that’s how I knew I was in the right place. Thanks for setting the bar! Can’t wait to go back to school!!!

[Kara Bell @karabelltx]

Spending my Friday night writing from prompts with friends at https://t.co/Ndd3wOEHSy. Soothing words from @RonSeybold “You can’t do this wrong, if all you are doing is writing.” Plus laughing, wine and breaking all the writing rules. Kathleen coins it #lastmeetinglooseness

[Kara Bell @karabelltx]

In 4th grade and beyond, I read secretly under the covers with a flashlight and books by @StephenKing. Never understood why my high school / college lit requirements didn't include a course entirely for him b/c his books had biggest positive impact on my young adult life. https://t.co/SsYhglwgc4

[Melinda Buchanan @ML_Buchanan]

@ProjectLITComm No book shaming allowed!!! #ProjectLITchat

[Kara Bell @karabelltx]

@ChristieNold @jwalkup @tdj6899 @TheJLV Watched this talk when you posted it and I will be thinking about it for a long time. Thank you for sharing it.

[Kara Bell @karabelltx]

Great for classrooms, and might print out for my next family gathering too! https://t.co/VeNPEsTUN4

[Emily Fɾαɳƈιʂ @emilyfranESL]

Printable accountable talk prompts "Talk with Respect"
#ELL #ESL #academicConversations
https://t.co/8xLhZuBFcR

[Kara Bell @karabelltx]

Hi! I’m a pre-service ELAR 7-12 teacher from Austin, TX here to learn! #NCTEchat

[Kara Bell @karabelltx]

@teachersarah21 Here it is! https://t.co/4teJXzigY8

[Kara Bell @karabelltx]

A teacher who did this with her classroom library shared her process and student work on Twitter. I hope I saved or liked the tweet! #projectLITchat https://t.co/ypgRImpLH1

[Amanda Tucker-Dye @meigslibrarian]

A3) For the past few years I’ve wanted to do a project where kids analyze diversity in our school library collection. I haven’t hashed it out nor found a willing teacher, but I want my kids to know that representation matters & that they have a voice in that. #ProjectLITchat

[Kara Bell @karabelltx]

@mckissackreads I found it. Thanks #Evernote https://t.co/4teJXzigY8

[Kara Bell @karabelltx]

@Ms_Shook Haven’t got a teaching job yet, but hopefully soon!

[Kara Bell @karabelltx]

A7. Landing my first teaching job and meeting my first students! Austin schools start in August! #ProjectLITChat https://t.co/xNfLpCeOxE

[Project LIT Community @ProjectLITComm]

Q7. What are you looking forward to most this summer?! #ProjectLITchat

[Kara Bell @karabelltx]

@lynnahagen No teaching assignment yet, but working hard on it!

[Ashleigh Rose @betweenmargins]

Why aren’t #TeacherShowers a thing? I think someone should throw me one every summer. Hint: @sincebarnes #ProjectLITChat https://t.co/39UMxtHJZb

[Kara Bell @karabelltx]

@watkinskaleb @betweenmargins Clever!

[Kara Bell @karabelltx]

A5. Making an Amazon wishlist and sharing w/ friends, family, coworkers who are excited and supportive of my career transition to teaching. Ooh, maybe I can get someone to host a teacher shower! #projectLitchat https://t.co/TVQ3Pxytdb

[Project LIT Community @ProjectLITComm]

Q5. How have you built your classroom library and/or secured your Project LIT books? What are some summer fundraising strategies? #ProjectLITchat

[Kara Bell @karabelltx]

@Ms_Shook Anxiety for me too, more because of wanting a bigger book budget. The library won’t let me write in books or keep them. #projectLITchat

[Kara Bell @karabelltx]

@bethctech Good to know it works for older students too, as I’m not sure what grade I’ll be teaching yet. It’s even working for me as I read #projectlit books!

[Kara Bell @karabelltx]

A1: the two in the pic plus Poet X on Kindle #ProjectLITchat