Kelly Suchanek

6th grade teacher, instructional coach, wife, mother, breast cancer survivor, math aficionado, reader, writer, learner, leader.

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Student: “Have you always been this way?”

Me: 🤔 “What do you mean?”

Student: “You make me feel so comfortable, 🥰 I even feel comfortable raising my hand 🙋🏼‍♀️ and asking questions. I’ve never felt this way before.”

#teacherstudent #relationships

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@TamronHallShow @sherrypienyc Amazing interview @tamronhall. You are so talented and did the topic justice.

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After spending a week in bed with influenza A, I came back to work (dreading the inevitable hot mess) only to find this... 😃

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@WSDNews Talented Pierce Middle School musicians! Enjoying the holiday concert! 🎄

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@MeganKortlandt Oh no

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Hot coco, soft piano music, and amazing historical narratives were the makings of a great writer’s celebration today at Pierce Middle School! So proud of these writers! @WSDNews #EnglishTeacher
#ELA
#NCTE
#tcrwp

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Great message, great cause! Got one in turquoise. #iteachmath

[Berkeley Everett @BerkeleyEverett]

T-shirts are now available! 3 different designs: https://t.co/DirjyG7ZUk

1. Dots (front)
2. "You're not bad at math" (front), Dots (back)
3. "You ARE a math person" (front), Dots (back)

Proceeds go raffling off math ed books. #MathPositive

#mtbos #iteachmath

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@TinaCardone Sounds like a dream! Enjoy!

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@SteveWyborney My students and I thank you tremendously!!

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@robertkaplinsky @JessicaTilli1 @TracyZager @joboaler @ddmeyer @gfletchy @BuildMathMinds I didn’t include much (if any) collaborative learning. Now, it’s the bulk of my block.

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@MeganKortlandt Holy moly!

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Spending a day with these woman feeds my soul. 💕 And not just because we eat lots of snacks!)

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Celebrating my Donelson Hills Elementary kiddos, all of them! So lucky to have been their teacher, mentor, guide on the side! #wsdiee #DonelsonHills

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I’m fairly certain that eating 2 Skinny Cow ice cream bars cancels out the “Skinny” part.

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S “When are we gonna be, like, done for the year?”
Me “Ha! Do you know how much math I can teach you in 10 days? We can stop in 9...maybe.” 😜

[TraumaInformedPBS @ti_pbs]

Students who are defensive are labouring under unfortunate, yet understandable, beliefs:

– That everyone is trying to hurt them badly

– That no one will listen unless they hit back with immense force

– That their needs cannot ever truly be met

https://t.co/fz9JeyWh34

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@hnuckollsLEAD Yay!!!

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Building identity through pictorial allegory and amazing conversation about valuing yourself and the uniqueness in others. #SEL #LoveYourself_SpeakYourself #buildingabetterfuture

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Whole class digging into thinking around a math task, s says “I still don’t get it!” Instantly, 3 others jump in to help. Watching & listening to my 7th grade math community support each other makes my heart sing! #inspiremathculture
#iteachmath

[TraumaInformedPBS @ti_pbs]

Trauma informed teachers aren’t blind to the short-comings in their students; they just choose not to use these faults too harshly against them https://t.co/fz9JeyWh34 #traumainformed #traumainformedpbs