Ms.B ELA

6th Grade Teacher at SMS

[Ms.B ELA @KteachSMS]

When you are still waiting for a call from the pool attendant for a lounge chair, you can just pretend in your hotel room! ⁦@FairmontHotels⁩

[Ms.B ELA @KteachSMS]

The Fairmont in Austin is beautiful, but come on people, PAYING guests of your hotel should not have to wait 4 hours on a waitlist for a lounge chair! Maybe sell a few less day passes to non guests so that your paying guests can use the pool? @FairmontHotels @FairmontAustin

[Ms.B ELA @KteachSMS]

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6th graders- Synthesizing information across texts: Today we dissected our essential question into categories and we are taking focused notes within those categories. @SequoiaMSGiants

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@SequoiaMSGiants @ValleyViewJags Congratulations! So exciting!

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6th graders excited to show mastery of workshop strategies through book reflection projects.@SequoiaMSGiants

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6th grade peer teaching- learning from classmates about the social structure of Ancient Egypt. ⁦@SequoiaMSGiants⁩

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6th Students research their designated social class across two resources and then decide which presentation platform works best for their gathered information. ⁦@SequoiaMSGiants⁩

[Ms.B ELA @KteachSMS]

6th graders prepare for their first nonfiction book club meeting by naming fascinating parts of the text and mulling over that parts in your head to prepare for rich conversation. @SequoiaMSGiants @MtDiabloUSD @TCRWP

[Ms.B ELA @KteachSMS]

6th graders diving into their nonfiction book clubs- orienting themselves to their books by studying the cover and table of contents. Then reading front matter to spark questions and ideas!@SequoiaMSGiants @MtDiabloUSD

[Ms.B ELA @KteachSMS]

@EnglishwithMarz @ncte Strategy groups- students who are in need of practice with the same “reading/writing move”. Teach- practice- release. How do I know what to teach and who needs it? By conferencing with students and checking in with partnerships.

[Ms.B ELA @KteachSMS]

@PleasantHill_CA flooding on vivian continues. This is the third year now that I have lost the majority of the bark in my front yard. When is relief to our current drainage system coming??

[Ms.B ELA @KteachSMS]

Pushing ourselves to track more than one theory in a book...@SequoiaMSGiants @MtDiabloUSD

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Some friendly competition between CORE classes. Who can read the most pages in a chapter book by the end of the month? Total of nearly 34,000 pages in just 6 days! We are on fire!! @SequoiaMSGiants @MtDiabloUSD

[Laura Robb @LRobbTeacher]

I have countless stories of trusting, caring, exemplary teachers who changed the trajectory of students' lives. I have no stories showing that skill-and-drill worksheets transform Ss lives! #kidsdeserveit #makingstarpuding @ERobbPrincipal @DrMaryHoward @KFelicello @RitaWirtz

[Ms.B ELA @KteachSMS]

Perfect example of the work we do in reader’s workshop! Beautiful thinking. @SequoiaMSGiants

[Lindsay Barna @litcoachmusings]

Imagining reading notebook work. Same text. Same content. Different modes- visual, chart, write-long. How students choose to represent their work should be up to them. But these seem to be the BIG 3. Thoughts?? @TCRWP #ruos #middleschool #readingnotebook

[Ms.B ELA @KteachSMS]

Check out my classroom on @DonorsChoose! I'd love your help to bring my project to life: https://t.co/XppZlxA40y @SequoiaMSGiants @MtDiabloUSD

[Ms.B ELA @KteachSMS]

Enjoying our new coffee table! Great for partner/group work! @SequoiaMSGiants

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Mrs. Owen offers wonderful support to our ALD students each day. ⁦@SequoiaMSGiants⁩

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No one even suggested he take notes on his qizlet words, but he knows that this could be an advantage for him when we play the game live! Love that it matters to him so much. @KteachSMS @SequoiaMSGiants