M.E. Ortman

Middle School SPED teacher with a passion for relationship building and social skills. I love my sassy 3 year-old, kind husband, reading, and coffee.

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@sesamestreet @TheWiggles any plans on making a song about wearing or putting on masks for kids going back to school soon? My daughter would love it 🙂

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We welcomed our pipsqueak, David, into the world on April 21!

He’s just a little guy at 6 pounds 14 ounces, but is doing very well! If recovery continues to go well for both of us, we will be heading home a day earlier than first expected!

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Absolutely heartbroken by not being able to see my kids again this year. Even if we do online learning, it just won’t be the same as being in our classroom with the community we’ve worked to build in our room this year.

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@LynMullalyHunt Terrible 😞 ... missing my kids and our room and our community that we’ve worked so hard to build. Our district is requiring us to be on-call to come in for child care or help with food, but this pregnant, toddler mom is so anxious about it.

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@jamiesumner_ @SimonKIDS @SSEdLib @MickeyBurkeen

[Jamie Sumner @jamiesumner_]

Feeling the need to give generously as so many kids are out of school without access to books. I’m giving away five copies of #RollWithIt. Hang in there everyone! 📚💗 #mglit #freebooks

1. Follow me & retweet
2. Tag a teacher or librarian

Ends 3/20. US only.

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Each of my social skills classes has completed 1 LEGO group session and it’s amazing! It’s so cool to see the kids be so careful about their words and work together 😍
#OzarkLeads

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@Mrs_Ennis_OMS @ash6783 Omg it was a mess. We recovered within like a minute though 👍🏻

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I’m beyond excited to start our LEGO group on Monday! The kids were so excited when I told them about this today.

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This student usually grunts or just refuses to answer our check-out conference questions at the end of each day...but today the best part of the day was what we did in Social Skills, AND he answered despite getting a soccer ball to the face in P.E. 🙌🏻
#progress

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@melaniesumrow @littlebeebooks @MickeyBurkeen

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@ash6783 Oooooh yeah! We tied it back to getting and holding a job. AND the kids pretty much came up with these 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

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Today I took down the last bulletin board from the beginning of the year and put this one up. It’s a big deal because it means my learners are intentionally interacting with each other more, not avoiding people. You DO have to interact to practice social skills, after all 🤷🏼‍♀️

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After a very hard end to my day, Dorie helped me eat my feelings and tried to cheer me up as we ate our “dinner” (it was ice cream). Tonight I’m desperately grateful for my 3 year olds kind heart and empathy. After crying so hard tonight, I’m so proud of the human she’s becoming.

[The Book Bratz @thebookbratz]

#GIVEAWAY: In honor of Nora Shalaway Carpenter's debut, we're giving away a pre-order of THE EDGE OF ANYTHING! Ends 3/2 @ 12am EST. INT okay. To enter:

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*Follow @norawritesbooks

Bonus entry: Tag a friend in the replies! #Class2K20Books

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Tonight was amazing...hearing what Temple Grandin had to say reinforced a lot of what I’m trying to do in my classroom, and WHY my kids need a classroom like mine. 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

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I’ve been quarantined in my bedroom for the last 3 days due to a terrible GI virus. We had to skip our weekly library date today, but tonight I was finally able to sit and read with my favorite girl tonight 🤍📚🤍

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@Jarrett_Lerner YES! My kids wrote valentines to themselves today. Some hated it and rolled their eyes but it was awesome.

[Rie's Tinkerbell Erica @basicbechgamer]

Quick Valentines Giveaway! I'm about to head out to work but wanted to spread some Valentines Day Love. So Retweet for your chance to win a Kindle book of your choice up to $10. US only. Will pick a winner when I get home from work so entries close in 8 hours! 11:30 pm CST

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@Mrs_Ennis_OMS @Jarrett_Lerner You live and you Lern(er)