Amy Ruch

7th grade Language Arts teacher 🍎 Helen Fort Middle School 🐝

[Amy Ruch @mrs_ruch]

Turned room 15 into a “mortuary” just in time for Halloween by conducting character autopsies for the Hunger Games. #PembertonInnovates #languageartsislit #elaallday @apapapateacher

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An amazing night with @HarlemWizards supporting HFMS #charactereducation 🏀🐝 #hornetpride

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First four corners debate of the year and the students were amazing! Giving them the tools and platform to EFEECTIVELY argue by listening to one another and responding by name.

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Our students are enjoying their Friday restorative circle tradition so much that they get upset thinking they’ll miss it on tomorrow’s day off. So that means a surprise Thursday circle on our classroom monthly trait, EMPATHY! #charactereducation #restorativepractices

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When half the class is out for a field trip but the remaining students excitedly ask “DOES THIS MEAN WE GET EXTRA INDEPENDENT READING TIME?!”. My heart just about exploded. #youngreaders #booklovers #readingrocks

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It’s been awhile since I’ve tweeted but super proud of my new 7th graders for presenting their dystopia research presentations with such confidence and zest! Excited for the rest of the year with this new group! @apapapateacher

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Team 7-2 was really “digging” their fossil field trip #pembertoninnovates #fieldtrip #RowanFossilPark

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Philosophical chairs debate gave students the opportunity to EFFECTIVELY argue about a controversial topic. Students who are normally hesitant to participate really embraced the activity and came to the “hot seat”! #pembertoninnovates #proudteacher

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@Ms_Mortensen Stealing this idea!

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Students presentented research projects of social justice issues from the past to kick off unit 3! They were nervous but were amazing! #studentsasteachers #pembertoninnovates

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I have accepted the challenge from my PTS colleague @HFLITerature to post 7 covers of books I LOVE: no explanation, no review - just cover. Each time I post, I’ll ask someone else to take up the challenge. One cover a day for a week. My Day 2 nomination is @Ms_Mortensen

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7 covers of books I LOVE: no explanation, no review, just covers. Each time I post, I’ll challenge someone else to follow: one cover a day for a week. My Day 1 nomination is @Mr_Corliss

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@Miss_Belko Woo!

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Shout out to @Miss_Belko! Two of our students quickly divided up a short story text into thirds by looking at the amount of paragraphs and dividing by three. Now they’re holding me accountable for saying “we’re just reading a third of the story today” #theygotme

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Students creating materials to teach their classmates about inspirational leaders and the character words they exemplify. #studentsasteachers #pembertoninnovates @daniellesteen2 @Mr_Corliss @Miss_Mc_Q

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Setting resolutions inspired by HFMS’s character education words! Starting the year on the right foot! And my resolution? To tweet more! #pembertoninnovates #NewYearNewMe #charactereducation

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Room 15 is feeling festive! #MostWonderfulTimeOfTheYear #pembertoninnovates

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The cutest students and the best coworkers. Birthday love from my #hornetfam

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@Miss_Mc_Q Thank you! I don’t know what I’d do without my #hornetfam and the best PLC leader @Miss_Mc_Q !

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@HFLITerature @kedwards51 Happy birthday!