Kristen O'Toole

learner, reader, teacher, mother, making exceptions for the exceptional

[Kristen O'Toole @mrsotoolesclass]

Our schools are open, and I am working. 10+ hours a day, 6 days a week. On the 7th day, I don’t get to rest; that day is for my own children. #IPEA37yrsofuninterruptedservice @karubas @CathyPiehl @NatashaSGrover @RaczakRaczak @lauireedonahue @mark_rising @susandemm28

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

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[Kristen O'Toole @mrsotoolesclass]

Trying to cram as much of my own lesson planning into the 30 minutes each of Lexia and Dreambox we have on the schedule for today! #teachermom #futureready204 #elearning

[Kristen O'Toole @mrsotoolesclass]

Getting Socratic with Animal Farm with @marcdefarno in the @Still1999 LMC and missing @Ms_JConlon, who lets us take over her awesome space! #futureready204 #portraitofagraduate

[Kristen O'Toole @mrsotoolesclass]

The fruits of the #204reads teacher book fair are ready to be devoured! @Still1999 #representationmatters #portraitofagraduate

[Kristen O'Toole @mrsotoolesclass]

When you have a test tomorrow and your teacher doesn’t run a Kahoot review, you do your own. @Still1999 #futureready204 #portraitofagraduate

[Kristen O'Toole @mrsotoolesclass]

We did it! Shakespeare was saved; the English language as we know it lives on! @Still1999 @Ms_JConlon @marcdefarno @FeketeEDU

[Kristen O'Toole @mrsotoolesclass]

Shakespeare is Lost In Time in the @Still1999 LMC! Will the students be able to Breakout before all is lost? #futureready204 @FeketeEDU @Ms_JConlon

[Kristen O'Toole @mrsotoolesclass]

Book club inquiries transform students into educators @Still1999 #futureready204 #portraitofagraduate

[Kristen O'Toole @mrsotoolesclass]

Inquiring minds want to know...using nonfiction book club texts (The 57 Bus, The President Has Been Shot, Americanized) to inspire deeper understanding @DashkaSlater @JamesLSwanson @saaaranotsarah @Still1999 #FutureReady204

[Kristen O'Toole @mrsotoolesclass]

New Advisory curriculum helps us realize how we’re all connected. @Still1999

[Kristen O'Toole @mrsotoolesclass]

Learning the value of communicating and understanding - by not talking.

[Kristen O'Toole @mrsotoolesclass]

When you take your summer enrichment group to the Art Institute on a 90 degree day, you seize the moment to make a memory @Still1999

[Kristen O'Toole @mrsotoolesclass]

Yesterday @msichicago with Still’s Summer Scholars, for many of whom it was their first time to any museum! “It’s awesome that we’re having fun learning & making new friends at the same time!” Fantastic day of hands-on investigating! @Still1999 #futureready204 #fieldtripsmatter

[Kristen O'Toole @mrsotoolesclass]

Making thinking visible with big paper discussions of our essential questions - amazing how well we can voice our thoughts when our mouths are closed!

[Kristen O'Toole @mrsotoolesclass]

@jewell_p_rhodes Yes! It’s such a joy to get to be her teacher! I wish I had a fraction of her talent!

[Kristen O'Toole @mrsotoolesclass]

Grateful to be @Still1999 w/ @jewell_p_rhodes as emphasizes the importance of knowing about 9/11 to close our One Book, One School reading of Towers Falling. Thanks to @Ms_JConlon for orchestrating! Doodles done during read alouds by a VERY talented student. #FutureReady204

[Kristen O'Toole @mrsotoolesclass]

Reading Hamlet in a fishbowl really highlights Shakespeare’s wit! @Still1999 #hamlet #shakespeare

[Kristen O'Toole @mrsotoolesclass]

Thanks to @Ms_JConlon and #googleearth, we got to take a virtual field trip to Shakespeare’s Globe Theater before starting Hamlet tomorrow @Still1999 #futureready204 #shakespeareshamlet #whowillsurvive

[Kristen O'Toole @mrsotoolesclass]

Playing the Game of Life to wrap up our 8th grade career unit @Still1999 - overheard: “I don’t think I’m gonna get to retire - that’s scary!” Thanks for letting us crash the LMC @Ms_JConlon! #futureready204