Cristina Mato

teacher | A/AOGPE | TCNJ alum | book enthusiast | pen lover | life-long learner

[Cristina Mato @msmato317]

What a week in fifth grade! We had our state fair and made our own balloons while learning about the Macy’s Thanksgiving day parade! Getting excited for break next week 🦃

[Cristina Mato @msmato317]

This visual is everything. All behavior is a function for something else. Sometimes our loudest, toughest friends are the ones that need us the most 🤍

[Beth 💙 @Beth_Tastic]

ALL behaviours are communication. This is still an area I see massively misunderstood in far too many schools😞sanctioning a child for unmet needs is never OK. It’s discriminatory at worst and cruel at best - not a good look. I also question how it fits with Teaching Standards🫤

[Principal Project @PrincipalProj]

"See a child differently, and you see a different child." —Dr. Stuart Shanker

A reminder of the power of a reframe, via educator @kwiens62:

[Cristina Mato @msmato317]

Happy Halloween from 5th grade 🍦🍒👻

[Cristina Mato @msmato317]

One of our favorite labs of the year so far … even when it didn’t go exactly as planned at first 🤣🤦🏻‍♀️🎈

[Cristina Mato @msmato317]

Nothing makes my teacher heart happier than when a reluctant writer gets excited about their piece. We published our personal narratives and when I read this part … 🤯🤯 Lots of conferences later and we ended up here, a very long way from “So then I threw the football” 🥰🎉

[Cristina Mato @msmato317]

Some creative scrambled states projects in social studies this week. The Grinch in a bathtub may be my personal fave 🤣

[Cristina Mato @msmato317]

How’d you spend your Saturday? Mine is so far being spent trying to keep up with my student’s newfound love of the dot game. Thank goodness for Canva 🎉

[Cristina Mato @msmato317]

Year 10! Back to 5th grade with a new partner 🍎🐾

[Cristina Mato @msmato317]

A wrap on year 8! ✌🏼🐾☀️🍎

[Cristina Mato @msmato317]

A visit to Carter the snake today for the B203 kids. I stayed far, far away but they loved it. True embodiment of “it’s for the kids” 😳🐍 Thanks Mrs. Reil for having us!

[TeacherGoals @teachergoals]

Kindness counts! 🧡

[Cristina Mato @msmato317]

We had a great time at Record Setters today!! 🐾

[Cristina Mato @msmato317]

Learning about catfish words today 🐾#vespack

[Cristina Mato @msmato317]

Year 9, grade 4, day 1 ✅ New grade and back to RCO for me! The final step count of the day is 13,500 so we’ll just say I’m ready for bed 😴

[Cristina Mato @msmato317]

@brooke_geller @VESGrade5 @missfrascella Thank you! We’ll see you next year - have a great summer ☀️

[Cristina Mato @msmato317]

Reading rocks and so do we! Can’t stop the reading #RANJ 2023 🎶🎤📚🐾 #vespack

[Cristina Mato @msmato317]

I’m convinced it is the most fun to be a teacher on your birthday. It also helps when you have the best coteacher who makes your day great. Thanks to the kids and to @missfrascella for making me feel so special 🎉🍀💗

[Cristina Mato @msmato317]

@OMinEdu Same 😂😭

[Cristina Mato @msmato317]

When you’re old enough to have visiting students that are juniors, sophomores, and freshmen in high school 👀😭 I feel so old (and short) today, but my heart is so full 💕🐾 #vespack #alwayspartofthepack

[Cristina Mato @msmato317]

@MsFiumara_ So sweet - totally made my day!