Madelyn Hughes

Elementary teacher librarian in WSFCS. A bit of Ms. Frizzle, a touch of Bill Nye. @appstate alum, @UNCG student.

[Madelyn Hughes @MsRindal]

Summer Ss have been working on activities based on "Quit Calling Me a Monster!" By Jory John. They created a monster out of clay, added a thought bubble to show what they are thinking and explained how we could be a good classmate to each monster if they were in our class.

[Madelyn Hughes @MsRindal]

After reading variations on the Humpty Dumpty story, students worked on building a safety suit for Humpty Dumpty. We'll be testing their efficacy after spring break!

[Madelyn Hughes @MsRindal]

As we finish TKAMB and THUG, we ask, "what would justice look like in the case of Tom Robinson and Khalil Harris?" Ss look at Truth & Reconciliation Commissions, Pardons, Formal Apologies, Reparations, Memorials and Moments and reflect on what is justice in these instances.

[American Library Association @ALALibrary]

🚨🚨BREAKING🚨🚨

For the 4th consecutive year, the White House has eliminated the @US_IMLS from the proposed FY21 federal budget. Urge Congress to #FundLibraries:
https://t.co/7PYorTrWvU

ALA President Wanda Brown released the following statement: https://t.co/V4ig79pFND

[Madelyn Hughes @MsRindal]

Love this video explaining what has been one of these most effective SEL lessons I've ever taught. It makes sense to kids, it makes sense to adults, and now it's even easier to share! Thanks always for the excellent stuff you put in the world @cultureodignity.

[Cultures of Dignity @cultureodignity]

We’ve all felt we deserve respect and not been given it or been told to show respect to someone we don’t actually respect because of how they behave.

Dignity gives us a new way to interact. A way where we can recognize the person’s essential worth apart from their actions.

[Madelyn Hughes @MsRindal]

Ss listened to American Elegy by Frank Ticheli, read program and performance notes, and participated in Chalk Talk discussion. Some of their reflections made my heart hurt.

[Madelyn Hughes @MsRindal]

Session Two of @cultureodignity Owning Up Curriculum involves figuring out what behaviors go in the "Act Like a Girl" and "Act Like a Boy" box. Ss respond to the Q: What is one thing you can do to make the "boxes" less powerful?

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Looking at excerpts of "West Virginia State Board of Education vs. Barnett" (1943) and deciding: which justice is the textualist, the one who wrote the majority opinion or the dissent?

[Madelyn Hughes @MsRindal]

Establishing norms on Day 1 of our @cultureodignity Owning Up Curriculum. The "Dignity vs. Respect" mini-lessons is one of my favorite things I teach all year.

[Madelyn Hughes @MsRindal]

It's crunch time in the classroom coffee shop! Ss "ordered" (decaf) coffee, tea, or hot chocolate and spent the day before their first big cumulative exam sipping and studying. I make a great barista!

[Madelyn Hughes @MsRindal]

Can you define adaptation? Come play science vocabulary jenga!

[Madelyn Hughes @MsRindal]

Thanks! Our book club members love you and are going be so excited when I show them this tweet. :)

[Paige McKenzie ☀️ @hauntedsunshine]

I love this so hard.

[Madelyn Hughes @MsRindal]

We ended our Haunting of Sunshine Girl book club with an Escape Room. No standards or curricular goals-- just for fun! It's important for schools to hold space for reading for the joy of it.

[Madelyn Hughes @MsRindal]

My students at the climate strike! Super proud of these scholars who chose to advocate today #FridaysForFuture

[Hartford Climate @hartfordclimate]

There was a big crowd at today’s #climatestrike at the Capitol. We’re so proud to stand with Grace Academy students and Hartford youth leading the fight on climate change. #GlobalClimateStrike

[Madelyn Hughes @MsRindal]

This is why I love my Viking Family!

[Sharon L. Contreras, PhD @scontrerasPhD]

Today I was "grilled" by a group of 7th graders at @GCSchoolsNC Allen MS on: (1)size of lockers commensurate to size of backpacks; (2) lack of teaching/materials on different cultures; (3)infrequency of fettuccini on lunch menu. This very smart, brave scholar was the ring leader!

[Madelyn Hughes @MsRindal]

Today was Syllabus Escape Room day... so much more fun than giving a quiz on the syllabus!

[Madelyn Hughes @MsRindal]

This is my second year leading The Haunting of Sunshine Girl book club, a five week club based off the famous YouTube Series and novels!

[Madelyn Hughes @MsRindal]

@teamnoack3 @allenmiddle1968 @GCSchoolsNC Love this. Go Vikings!

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

Two young men broke into the School Resource Officer’s office at a Tennessee high school and stole an AR-15 and a tactical vest. This is a logical outcome of allowing guns in schools.

https://t.co/TSNwD4lPgL

[Madelyn Hughes @MsRindal]

This whole thread is important professional development for anyone who has the tremendous privilege and responsibility of putting books in kiddos' hands.