Amanda West

7-12 Social Studies, 11/12 ELA teacher in Morton, WA. Lover of trees, mountains, cat videos, and feminism. Working to be actively anti-racist. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✊🏼

[Morton School District @MortonSD214]

ES: Reminder that we are hosting a FREE Childfind Screening for Children Birth to 5 years in the MORTON ELEMENTARY GYM on THURSDAY, February 24th. Call the office at 496-5143 to schedule an appointment.

[Amanda West @westab1]

Wordle 227 3/6

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Today is the first time I have ever done this and I think I’m hooked

[Hannah Allam @HannahAllam]

A PTA mom was the shoo-in for a school board seat. Then a home-schooling Three Percenter entered the race. The campaign is a look at the far-right push into local power & the risks rural activists face to oppose it.
https://t.co/SrdT87lg4J

[Amanda West @westab1]

@ohJuliatweets Same. Brisket seems to love getting spritzed.

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@Ms_Ermis I have this exact conversation with students weekly. I say LAYER UP, PEOPLE and they tell me that no one does that 🤷🏼‍♀️

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Teacher Twitter…I want to have my 11/12 lit class read a story next week, but not a Christmas story. Anyone know any good winter solstice stories, or stories about winter that don’t center Christian Christmas?

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@k8roulette2 @CliftonMeg Same! Engagement is nonexistent and I am out of ideas.
Sucks all around but feels better to feel not alone.

[Amanda West @westab1]

@tarynlea4 I love language. I’m also embarrassed that I used to think it was cool to police people’s grammar 😬🤦🏼‍♀️😐

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@zdayastyles Whoa this is a good idea! Thanks 😊

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Any #ela teachers have tips for how to help HS students distinguish between the author and the narrator of a story?

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Why can’t Carisi and Rollins just make out already? #SVU (so I’m watching season 22 ep 4 so this tweet may be moot)

[Amanda West @westab1]

@TheCoachAdair In my experience in a 7-12 school, this is standard teenage behavior, with no end date as far as I have seen

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Whatever happened to screen savers

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@RadioMirage Taking Latin and then Spanish in school helped me learn English grammar more than anything else I studied

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@MrsDMaths I have never NOT worn shorts under my dresses…these thighs got no gap. Plus, I teach jr high and high school, and the possibility that my dress comes up at some point, while rare, has me terrified

[Amanda West @westab1]

@PresidentPat I think All Summer In a Day By Ray Bradbury has some really interesting themes, esp for middle school

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@offgridteacher @mrsjjee Use maps! I don’t teach elementary but I am a middle school SS teacher in a district with no SS until 7th grade. My students have few map skills but they LOVE looking at maps and talking about place

[Amanda West @westab1]

#teachertwitter this year, I bought these to have in my classroom…I don’t love am*zon but I do love a deal…and lots of my kids come to school having just rolled out of bed. I think this will be a welcome addition to my pads/tampons/bandaids/masks drawer https://t.co/NKLa9ngG1u

[Amanda West @westab1]

@mrbgilson I am also in a summer rewatch of Criminal Minds and I absolutely love watching Reid’s hair progression

[Amanda West @westab1]

Ugh annotated*

[Amanda West @westab1]

#teachertwitter I am teaching Cambridge AS level Lit this coming year for the first time (similar to AP lit) and I would love some advice for intro activities. When I taught AS Lang in the past, we annotating and analyzed “marginalia” by Billy Collins

[Amanda West @westab1]

As well as an article about marking the text by Adler, but 1/2 of my students from last year are in the class this year, so I need something fresh