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@TheNextSummitA1 Yes!

Would you camp in the snow for an epic sunrise view? ❄️🏕️ Yes or no?

@stephenRB4 I’m 61 years young and got my first one last month. Glad to contribute to the cause. 😃

The world needs more tattoos 🖤🙏🏻🖤🙏🏻

@ClassicMike6 @ModestTeacher We teach Literacy 165 mins/day. Math 75 mins/day. That time is sacrosanct. We can do nothing else, ever. No art projects, research, or speakers. There’s no fluff. We could get by with shorter days or a 1/2 day/weekly.

@ModestTeacher Not sure a 15 percent reduction of instructional time will help kids in the long run. I know the argument is “more focused time”, but my 34 years experience shows that not all teachers will buy into that. The fluff will still creep in. Would this plan be better for teachers? Yes

Hear me out… Same length teaching contract but shorten the instructional day by an hour…teachers get the added hour for uninterrupted planning every day. The instructional day is waaay too long.

@DrDinPVAZ @ModestTeacher Yes we do! 💯!

@ModestTeacher And teachers spend far too much of their own time to plan & grade. At least the good ones do.

A deep freeze in the #RockyMountains. 🥶 #PikesPeak #ColoradoSprings

@TeachMrReed Amen!

Make Super Bowl Monday a federal holiday.

@MrMetacognition Attaining silence is a difficult task when it’s not required by parents.

Insisting on silence in the classroom continues to be controversial; but it shouldn't be. Students cannot learn where they aren't listening to the instruction of their teacher. Hence, absolute silence is a must. The relationship between school outcomes, and classroom behaviours is clear and evident. Yet silence remains so controversial?

@EDUwithEmily Still snowing?

@RelevantLilly I hear we are going into about a 10 day stretch where snow can come any day here 😬 Enjoy your warm day!!

Asynchronous day 💻 Who else is getting snow/ice today?

@sage_stage It’s our protocol too, to send the kid back to class. Apparently lice don’t jump so unless the kids is head to head with another kid, others can’t get it. That’s what I was told. 🤮

We are having a lice outbreak. The nurse claims to have never dealt with lice before and doesn't know what to do. She just sent a lice infested student back to class

@AMAZlNGNATURE Pure joy!

The perfect job doesn't exi-

@JamesAFurey Our Asst Principal told my teammate and I we are NO longer allowed to do novel studies! We’re in 5th grade. She said they’re proven to not help children grow in reading.

Schools of America who have decided to cease the study of full novels: Stop it. Stop it right now. Also, how dare you?

@JamesAFurey We decide as a staff what curriculum to adopt so terminology is vertically aligned. How we use it is up to us. With new programs, we spend many a PL, aligning standards with lessons, so we can eliminate some lessons and subsidize if a certain standard isn’t covered.

Teachers: how much control do you have over your curriculum. I ask because in the three schools I’ve worked in, private and public, I pretty much decide what I teach. Even to the point where classroom sets of books have been ordered at my request. Is my experience very rare in this regard?

@drphiliplee1 I’m a teacher and I always want to see the local schools. Was in Cabo San Lucas before it was a tourist destination. We walked the neighborhoods, and stumbled across the open-air school. Fascinating! And yes, I’LL check out the local everything.

Anyone else when they go abroad have an urge to visit the local supermarket to see what local people eat and drink?

@educator4ever36 5th grade here-we teach 120 mins/day of literacy, as well as an additional 45 mins of targeted reading instruction. And 75 mins of math/daily. These times are sacrosanct and we are not “allowed” to do anything but what that time is intended for. No crafts, speakers, etc.

Teachers- I’m thinking about 50% of any given instruction period, on average, is spent on something else other than delivery of instruction on content standards. I’m NOT blaming teachers but how accurate is this?

@Jessicam6946 Yes, I was teaching 5th and 6th graders, we were watching. 😢

Are any of you young enough to remember the Challenger explosion 39 years ago today?

@mrmikeMTL $8.49/doz. Way too pricey!

Super serious question. How expensive are eggs where you live?

@gunsnrosesgirl3 Being a silent observer.

What's something considered to be dumb but actually is a sign of intelligence?

@MarthaLeah2 @mrmikeMTL Good advice! You are correct!

@RelevantLilly @mrmikeMTL Probably the most important thing. Staying active so that you don’t lose your stamina. If you don’t, you get to the point you can’t be active because you have no stamina. The smallest activity wears you out in 5 minutes. I’ll be 88 tomorrow, so I know. Seriously.

Super serious question. What ages a person quickly?