Kimberly Long

Teachers laughing, collaborating, and coauthoring during our @ncte Middle Level session on gaming!!! #NCTE23 #MakersInTheMiddle 🎲🎮🕹️

Always a highlight of Convention, our second day of #NCTE23 is going strong with the official opening of our Exhibit Hall. The space has been consistently buzzing with author signings and giveaways to complement another day of inspiring programming!

@JackieWoodson Thanks librarians and teachers: “I stand with you.” #NCTE23

"Books can't hurt people." - @JackieWoodson #NCTE23

@spencerideas What AI did you use? This would be a great creative writing extension for students.

I took a writing prompt of mine (the kid who gets a Velociraptor for Christmas) and turned it into two separate movie posters with two different styles. I used AI to create the two different dinosaur styles and then created the poster style.

Do you do anything to acknowledge your Ss' "wins" on the learning journey? #TeacherTwitter

Love this anchor chart for self-reflection and common language. Thinking about how we could partner this with our levels of thinking.

Love the weekly check-in idea!

@heymrsbond I do one called conversation dice. Ss have a die & they pair up. S roll their die. They match the number to a list of topics on the board. Then they talk for 30s. New list goes up, find a new partner and repeat.

@heymrsbond I used these name tents for the first week of school and really got to know my students. It takes time, but I felt like it was well worth it. saravanderwerf.com/week-1-day-1-n…

@heymrsbond My go-to for the last 9 years. Always a hit! 5-6 quart plastic bags (1 set/classroom) - 12 dry pasta “sticks” - 8 small marshmallows - 2 large MM RULES 5min to create the tallest tower in the room. ONLY USING PASTA & MM. Tower HAS to be standing when timer goes off!

@heymrsbond At our training today, we played an awesome game with photos on our phones. The facilitator says a word like inspiration and then you have 30s to 1 min to find an image from the summer that went with the word. Each person explains image and connection.

@heymrsbond I gave them paper plates and art supplies. We talked about the “too much on my plate” idiom and then they designed the plates to reflect what was on their plates. Got some really good information from all of them.

Through the highs and lows of this new school year, let’s…

As teachers we need to remember this when talking to our students too. #communitybuilding #relationships #Igotyou

What? @JSonnenblick on IGLive with ab.teens? Yep! Tune in Monday at 11:00am CT! #MtAM #ABteens instagram.com/stories/ab.tee…

"Be Curious, Not Judgmental" larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2021/07/31/be-…

It’s essential to start building relationships with your students right from the start. And how to accomplish this? Icebreakers. #relationshipsmatter #buildrelationships #studenttalk #classroomclimate buff.ly/2KiJZQO

Rest is so important! Ideas via Sacred Rest by @DrDaltonSmith Sketchnote via Sketchnote via @sylviaduckworth