Ms. McErlean

Last night was a great way to kick off the return to Middle School! 💙Orientation was wonderful and I was thrilled to see so many familiar faces. Parents and students were quite surprised to see me there. Surprise!! I am moving from 2nd to 5/6th ELA!📚#BackToSchool

Emails like this…🥰

Happy Halloween From these fun loving, Oobleck Making, Second Graders!🎃 The first two months of school have been the greatest two months ever! Here is too many more and the return of my teacher-Twitter! #spookyseconds

Far too many popular strategies for teaching reading are not actually supported by research. We sifted through to find the ones that are most effective.

Happy June, happy almost end of school, but most of all, Happy Graduation to the graduating class of 2021! 🎓This experience was incredible and with you all by my side it was even better!❤️ Now it’s our turn to teach, to shape strong minds and to touch warm hearts!❤️ Let’s grow!

@smaldonado86 Congratulations!! 🥳🤩

So while they couldn't all come to the celebration, they had a celebration waiting for me at home ❤. Greatful, thankful, blessed to have an amazing support system. #MineolaProud to be a newly tenured teacher and to celebrate this mile marker in my career. Congratulations to all!

@missclifford24 @MineolaMS Congratulations!! 🥳🤩

Tonight was a special mile marker in my teaching career as I was officially granted Tenure. Thank you for all the support & encouragement over the past 4 years. I cannot wait to see what’s in store for the rest of my career! 🎉❤️🤍🖤 @MineolaMS #MineolaProud

We may not know them all, but we owe them all our deepest gratitude!

@Miss_SSanchez @MeadowDrMineola @MeadowScience These learners created such amazing and interesting presentation! Great job Ted Ed Club!! 🧠

So proud of our Ted Ed club! These students have worked so hard!! flipgrid.com/+8zqj6h8p @MeadowDrMineola @MeadowScience #MineolaProud

Congratulations to these lovely ladies! This weekend we graduated with our Master’s Degrees from @AdelphiU! I’ve been so lucky to be a part of such a supportive and passionate group of teachers. Each of you have bright futures ahead and are going to make a difference! ❤️🎓🍎📝

We know this past year ELLs faced many challenges. Prepare and empower your teachers to meet the needs of your students learning English. The following is a collection of some of the top trainers on the crucial topics for this upcoming school year. docs.google.com/presentation/d…

Embedding strategies that teach literacy skills into science content can boost both engagement and academic performance.

How truly special today was as I said goodbye to @Miss_SSanchez and all the students in 2DL. I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to work together to finish my Residency! I’m so #MineolaProud of all these learners. We will be back #Mineolatogether soon! ❤️

Am I seeing doubles or is that Ms. McErlean and Mini-Ms. McErlean!? 👯‍♀️ #mineolaproud

@MsJohnson316 @mrs_iwilson That is so exciting! They must have been stoked! I’m so jealous! 😁

Our learners have been studying nonfiction text features📖. On Monday we read a book on Raz-Kids about the celebration of Ramadan ☪️. Our students neurons are ⚡️pop, buzz, zapping⚡️practicing academic conversations about text features AND cultural celebrations! #MineolaProud

This is my closing slide for a future presentation to school principals. Where to start when advocating for language learners?

Here are some ways on how to adjust the assessment process to keep pace with the constantly changing learning environment. edutopia.org/article/how-us…

Chat with a second grade learner about essay composition: Me: How do you feel now that you finished this part of your draft? Student: This was really hard but now that I’m finished and I get to look at it I’m really proud of the work I did. Even this mistakes! #growthmindset