SAM GAYLORD

I am a 1st grade teacher at a public school in the Twin Cities in Minnesota. Please consider supporting my classroom by buying something off my classroom Amazon wishlist! Thank you! #clearthelist2023 #teachersoftwitter #1stgrade #publicschool amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls…

I thought this report would be much worse. I watched this game live and it seemed like he was missing everything 🤷

Well, ESPN almost made it through three quarters without a drug reference on the Toy Story kids game broadcast

how it feels watching jaguars-falcons on the toy story broadcast meant for kids

Me watching the Duke Kaboom halftime show on the Toy Story NFL Broadcast

Oh how I love the Fall. Fall is when I get to play the game called "Is it a cold or allergies?"

"IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, STOP IT. IF YOU CAN'T STOP IT, ADMIRE IT. IF YOU CAN'T ADMIRE IT, KEEP IT DOWN SO EVERYONE ELSE CAN ENJOY THE SHOW"

When ppl ask me, "R u excited abt the new 🏫 yr?" I love teaching. I absolutely do. But this question always makes me want to 🤫 ppl. I put so much into teaching, reflecting, & creating the best environment 4 my students that a new school yr brings complicated feelings for me.

Sending the boys off to party with amma (grandma in Icelandic) so that Robyn and I can work on my classroom.

Why is it that my dentist appointments come in threes? Hopefully this will be the last one for 6 months. But we shall see! 🦷🪥

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These r pics of my last 2 classrooms taken b4 I spent any money 💰, sweat 🥵, and time⌛⏰ into making them into an environ that fosters community among 22 1st graders Please consider supporting me and my first graders by buying something off my wishlist bit.ly/3KsuxDy

Yay! @ryanmokandu I am so proud of you!! ♐🏹

This school year my goal is to fine-tune my slides. Mainly, less words and more pictures. Why? To better fit the learning styles in my classroom. Here's to a year of growth and refinement!

@inspiretheyouth I have been thinking about this summer re: my grade level team because we all handle conflicts differently and some conflicts happened this year because of those different styles. Can you point me in the right direction, please?

Calling all restorative practices school leaders! Question for you. How do you implement restorative practices as a school leader? Please share what RP looks like, sounds like, and feels like in practice at your school.

Just went to the ISD191 staff central and saw a familiar face, the amazing and award winning 🥇🏆, Maria Starkey! I wonder if she knows about this (she will soon! 😀)

@inspiretheyouth I had the chance this summer to work with one of your awesome EA's, Ayan at summer school. She was always willing to go above and beyond and was friendly to everyone. You are so lucky to have her!

Which @TedLasso character are you today? I wanna be Dani but I feel like Roy. Only three more days of summer school... 🫠🤪😔

Be kind to EVERYONE no matter what their JOB TITLE is!!!! #respect #kindness #positiveintent #isd191 #summerschool

Yeah he is!! #vistaview #ProudMoment

I was recently diagnosed with a host of neurodevelopmental disorders and learning disabilities! At 46! I go through the full diagnosis/prognosis on the @thesunnypodcast (which drops in 2 weeks) It’s not something I would normally talk about publicly but I figured there are others who struggle with similar things and I wanted to remind you that you’re not alone. You’re not stupid. You’re not “bad”. It might feel that way sometimes. But it’s not true :)