Happy Foster Care Awareness Month. Reminder: we don't want your intrusive questions. Instead send us meals and your extra Kohl's cash.
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Mrs.Thomas
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Mrs.Thomas
@ThomasFortO
Fort Osage High School Spanish 1 and 2 2017 Fort Osage High School Teacher of the Year Passion: Ed Tech and Trauma-Informed Education
เข้าร่วม Ağustos 2015
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@ThomasFortO tbh i’d love to hear you sing emotions by destiny’s child
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Teacher Tip: When kids have their phones out , I start singing until all the phones are put away. 10/10 no phones in 5th hour yesterday. Turns out, no one likes to hear me sing Emotions by Destiny's Child. Weird?!
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@IsaacWoodward25 You are awesome! best in the nation?!?!
Bill Althaus@AlthausEJC
Isaac Woodward, Fort Osage: In his first meet since last May, the Fort Osage senior brought home 2 PRs from Bob Thorpe Invitational in Ray-Pec. Woodward took home the victory in the javelin, launching it 210-2, the best mark in the nation up to this point this season. MY MAN!!!
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@BenisonMrs Correct! My daughter has dyslexia and it makes her crazy mad to try and attempt that. How is she supposed to know if its right, if there's not correct answer?!
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Dear special education teachers, "correctly spell nonsense words" is not a good IEP goal.
thanks.
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@sarahxxlarah I like this one. I also have recently shied away from saying "family" and instead say "crew" because sometimes foster kids don't like to identify as "family" with their temporary placements. but every kids is different and it depends on the environment that I'm in.
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Instead of saying, "where are you children from?" or "are your kids adopted?" Say, "your family is beautiful/lovely!" "looks like a lot of love going on with you guys." "your family made me smile today" "your kids are precious."
Mrs.Thomas@ThomasFortO
Happy Nation Adoption Day. I'm just here with a reminder that you're not entitled to know our family's story just because we don't match and you feel curious. Every child's story is their own to decide what to do with.
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@ProfGoat @eduleadership fair enough. I teach Spanish so all students are required to read, write, speak and listen as spelled out in the curriculum
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@ThomasFortO @eduleadership In this case, getting "cold called on" was part of the course and was explicitly mentioned in the syllabus.
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Yep, this is what the science says. Give kids experiences that make them stronger.
Challenge them. Cold-call them. Make them do things hard enough they can't succeed without real effort.
Being anxious about student anxiety only makes it worse.
Mrs.Thomas@ThomasFortO
@eduleadership I also still "cold call" on students to answer questions. The best way to learn to handle anxiety is exposure and practice.
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@FortO_Soccer @AlyOverbeck28 Wow Aly, success in classroom and on the field. You are a force to be reckoned with.
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Congratulations to @AlyOverbeck28 for being named to the Top 20 for Kansas & Missouri for the Class of 2028!
SoccerKC@HSSoccerKC
Congratulations to the Class of 2028 #KCSoccerTalent for Spring 2025! Wishing you all a great freshman season. For full list: hssoccerkc.blogspot.com/2025/03/top-20…
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@ProfGoat @eduleadership Then I would never cold-call on that single student again. However, I have never had this happen.
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@eduleadership But..let's just say that many of us do not have confidence that higher admin will back us up if the student complains.
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@MrRhodesMD @eduleadership I feel like you're implying that a student on an IEP or 504 1. doesn't understand the content 2. isn't excited to be called on when they know an answer and participate with the class. I can make sure they have an answer correct on their paper before I call on them
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@MrRhodesMD @eduleadership Daily. I can point to the answer on your paper before I cold call. I can cold call you to do a "repeat after me". I find that my students who usually struggle love this, they feel accomplished and proud. I can also say, " Sally, I'm going to call on you next, are you ready?"
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@ksualpelegante @eduleadership I agree. I try to call on every student at least once per class period.
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@eduleadership “Cold Calling” is also an easy way to give students equittable response opportunities, which is an important interaction to establish high expectations.
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@eduleadership I also still "cold call" on students to answer questions. The best way to learn to handle anxiety is exposure and practice.
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I feel like we should go back to telling young people to tough it out more.
Like I get it—it’s an overwhelming job—but you just don’t *get* to be overwhelmed.
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@fortbball @IsaacWoodward25 way to go! Very proud of you, Woody.
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@IsaacWoodward25 finished his career breaking or holding the record in 5 categories. 2FG in a season (180), rebounds in a game (21), blocks in a game, season, and career (5, 44, 116), and he was the programs 5th 1000 point scorer. He had a remarkable season and career.
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@classcoffeebrk @edudissenter I agree. Once you add a third person to the learning structure its too easy to get lost.
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@edudissenter I like individual work and paired work. When I do do "group work" I would rather it be two pairs so more students are invested in the outcome. Also- I like to have individual mandates on pair projects.
It's a balance for sure!
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Group work is malpractice that education schools have pushed for decades.
Daniel Buck, “Youngest Old Man in Ed Reform”@MrDanielBuck
When classes switched from grouped table seating to desks in rows, on task behavior doubled. Grouped classrooms had three times the behavioral disruptions
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