My Day Job

teaching: language, the young, kindness,

[yoursoulsgspot]

“I want all the girls watching here and now to know that a new day is on the horizon,” - Oprah Winfrey

[mizteacher]

Dear Peeps getting Things for their kid's teacherS for #TeacherAppreciation,

We love really good pencil sharpeners. They always break. Go ahead get us the good one with the money you were gonna spend on a Starbucks card.

If I get two, I'll share the extra one with my neighbor guzzling her trenta-mocha-latte-whatever.

Thanks so much,

Your kid's teacher

[jaffefuneralhomes]

these two little girls came into work today, both black, both with their hair in space buns. and i went “you guys look like a princess i know” and they sighed and went “tiana?” because they were so use to being compared to the only black princess and i went “no. shuri” and omg, the oldest one lit up like a christmas tree. she was like “shuri is my favorite! no one believes she’s a princess!” 

this is why representation matters

[jaffefuneralhomes]

UPDATE:  The girls came back in yesterday after school got out and I was off. They had their hair in braids and I did the Wakanda salute to them and went “Princesses” and they did it back and went “Ma’am” and I love these girls. Their parents looked so happy omg

[mizteacher]

Organizing Books

☑️ LGBTQ books sorted

☑️ Rainbow stickers applied

☑️ So excited this is happening.

Now I need more of from here and from here.

[mizteacher]

#tfw you're prepping your kindergarten lesson for tomorrow and realize it's not just the Friday before vacay, it's also Friday the 13th.

[mizteacher]

Because of the No-Snow-Snowday ...

A #tbt on a #fbf

Student: [lifts finger] MizTeacher, I need a bandaid.

Me: ...

Me: ...

Me: Honey, I don't have bandaids that small.

Student: [agonizes]

[mizteacher]

Lead on!

I’m crazy proud of my students who walked out today. My students, our students, all around the world students, who said enough is enough, and are starting now to shape their own future, and marched along in solidarity.

Keep marching, keep leading. We are with you.

[galgadotsource]

‘Wonder Woman 2’ Will Begin Shooting In May

According to Omega Underground, Warner Bros. has put a date to its Wonder Woman 2 filming schedule. The sequel is said to begin production on May 28 and start off in the United Kingdom.

[mizteacher]

YAAAAAASSSSSS QUEEN

[mizteacher]

#tfw you have to actually explain to a teacher how to copy and paste.

Said teacher had a question about a question on an ESL form. Granted, it was worded awkwardly.

BUT SHE LITERALLY HAIR TWIRLED AT ME

[mizteacher]

#tfw you dig through the goodie bag of generic Valentine's Day treats one of your students gave you, and you discover gold at the bottom of the bag.

[mizteacher]

#tfw you’re borderline sick, and thoroughly exhausted, but you still have to get through testing season and all you can think of is the sick day you want to take at the end of it, but you worry about what the rest of your colleagues will say when the entire ESL department is out after almost a month of testing and therefore no services, because everyone else in your team wants to do exactly that too and all you really want to say is "f*ck it" and not care but you'll probably go to work anyway because.

[mizteacher]

#tfw you're testing the last of eleventy million students, and they're rule-abiding little first-graders and gape judgingly as you guzzle Coke in order to make it through the rest of the day.

"Miz Teacher, it's not even noon!"

"My Dad only drinks one Coke a week."

"I had a sleepover once and we drank all the Coke!"

"Miz Teacher, there's another bottle on the floor?!"

[mizteacher]

There are two things we do in first grade.

(Among others)

1) We read Kirsty McKay's "Ogres don't Dance"

2) we assess all the things. Because my kiddos are all ELLs, I specifically have to assess their English speaking skills.

And so I give them a speaking cue card. One child is in the process of falling. The other is wearing a feather boa. Clearly they're playing dress-up

Question that's accompanies the card: "What did the friend say [to the fallen friend]]"

Most kids: "Are you okay?"

This kid: "Do you want to dance?"

[mizteacher]

#tfw when your 4th grade student's new manner of acknowledgement is

"Yippee ki yay!"

and it takes every ounce of restraint you possess not to respond appropriately.

[mizteacher]

Kids at school had fortune cookies with their lunch today. 4th grader: "MizTeacher! Guess what my fortune says?!!" Me: ...? 4G: It says: 'You are lucky. You are the chosen one!'" Me: ... 4G: So really, what do I do now? Me: ...

[mizteacher]

Everyday when I drop my kids back off at their clasroom, my kids give me some combination of fistbumps, high fives or hugs. The girls in this first grade typically go for a combination of fistbumps and hugs.

Today, one little darlin, last in line this time, give me a fistbump and waggled their finger right after their fistbump and chirped:

“No hug today.”

[mizteacher]

Sometimes the only thing that gets me through the week is changing the date on the board.