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doccopteaching

TEACHER | WRITER | PhD
HS English | Tech Coach | girl mama x 2 👧🏼👧🏻
Wife to a history teacher
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Cheers to virtual tea parties and moms and dads wh

Cheers to virtual tea parties and moms and dads who are literally teaching and parenting at the same time! 🥂🙃
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Every year, we have a Victorian tea party after reading the Importance of Being Earnest. We eat cucumber sandwiches, drink tea, and share our favorite epigrams from the play.
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I figured we would just have to skip this year, BUT my girls were having a blast playing tea party yesterday, and thought you know what, we need to do it!
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I sent them an invitation (3rd picture) on Google Classroom, and they all brought their teacups! Gigi and Milla toasted them (2nd pic), and then they all took turns telling us about their epigrams.
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It definitely wasn’t the same, but it completely made me day! ☕️
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You see, even though I’ve taught online before, I’ve never taught live sessions virtually. My university is all asynchronous, so there weren’t live meetings.
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It took me a good week to adjust, but we had two very successful live lessons today, and I’ll share why a bit later, but I do have one reflection for parents who are ~trying~ to teach from home.
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Unlike last week when I had a few embarrassing interruptions (If you get my weekly email, you’ll know which one I’m talking about... 💩😂), I just embraced the chaos. I told my classes ahead of time that I might have to mute them for a minute to address the kids, and it was totally fine! I just had to shift my expectations. .
The kids were literally in the room with me during a big part of this 40-minute lesson because Mike was also live with a class at the same time.
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Camilla interrupted me a few times, but I didn’t lose my cool and I was able to transition easily.
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Bottom line: this is ALL really hard, but I’m trying to find some joy in the little things, and I hope you can too.
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How are you doing? How can I help? 💕
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It’s a distance learning giveaway! One lucky tea

It’s a distance learning giveaway! One lucky teacher is going to win essentials for distance learning, including a document camera from @hue_hd!

Here’s how to enter:⁣⁣
1️⃣ Follow me⁣.
2️⃣ Like this post⁣⁣ and comment with what your favorite distance learning essential is.
3️⃣ Head over to @setthestagegiveaways and follow everyone they are following⁣⁣.
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For extra entries, tag friends in the comments (one tag per comment) and share this post to your story!⁣⁣
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Giveaway ends on 4/7 at 8:00PM EST. Winner will be contacted through DM within 48 hours and must claim prize within 48 hours. This giveaway is not sponsored, administered, or associated with Instagram and by entering you’re confirming that you are at least 18+ years of age and release Instagram of responsibility, and agree to Instagram’s terms of use. Winner must be following all accounts associated with this giveaway. Giveaway is open worldwide.
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Right when this all went down, we order some suppl

Right when this all went down, we order some supplies for home learning, and Gigi picked out Yoobi supplies from Target.com.
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I am so happy that we had them this week. Mike and I have been tied up in a lot of virtual meetings, so structured learning wasn’t really happening like it did the week before. Gigi just loves creating her own smash books from their beautiful notebooks and supplies. 🦄🌈
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First, I just want to say to parents this type of creative outlet IS learning. It doesn’t have to be rigidly structured (unless you can and want to). 🤗
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Second, I’m just need to thank you Yoobi! They are absolutely our favorite for school and office supplies. (My students LOVE my pink unicorn staplers. 🦄) Not only do they have the CUTEST supplies, but for every item purchased, they donate to a classroom in need. ✨ #yoobigives
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You don’t have to leave your house to get them! (Please don’t!) You can order @yoobi supplies at yoobi.com, @amazon, and @target! 💕
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What signifies a poppet? . It signifies that I am

What signifies a poppet?
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It signifies that I am finally done with my Crucible Unit, and it is 20% (+ the bundle discount) for 24 hours!
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It took me two years 😅 but it’s finally done and I’m thrilled! Check out my stories for more info or go to the link in my bio for the link.

Want to know what I didn’t do last week? . I did

Want to know what I didn’t do last week?
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I didn’t go to the store to get supplies for our book tasting—tablecloths, tea lights, napkins, etc.—like I had planned.
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I didn’t make menus for each book category; I didn’t even make labels.
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I didn’t print off the book tasting placemats that I finished minutes before students came in the morning; instead, I turned it into a digital doc.(thanks, Staci for making my life easier with this one! @theengagingstation)
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BUT here’s what else I didn’t do:
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I didn’t dwell on it.
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I didn’t stress.
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I didn’t apologize.
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I did what I had to do to make the activity work, and it did. 😊
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Sometimes you just have to do what you can do and move on.
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If you use @ted Talks in your class, I have an awe

If you use @ted Talks in your class, I have an awesome activity for you use with one of my favorite TedTalks, @chimamanda_adichie’s “The Danger of a Single Story.”
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First, you have to go watch this awesome Ted Talk, and then head over to @mudandinkteaching for the directions.
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This is such a beautiful way to bring new perspectives to your classroom!
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By the way, if you don’t follow @mudandinkteaching, you absolutely should! I met Amanda at Keeping the Wonder last summer, and she is so smart, talented, and creative!)

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