Mom, Canon-McMillan Middle School 7th Grade Language Arts Teacher

Joined September 2015
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20 Nov 2024
Students became parts of a body paragraph to visually emphasize each piece of text evidence should be directly followed by an explanation, but the location of the quoted text evidence in the paragraph can change. Next year's group Halloween costume! 😜 @CanonMacMS @DrTaranto
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18 Oct 2024
CM Fit Day in Progress! Titans are showing impressive footwork on the obstacle course! @CanonMacMS @DrTaranto
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Titans are "crushing ICE" today!πŸ’ͺ🧊✏️ Students are strengthening their writing skills for text dependent analysis by utilizing the ICE Method to ensure quoted text evidence is effectively Introduced, Cited and Explained. @CanonMacMS @DrTaranto
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Congratulations to the Titan September Students of the Month for Language Arts and Advanced Language Arts, Owen and Lauriane! Your dedication to your academic success is appreciated! πŸ‘ @CanonMacMS
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26 Sep 2024
So lucky that the Titans and Knights get to collaborate on our study of Walk Two Moons in our beautiful team room! First of many cross-team meet ups occurred today! Huzzah! @CanonMacMS @DrTaranto
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18 Sep 2024
Open House ready! Excited to meet the Titan parents this evening! @CanonMacMS
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23 Aug 2024
It was a great first day for Team Titan! Looking forward to the big possibilities the future holds! πŸ’™πŸ’› @CanonMacMS
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26 Oct 2023
Titans and Knights Advanced LA students completed a gallery walk in our very own Panem Pumpkin Patch. They created, learned, reflected and made their teachers proud! #HungerGames #ELA @CanonMacMS
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25 Oct 2023
The Hunger Games Enrichment Book O' Lanterns are looking great so far! Stay tuned for pictures from today's Panem Pumpkin Patch Gallery Walk! @CanonMacMS #HungerGames
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20 Sep 2023
Open House Ready! Looking forward to meeting the Titan parents! @CanonMacMS
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Text Dependent Analysis is tough, but the Titans are tougher! Students powered through an essay analysis workshop today, leading into a well-deserved long weekend! #TDA #ELA #ExpectTheBest @CanonMacMS
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20 Jan 2023
Beautiful new classroom, happy students, @PlayBlooket review day...life is good! #grateful #ELA @CanonMacMS #ExpectTheBest
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31 Oct 2022
It was so much fun watching the students' creativity come to life through the creation of their monsters and coordinating stories! I'll share some excerpts from their #Halloween stories later this week! πŸŽƒ @CanonMacMS @WEARECMS25 #spooky #ELA
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31 Oct 2022
πŸ‘€ Sneak Peek of some materials for a spooky writing session that will haunt Advanced LA today! πŸ‘»πŸ•·οΈπŸ§Œ #Halloween #ELA @CanonMacMS @WEARECMS25
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25 Oct 2022
Tell me everything in six words! 😁 As part of a narrative nonfiction unit, Advanced LA created six-word memoirs to share in a gallery walk, where they teamed up with the Knights for analyzing, discussing, and reflecting. #nonfiction #ELA @CanonMacMS @WEARECMS25 @MrsGaetanoCMS
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21 Oct 2022
Reading takes us places! πŸ—ΊοΈπŸ“ Students created postcards, focusing on the setting of their independent novels and then shared the letters within their groups. @CanonMacMS @WEARECMS25 #ELA #Reading
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21 Oct 2022
I love a competitive game of @PlayBlooket, and the faces that accompany it! 😁 Congrats to the top 3 in each class period for the narrative nonfiction review! @CanonMacMS @WEARECMS25 #ELA #nonfiction
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14 Oct 2022
🎬 Lights, Camera, Research! After reading narrative nonfiction about the Titanic, students are analyzing primary and secondary sources, culminating in the creation of a biopic movie poster about one of the passengers. #ELA #Research #Titanic #Nonfiction @CanonMacMS @WEARECMS25
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30 Sep 2022
Advanced LA showcased their artistic talents while working on a dreamcatcher project that will display symbolism in Walk Two Moons by @ciaobellacreech. Students will add 3 symbols from the novel, explaining the significance of each one. @CanonMacMS @WEARECMS25 #ELA
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30 Sep 2022
Soul Drawings, Crystal Balls, and Character Poems...Day 1 of Walk Two Moons stations was a success! Looking forward to part 2 tomorrow! @CanonMacMS @WEARECMS25 #ELA
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