Mom, Canon-McMillan Middle School 7th Grade Language Arts Teacher
Joined September 2015
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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! 😜
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CM Fit Day in Progress! Titans are showing impressive footwork on the obstacle course! @CanonMacMS @DrTaranto
Titans are "crushing ICE" today!💪🧊✏️ 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
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! 👏 @CanonMacMS
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
It was a great first day for Team Titan! Looking forward to the big possibilities the future holds! 💙💛 @CanonMacMS
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
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
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
Beautiful new classroom, happy students, @PlayBlooket review day...life is good! #grateful #ELA @CanonMacMS #ExpectTheBest
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! 🎃 @CanonMacMS @WEARECMS25 #spooky #ELA
👀 Sneak Peek of some materials for a spooky writing session that will haunt Advanced LA today! 👻🕷️🧌 #Halloween #ELA @CanonMacMS @WEARECMS25
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
Reading takes us places! 🗺️📍 Students created postcards, focusing on the setting of their independent novels and then shared the letters within their groups. @CanonMacMS @WEARECMS25 #ELA #Reading
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
🎬 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
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
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
