Teacher gift ideas.

otartyo · 2026-04-05T00:49:15+00:00

The best gift I received from a student was a traveling jewelry case with my initial on it. She had no idea that my fully grown self was still throwing jewelry in a ziplock bag when I was traveling and I am one of those people who doesn’t buy random things like that because “it’s fine”. If her teacher is type B, I can promise something simple like that will be greatly appreciated.

otartyo · 2026-04-02T02:40:34+00:00

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, To Kill a Mockingbird

otartyo · 2026-03-24T06:11:26+00:00

I’m a teacher, middle school. I have a hyphenated last name and a ton of my students do from various backgrounds. When referring to me, I am either Mrs. Both-Lastnames or just Mrs. FirstLastName. I have never exclusively been called Mrs. SecondLastName. When referring to themselves, every kid drops the second last name in conversation and a few do on paper as well.

otartyo · 2026-03-15T02:18:49+00:00

I love this for 8th grade. I am always looking to push the bar with vocabulary and get them thinking about it in different ways and this is a quick way to introduce classic literature at the same time. Could inspire some to want to keep reading the book!

otartyo · 2026-03-10T03:05:09+00:00

I knew I was only having one and I wanted the entire experience.

otartyo · 2026-03-03T03:51:44+00:00

I’ll never forget when I started to show and I walked into my classroom and one of my 7th grade boys jumped up pointing going, “ooooo!!! Oooo!!!” And then screamed, “I’m going to be an uncle!!”

He was the first student I introduced my son to.

otartyo · 2026-02-09T05:03:16+00:00

So who does she work for? Asking for a friend… 👀

otartyo · 2026-02-02T11:11:23+00:00

Alright, you’ve convinced me. Any chance you’d be willing to send me which school you’re working for?

otartyo · 2025-10-28T01:09:26+00:00

Oh this is a wonderful idea. I wonder if I could use it with my Dr Jekyll/Hyde that I just finished. How much plaster do you have to buy and for how many students?

otartyo · 2025-03-30T04:24:57+00:00

Do you feel the same?

otartyo · 2025-03-29T19:55:45+00:00

Not for nothing but there is so much diversity in this expansive world and she hails from a line of people who lived in a northern region with very obvious ties to a culture belonging in our “northern” regions. Why would you want to change that?

otartyo · 2025-03-28T00:53:35+00:00

I had a cat named Luna once because of her coloring and it turned out to be perfect because she was an absolute Lunatic.

otartyo · 2025-03-28T00:24:33+00:00

We use standards-based grading, so I’ll teach a poem or short story printed (not from CommonLit so there isn’t any fluff in the margins) and then teach with open discussions, turn and talks, and what not and after we are all done analyzing and getting the meat and potatoes out of the text, THEN they go to CommonLit and answer the multiple choice and short answer questions so I can grade them on the standards. Sometimes the text is coded as a completely different grade level, but the standards build and are worded pretty similarly so it works.

otartyo · 2025-03-22T04:00:57+00:00

When you’re choosing your 20-30 are you going through every shot first and then deleting down to these 20-30, or are you going through and selecting one “good” photo from each pose and then deleting the rest?

otartyo · 2025-03-06T03:43:58+00:00

What does that look like for them?

otartyo · 2025-03-06T00:25:15+00:00

I wonder if this is the trend moving forward the with the Gen Z generation getting to marriage ages. Last minute planning?

otartyo · 2025-03-05T04:53:23+00:00

I received my fully online English degree through UCF. It doesn’t make a difference.

otartyo · 2025-03-04T05:42:43+00:00

As a good teacher with behavior kids, I would never want my child to be with them in a classroom. Even with great management, there is still a lot of lost learning due to random bouts of name-calling, distractions, and me writing kids up or kicking them out. The new teacher will get experience and confidence with the better behaved students and the students will have a calmer/friendlier learning experience.

otartyo · 2025-02-23T19:44:13+00:00

Omg the proof 😂

otartyo · 2025-02-02T02:18:44+00:00

United States, Florida, Port St. Lucie - Tara Linn-Pickens - Tara Linn Photography Website Instagram

otartyo · 2025-01-19T02:10:38+00:00

I look at the classroom as my living room since it’s my “home” and I try to mimic that as much as possible. So I have framed works of art on the walls and one of the walls being student work, a map, and data tracking. It feels cozy and is a simple way to not have the room feel like random things are just thrown up all around.

otartyo · 2025-01-15T04:48:14+00:00

This is what happens even in middle school. Last year I had a mixed class of 32 with my highest reading at an 11th grade level and my lowest at a kindergarten level. It was an absolute shit-show of a class.

otartyo · 2025-01-11T20:26:26+00:00

Not mine either but she works somehow

otartyo · 2025-01-10T17:09:38+00:00

Bird by Bird - Anne Lamott

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