now I just have to actually be normal over my leave instead of being anxious about the reading and learning my students are not doing while I'm away

Yes, exactly!! Kids need to be exposed to books and stories, and I don't know if there is a modern equivalent to Reading Rainbow, but we definitely need one

I'm so grateful that both my parents took the time to read to us. My Mom would borrow books I finished to read and discuss them with me. I was a student who struggled to learn how to read, who has a learning disability, and my parents helped me become a lifelong reader more than any one teacher did.

every day I am asked questions about grade-level vocabulary words that students have never been exposed to before, students are struggling with literacy more than ever and it is so so so depressing. Teachers can only do so much!

Q: During the summer, Ms. L will...
A: "Reading or being with her wife" / "maybe in Kentucky" / "nerds gummy clusters" / "Hang out with Mx. L" / "hang out with Ms A. or get a new cat or dye her hair"

Q: Something I can warn future students about Ms. Lundberg is...
A: "She talks British: / "packets" / "She's a millennial" / "She sings everything she says" / "She won't grade your work for two weeks"

Q: One thing Ms. L always says is...
A: 'Hello, my darlings" / "hey, y'all" / "awwwh" / "oh" / "The humanity in me..."

I'm so grateful I had 7.5 sick hours to use yesterday but I am still feeling so gross 😷

this is the devil speaking to you!! 😈

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They are insane with this one! Our admin team just sent out a whole ass Slack message about this 😭