Heather
@monarch-wings.bsky.social
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Teacher 6th Grade Spanish Dual Language Immersion
Sewing, crocheting, Cricut, other crafts
Gamer
I love language! Fluent in English & Spanish, learning Japanese, dabbled in Vietnamese
Teacher 6th Grade Spanish Dual Language Immersion
Sewing, crocheting, Cricut, other crafts
Gamer
I love language! Fluent in English & Spanish, learning Japanese, dabbled in Vietnamese
What I was told by a district person today:
1. We know the curriculum is trash
2. You should still use it but modify it heavily
3. No we won't help you create/modify all these lessons even though we have a better view of how concepts progress vertically through the grade levels & have the time...
1. We know the curriculum is trash
2. You should still use it but modify it heavily
3. No we won't help you create/modify all these lessons even though we have a better view of how concepts progress vertically through the grade levels & have the time...
February 4, 2026 at 10:37 PM
What I was told by a district person today:
1. We know the curriculum is trash
2. You should still use it but modify it heavily
3. No we won't help you create/modify all these lessons even though we have a better view of how concepts progress vertically through the grade levels & have the time...
1. We know the curriculum is trash
2. You should still use it but modify it heavily
3. No we won't help you create/modify all these lessons even though we have a better view of how concepts progress vertically through the grade levels & have the time...
If you have to go to traffic school for a violation, #parents should have to go to parent school if they can't get their kids to school (which legally is neglect) and other similar violations
January 29, 2026 at 2:44 PM
If you have to go to traffic school for a violation, #parents should have to go to parent school if they can't get their kids to school (which legally is neglect) and other similar violations
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Wear blue tomorrow, January 23, as a visible sign that we stand together—across state lines and across communities—in support of safe, welcoming public schools where children can learn without fear. #ICEOutSchools
January 22, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Wear blue tomorrow, January 23, as a visible sign that we stand together—across state lines and across communities—in support of safe, welcoming public schools where children can learn without fear. #ICEOutSchools
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Loving all the blue we’re seeing from folks here in Minnesota and across the country today! Keep the solidarity coming!
Every child deserves to attend a safe, welcoming public school, but that cannot happen with ICE agents circling school buildings and bus stops #ICEOutSchools 💙
Every child deserves to attend a safe, welcoming public school, but that cannot happen with ICE agents circling school buildings and bus stops #ICEOutSchools 💙
January 23, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Loving all the blue we’re seeing from folks here in Minnesota and across the country today! Keep the solidarity coming!
Every child deserves to attend a safe, welcoming public school, but that cannot happen with ICE agents circling school buildings and bus stops #ICEOutSchools 💙
Every child deserves to attend a safe, welcoming public school, but that cannot happen with ICE agents circling school buildings and bus stops #ICEOutSchools 💙
#iceoutschools Leave our kids and their families alone!
January 23, 2026 at 2:19 PM
#iceoutschools Leave our kids and their families alone!
Doing everything for your child creates learned helplessness (love this lady) www.instagram.com/reel/DTsgjM9...
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January 19, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Doing everything for your child creates learned helplessness (love this lady) www.instagram.com/reel/DTsgjM9...
Billionaires have their money because they've found a way to make us believe we need them, whether that's connection with social media, convenience with shopping, etc.
So I try to find ways to avoid giving them my money, whether I make something myself, delete accounts, or find a mom & pop
So I try to find ways to avoid giving them my money, whether I make something myself, delete accounts, or find a mom & pop
January 13, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Billionaires have their money because they've found a way to make us believe we need them, whether that's connection with social media, convenience with shopping, etc.
So I try to find ways to avoid giving them my money, whether I make something myself, delete accounts, or find a mom & pop
So I try to find ways to avoid giving them my money, whether I make something myself, delete accounts, or find a mom & pop
#fallout s2e2 spoilers...
Brotherhood of Steel: We are sworn to never do harm to another brother!
Also Brotherhood of Steel: FIGHT CLUB TO THE DEATH!!!
(so confused by that last scene)
Brotherhood of Steel: We are sworn to never do harm to another brother!
Also Brotherhood of Steel: FIGHT CLUB TO THE DEATH!!!
(so confused by that last scene)
December 25, 2025 at 7:13 AM
#fallout s2e2 spoilers...
Brotherhood of Steel: We are sworn to never do harm to another brother!
Also Brotherhood of Steel: FIGHT CLUB TO THE DEATH!!!
(so confused by that last scene)
Brotherhood of Steel: We are sworn to never do harm to another brother!
Also Brotherhood of Steel: FIGHT CLUB TO THE DEATH!!!
(so confused by that last scene)
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If y'all have ever wondered why #teachers just can't call in sick, yesterday I had a family emergency and called out. I spent over an hour preparing everything in a Slides presentation and even had the peace of mind to get a sub who I knew and trusted.
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December 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
If y'all have ever wondered why #teachers just can't call in sick, yesterday I had a family emergency and called out. I spent over an hour preparing everything in a Slides presentation and even had the peace of mind to get a sub who I knew and trusted.
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So glad I pay for Hulu/Disney+ so that my toddler can watch 4-5 commercial cuts in 30-minute Frosty the Snowman. Really wanna make sure he gets that dose of capitalism
November 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM
So glad I pay for Hulu/Disney+ so that my toddler can watch 4-5 commercial cuts in 30-minute Frosty the Snowman. Really wanna make sure he gets that dose of capitalism
There's this thing going on in #education lately where kids don't retain anything. I teach 6th and it's easy to think, "why aren't the prior teachers teaching this stuff?"
I was in a 2nd grade classroom recently and she had the exact same poster on capitalization as I have in my room
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I was in a 2nd grade classroom recently and she had the exact same poster on capitalization as I have in my room
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November 29, 2025 at 2:49 PM
There's this thing going on in #education lately where kids don't retain anything. I teach 6th and it's easy to think, "why aren't the prior teachers teaching this stuff?"
I was in a 2nd grade classroom recently and she had the exact same poster on capitalization as I have in my room
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I was in a 2nd grade classroom recently and she had the exact same poster on capitalization as I have in my room
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Anyone who wants to say #teachers are not professionals is welcome to come sub in a class for even one day and we'll see how they feel about it
November 24, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Anyone who wants to say #teachers are not professionals is welcome to come sub in a class for even one day and we'll see how they feel about it
Everything this man says makes me think of Animal Farm... Just keep changing the rhetoric to make it look like everything was part of the plan thanks to you ...
My 6th graders are too young for it but I hope higher grades are reading it!!
My 6th graders are too young for it but I hope higher grades are reading it!!
BREAKING: President Trump has just signed the Epstein bill into law as he claims that many Democrats will likely be implicated and also that the whole thing is a hoax.
Judging from this rant, I think he’s pretty nervous.
Judging from this rant, I think he’s pretty nervous.
November 20, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Everything this man says makes me think of Animal Farm... Just keep changing the rhetoric to make it look like everything was part of the plan thanks to you ...
My 6th graders are too young for it but I hope higher grades are reading it!!
My 6th graders are too young for it but I hope higher grades are reading it!!
As #parents and #teachers, we set boundaries.
When a child crosses that boundary, we give fitting consequences that increase in severity with repeat transgressions.
They may make us feel bad or mean, but it's what they need in order to learn. Enough of this fear of upsetting someone.
When a child crosses that boundary, we give fitting consequences that increase in severity with repeat transgressions.
They may make us feel bad or mean, but it's what they need in order to learn. Enough of this fear of upsetting someone.
November 18, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I was at a training on vocab instruction and the Matthew Effect came up.
Kids who enter school with a high vocab are able to learn new words more easily. Those with lower vocab have a harder time learning more, so the gap widens.
#parents #education #teaching
Kids who enter school with a high vocab are able to learn new words more easily. Those with lower vocab have a harder time learning more, so the gap widens.
#parents #education #teaching
November 5, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I was at a training on vocab instruction and the Matthew Effect came up.
Kids who enter school with a high vocab are able to learn new words more easily. Those with lower vocab have a harder time learning more, so the gap widens.
#parents #education #teaching
Kids who enter school with a high vocab are able to learn new words more easily. Those with lower vocab have a harder time learning more, so the gap widens.
#parents #education #teaching
" #teachers please send me a copy of your regular schedule"
You mean on the days when I don't have to adjust it due to PLC, music, art, assemblies, that "one quick lesson" for anti bullying week...?
I see you enjoy reading fiction.
#education #teaching
You mean on the days when I don't have to adjust it due to PLC, music, art, assemblies, that "one quick lesson" for anti bullying week...?
I see you enjoy reading fiction.
#education #teaching
November 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
" #teachers please send me a copy of your regular schedule"
You mean on the days when I don't have to adjust it due to PLC, music, art, assemblies, that "one quick lesson" for anti bullying week...?
I see you enjoy reading fiction.
#education #teaching
You mean on the days when I don't have to adjust it due to PLC, music, art, assemblies, that "one quick lesson" for anti bullying week...?
I see you enjoy reading fiction.
#education #teaching
I did not even know it was daylight savings time till I saw a post about it
This is Reggie. He was just told about daylight savings time. More like daylight starving time. 13/10 (TT: melandreggie)
November 2, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I did not even know it was daylight savings time till I saw a post about it
A kid called me a Karen today because...I managed his poor behavior and communicated with his teacher 🤔
Yes he got in more trouble for calling me that.
Yes he got in more trouble for calling me that.
October 29, 2025 at 2:59 AM
A kid called me a Karen today because...I managed his poor behavior and communicated with his teacher 🤔
Yes he got in more trouble for calling me that.
Yes he got in more trouble for calling me that.
Yes we're both educators, but that's not why our 2yo knows all his letters and sounds in 2 languages. No fancy secret strategies.
We just give him access to books, talk about letters and numbers everywhere we see them, and show enthusiasm about learning these things.
#parenting #parent #teaching
We just give him access to books, talk about letters and numbers everywhere we see them, and show enthusiasm about learning these things.
#parenting #parent #teaching
October 18, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Yes we're both educators, but that's not why our 2yo knows all his letters and sounds in 2 languages. No fancy secret strategies.
We just give him access to books, talk about letters and numbers everywhere we see them, and show enthusiasm about learning these things.
#parenting #parent #teaching
We just give him access to books, talk about letters and numbers everywhere we see them, and show enthusiasm about learning these things.
#parenting #parent #teaching
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Printers can smell fear. They can smell uncertainty. They can smell weakness. When only the bombed out ruins of humanity remain printers will be there like cockroaches waiting for their next victims to evolve or descend from the heavens so they may inflict pain.
all discourse aside, there is one machine with consciousness. it's printers. they are alive and conscious and they hate you and they'd take your arm clean off if you let them. never trust a printer.
October 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Printers can smell fear. They can smell uncertainty. They can smell weakness. When only the bombed out ruins of humanity remain printers will be there like cockroaches waiting for their next victims to evolve or descend from the heavens so they may inflict pain.
"Teaching is a work of heart"
No, it's a job I deserve to be paid fairly for.
Am I passionate about education? Yes I am.
Do I deserve work/life boundaries? Yes I do.
No, it's a job I deserve to be paid fairly for.
Am I passionate about education? Yes I am.
Do I deserve work/life boundaries? Yes I do.
October 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
"Teaching is a work of heart"
No, it's a job I deserve to be paid fairly for.
Am I passionate about education? Yes I am.
Do I deserve work/life boundaries? Yes I do.
No, it's a job I deserve to be paid fairly for.
Am I passionate about education? Yes I am.
Do I deserve work/life boundaries? Yes I do.
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It’s back! The “Best Friends Forever” statue, depicting two bronze-toned figures of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein holding hands, reappeared on the National Mall near the Capitol today. The artwork was originally installed last week but was removed on Sept. 24.
October 3, 2025 at 12:12 AM
It’s back! The “Best Friends Forever” statue, depicting two bronze-toned figures of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein holding hands, reappeared on the National Mall near the Capitol today. The artwork was originally installed last week but was removed on Sept. 24.
There's something so nostalgic and oddly proud remembering #JimmyKimmel as that kid who sat on a safe cracking jokes while people tried to win Ben Stein's money. Look at him now, all grown up pissing off presidents 💖
September 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
There's something so nostalgic and oddly proud remembering #JimmyKimmel as that kid who sat on a safe cracking jokes while people tried to win Ben Stein's money. Look at him now, all grown up pissing off presidents 💖