Sara ❤️
@arasbeth27.bsky.social
4th grade teacher in the PNW, childless cat lady, sometimes knitter, food fan, reader, always learning, nap advocate
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Sara ❤️
@arasbeth27.bsky.social
· Aug 8
It's almost time for a new year. If you would like to help buy books for my students (fabulous fourth graders), you can use this link. Thank you! You'll also be supporting my favorite books store @spokeandwordbooks.bsky.social #BookSky #EduSky
School Year 2025/2026
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It's that time of year again. I'm trying not to use Amazon, and I've deleted my meta accounts, so my reach is limited. But any help getting some books for my amazing fourth graders, some of whom I also had in kindergarten, is appreciated.
@prisonculture.bsky.social will you repost please? 💙
@prisonculture.bsky.social will you repost please? 💙
These are great. Even after 20+ years, there are things for me to learn, or relearn. I have a student teacher right now, and I'm going to share this with her as well.
I loooove a good @mrrablin.bsky.social Edutopia post!!! @edutopia.org
www.edutopia.org/article/clas...
www.edutopia.org/article/clas...
11 Classroom Management Tweaks You Don’t Learn in Teacher Prep
Over time, every teacher makes small changes that have a big impact on how their classes run. A veteran teacher shares the hacks that work for him.
www.edutopia.org
February 5, 2026 at 3:20 AM
These are great. Even after 20+ years, there are things for me to learn, or relearn. I have a student teacher right now, and I'm going to share this with her as well.
Reposted by Sara ❤️
Thousands of protesters marched to Portland's ICE building Saturday.
Demonstrators were met with large clouds of tear gas, pepper balls and flash-bangs shortly after their arrival.
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Demonstrators were met with large clouds of tear gas, pepper balls and flash-bangs shortly after their arrival.
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
February 1, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Thousands of protesters marched to Portland's ICE building Saturday.
Demonstrators were met with large clouds of tear gas, pepper balls and flash-bangs shortly after their arrival.
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Demonstrators were met with large clouds of tear gas, pepper balls and flash-bangs shortly after their arrival.
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Reposted by Sara ❤️
(hint for teachers: using AI to give feedback is the ultimate hint that you don't care about what you're reading and that is a lesson that student writers carry with them beyond your classroom so please don't do that)
January 31, 2026 at 3:04 PM
(hint for teachers: using AI to give feedback is the ultimate hint that you don't care about what you're reading and that is a lesson that student writers carry with them beyond your classroom so please don't do that)
Seeing people holding those signs made me sick to my stomach.
January 22, 2026 at 3:35 AM
Seeing people holding those signs made me sick to my stomach.
I've called my rep and was told she has been getting a lot of calls encouraging a no vote. I hope she follows through.
So the House is going to vote TOMORROW on the DHS funding bill that includes funding for ICE.
There's a real chance we can get Dems to vote NO on any bill with ICE funding to sink it.
Once it goes to the Senate we likely lose this chance.
24 hours. Go.
www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/no-f...
There's a real chance we can get Dems to vote NO on any bill with ICE funding to sink it.
Once it goes to the Senate we likely lose this chance.
24 hours. Go.
www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/no-f...
No Funding for ICE Surveillance Tech!
www.fightforthefuture.org
January 22, 2026 at 12:26 AM
I've called my rep and was told she has been getting a lot of calls encouraging a no vote. I hope she follows through.
Good for her! I hope she has some wonderful garden summers ahead of her.
Prue Leith, one of the judges of “The Great British Bake Off,” said on Wednesday that she was leaving the TV show after presiding over more than 400 challenges in nine seasons.
Prue Leith Says She Is Leaving ‘The Great British Bake Off’
Ms. Leith, 86, presided over more than 400 challenges in nine seasons of the TV baking competition, and said it “feels like the right time.”
nyti.ms
January 21, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Good for her! I hope she has some wonderful garden summers ahead of her.
Not a state park, but Timothy Lake is my favorite spot.
January 5, 2026 at 5:19 AM
Not a state park, but Timothy Lake is my favorite spot.
This was one of my faves this year, and it's always on a student's desk in my classroom. It's popular!
January 1, 2026 at 2:48 AM
This was one of my faves this year, and it's always on a student's desk in my classroom. It's popular!
I'm not Gen Z, but the first question I asked my partner when I messaged him in early 2017 was what his opinion about the election outcome. He responded appropriately.
Everyone has a list of so-called "red flags" when they're dating. And for some, especially younger Americans, different political views is a relationship deal breaker.
Majority of Gen Z swipe left on dating people with opposite political views
Everyone has a list of so-called "red flags" when they're dating. And for some, especially younger Americans, different political views is a relationship deal breaker.
n.pr
December 31, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I'm not Gen Z, but the first question I asked my partner when I messaged him in early 2017 was what his opinion about the election outcome. He responded appropriately.
Ranch or bbq sauce. Or if they are seasoned perfectly, nothing.
December 30, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Ranch or bbq sauce. Or if they are seasoned perfectly, nothing.
Ugh. I (kind of) get being disappointed with third. But I am the furthest thing from competitive athlete status. I seriously doubt extra weight was the reason she placed third.
December 30, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Ugh. I (kind of) get being disappointed with third. But I am the furthest thing from competitive athlete status. I seriously doubt extra weight was the reason she placed third.
Reposted by Sara ❤️
PRODUCER 1: Okay, so: Curtain up. It’s Christmas Eve. A young girl named Clara is opening gifts. One happens to be from her favorite uncle, a kind of creepy mask-wearing guy named Drosselmeyer.
PRODUCER 2: Don’t love this...
PRODUCER 2: Don’t love this...
A Producer Attempts to Pitch The Nutcracker
(A production office. PRODUCER 1 sits at a desk. Enter PRODUCER 2.) PRODUCER 1: Take a seat. You said you have something Christmassy for me? PRODUC...
buff.ly
December 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
PRODUCER 1: Okay, so: Curtain up. It’s Christmas Eve. A young girl named Clara is opening gifts. One happens to be from her favorite uncle, a kind of creepy mask-wearing guy named Drosselmeyer.
PRODUCER 2: Don’t love this...
PRODUCER 2: Don’t love this...
I should actually be there!
December 21, 2025 at 3:44 AM
I should actually be there!
On the first Saturday of winter break, I'm sitting on the couch, drinking a martini, listening to Dire Straits on vinyl, and looking at the Christmas tree. It's a special kind of perfect.
December 21, 2025 at 3:20 AM
On the first Saturday of winter break, I'm sitting on the couch, drinking a martini, listening to Dire Straits on vinyl, and looking at the Christmas tree. It's a special kind of perfect.
That is a good man. I have gotten off the couch, but I do not plan to get dressed in real clothes or leave.
December 20, 2025 at 9:43 PM
That is a good man. I have gotten off the couch, but I do not plan to get dressed in real clothes or leave.
I hate perfect attendance incentives. Hate. My school was doing something schoolwide when there were a certain number of days with overall attendance at 90% or 95%. Either it's not happening this year, or we haven't done it. It's a new leadership year.
December 13, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I hate perfect attendance incentives. Hate. My school was doing something schoolwide when there were a certain number of days with overall attendance at 90% or 95%. Either it's not happening this year, or we haven't done it. It's a new leadership year.
I searched for something recently, and multiple sites with generic to ridiculous names had the exact same content. Word for word.
November 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I searched for something recently, and multiple sites with generic to ridiculous names had the exact same content. Word for word.
I only remember Romeo and Juliet from freshman year, which would have been 1990-1991. If we did another one, I have forgotten. I think one or two feels right since there is so much other good writing out there.
November 24, 2025 at 3:28 AM
I only remember Romeo and Juliet from freshman year, which would have been 1990-1991. If we did another one, I have forgotten. I think one or two feels right since there is so much other good writing out there.
I don't know that I'd put it quite that way, but I'm thankful that, thus far, my legs have also stayed attached.
November 21, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I don't know that I'd put it quite that way, but I'm thankful that, thus far, my legs have also stayed attached.
I took an asynchronous class about 10 years ago, and I hated it. I was nerding out and really thinking through stuff, and most people just responded with a few sentences. Then the instructor was all, "A's for everyone!"
I did all the extra credit and got graded on a curve. (thanks Taylor)
I did all the extra credit and got graded on a curve. (thanks Taylor)
November 20, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I took an asynchronous class about 10 years ago, and I hated it. I was nerding out and really thinking through stuff, and most people just responded with a few sentences. Then the instructor was all, "A's for everyone!"
I did all the extra credit and got graded on a curve. (thanks Taylor)
I did all the extra credit and got graded on a curve. (thanks Taylor)
I'm taking an every-other-week in-person/asynchronous class. It's a nice blend. I ruminate and rabbit hole in between in person meetings, but then get to talk about it.
November 20, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I'm taking an every-other-week in-person/asynchronous class. It's a nice blend. I ruminate and rabbit hole in between in person meetings, but then get to talk about it.
Reposted by Sara ❤️
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Over the last 20 years, we have gotten a comp day on the Friday of conference for two evenings of conferences. This year, our comp day was today…3 weeks later. I’m enjoying a 4 day weekend, but I would have preferred that Friday off. Conference week was exhausting!
November 11, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Over the last 20 years, we have gotten a comp day on the Friday of conference for two evenings of conferences. This year, our comp day was today…3 weeks later. I’m enjoying a 4 day weekend, but I would have preferred that Friday off. Conference week was exhausting!