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Lara! @laramathcalf.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

If my baby ever stops being a baby I’m gonna lose it 😭

Lara! @laramathcalf.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Deaf/signing friends.. my school has us do an “enrichment”.. 9 weeks, every other day, 75 minutes each time, 5th grade. I plan to do an intro to ASL..give students a little ASL/Deaf culture spark but I’m not sure how to structure it. Anyone done anything similar or have suggestions for a structure?

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Lara! @laramathcalf.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Does anyone have site(s) they point parents to when they ask for more homework? Like easy to implement tasks or games or whatever?

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Lara! @laramathcalf.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I think there was a reason behind the IM change of WODB to “which three go together” and I wanted to give it a chance to be just the same but it’s not. Harder to write down student thinking, more difficult to ensure that all the different pictures are addressed. #ITeachMath

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Lara! @laramathcalf.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

My 4 year old had a hard lock down drill today and now all evening he’s been saying he’s scared and worried about “the dangerous person” coming to his house or school and I knew this day was coming but I’m still so very mad about it.

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Lara! @laramathcalf.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

My almost 4 year old is obsessed with Numberblocks and there is truly no greater joy 🤩

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Lara! @laramathcalf.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

We listen to the koala tots sleepy time podcast to try to help my 3 yo fall asleep and it works well on one of us I’ll let you guess which one 🙃

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Lara! @laramathcalf.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Anyone have any very engaging activities to keep kids learning after testing is done grades final? They'll have laptops for a bit but I've been told they collect them pretty early before the end of the year so there will be at least a week maybe two with no laptops.

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Lara! @laramathcalf.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

For the second time this year, I’m a victim of budget cuts and my coaching position is being eliminated 😭. Please let me know if you know of anything math ed related (or something education adjacent)! Thanks!

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Lara! @laramathcalf.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

A month into my new math coaching job, I’m really enjoying being back in a school and getting to work w teachers and students but I feel like I’m going to struggle being in a big county. There is a lot of support, which is nice and in opposition to my tiny school coaching job, but the testing 1/3

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Shelby Strong 💗💜💙 @sneffleupagus.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

This is hands down my favorite part of NCTM so you BETTER be there!!! #NCTMATL25

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Lara! @laramathcalf.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Anyone used the Solve Me Mobiles website recently? Doesn’t work for me (get the small screen warning then it just says loading forever). 😭 #ITeachMath

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Lara! @laramathcalf.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

In case you were following my saga I got a new job and it’s actually one I want to do 🙌🏻 🎉🥳👏🏻

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Lara! @laramathcalf.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

NCTM people! Idk how many people use this website lol but I love in the Atlanta area so am planning to come and hover around but not attend the actual conference. Would love to see people are grab lunch or something!! Let me know if you wanna hang! #ITeachMath

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Lara! @laramathcalf.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Anyone happen to know any grants that non-profits can apply for for curriculum.. and/or specifically creating stem materials.. and/or specifically for underserved populations?

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Lara! @laramathcalf.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

I just saw a commercial for Botox and there were testimonials from people explaining why they needed it and they had TWO people saying “I smile a lot” and the fact that we feel like we need to hide the evidence of us smiling??? Makes me soso sad (at least I won’t have to worry about crows feet!?!)

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Lara! @laramathcalf.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Hello again internet friends I’m still looking for a jobbbbbb!! Help a girl out 🙏🏻😅

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Lara! @laramathcalf.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

A very mathy week for #tmwyk We have a system where he gets 3 “dots” to use to call us into his room after he’s in bed. My child: MAMA! Come here! Me: if I come in I’m taking a dot MC: no dadas going to take a dot Me: if I come in I take a dot MC: okay you can take 1 dot and dada will have 2

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a man with a beard and long hair is holding a fishing rod

Alt: a man with a beard and long hair nodding approvingly

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Lara! @laramathcalf.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Me: “we can do that in 1 minute” My child: “I will count to 1!” Me: “you need to count to 60” MC: “okay! 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 60!” Me: “1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6” MC: “60! 6! 60 is like 6!” Me:

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a man applauds with the #schitts creek logo behind him

Alt: David from schitts creek applauds proudly

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Lara! @laramathcalf.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Do you think AC/DC would be happy to know my 2 year old’s fav song is thunderstruck?

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Lara! @laramathcalf.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

My (curriculum) company laid off almost all of its curriculum team last week, myself included. The kept some of us around to finish out our current projects, some they axed immediately. Looking for a new job in curriculum is rough because districts seem to usually hire internally, curriculum +

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Lara! @laramathcalf.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Math language question (as per usual). ✅“There are dozens of snakes” ✅”There are hundreds of snakes” ✅”There are thousands of snakes” 🤔”There are tens of snakes” Why?

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Jenna Beacom @jfbeacom.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

This is the article of my dreams. Finally, finally delving into the ways in which cochlear implants can fail deaf kids, and the importance of early sign language - all upside, no downside. Amazing work, @cathleenogrady.bsky.social !

science.org

Implants can help deaf kids hear—but many still struggle with spoken language

Some researchers worry about risks of devaluing sign language, overreliance on imperfect devices

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Lara! @laramathcalf.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

I love this discussion and also I dislike English 🫠

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Lara! @laramathcalf.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

One thing I actually love about teacher social media is that you can totally tell who’s a great teacher by the way they talk about kids (in general and their students specifically). It’s really nice to hear people talk so fondly about students.

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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

I've now listened to this episode of @pjvogt.bsky.social's Search Engine on which I appear and I cannot recommend it enough, not because of me, but because it frames the challenge of ChatGPT in schools and student writing better than anything I've seen or heard. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

podcasts.apple.com

Playboi Farti and his AI Homework Machine

Podcast Episode · Search Engine · 02/14/2025 · 1h 1m

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Lara! @laramathcalf.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

This is a really great explanation about why the way we represent data matters (also just a good way to help students understand diff kinds of functions) #ITeachMath Full video link www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2hBAChv/

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Lara! @laramathcalf.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Isn’t tenths of an inch a weird way to measure?? Are there other places we use tenths of an inch?

Weather channel winter storm warning with the sentence “Ice accumulations up to two tenths of an inch are possible”

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Lara! @laramathcalf.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

My toddlers new favorite song is Thunderstruck. He requests it by saying “Mama I listen Thunder by ABCs!!”

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TerynceRecherche @terynce.com · 02/01/2025

Also, to be clear, most mainstream schools don't care about the education deaf students receive. Deaf school: I was certified ELA, they gave me a reading class, and said I had to be certified in Reading too. Mainstream: I had 3 math classes, 3 social studies classes, 1 ELA, and computers.

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Lara! @laramathcalf.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

I love a baby toddler but the aquarium has reminded me of how fun bigger kids are. We have a pass so we went twice recently and the day that there were field trips there was so much more fun with the kids w their friends being joyful and excited. Kids w their families.. not nearly as excited.

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Lara! @laramathcalf.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

There’s a new episode of Homecooking out (podcast with Samin Nosrat and Hrishi Hirway that hasn’t had a new episode in like 2 years) and it just immediately made me smile when I turned it on. I need more podcasts like that.

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Megan Figueroa @meganfigueroa.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

My favorite print from liberaljane.store “English is a language, not a way to measure someone’s intelligence.”

An art print with a woman with dark hair and the message “English is a language not a way to measure someone’s intelligence”

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Lara! @laramathcalf.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

For dinner my toddler requested a cheese quesadilla, no cheese. I offered him a tortilla and he said no thanks I don’t like tortillas

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Christopher Danielson @triangleman.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

I have been thinking a lot about the feedback bots in the various NYT games (I've muted the name of the word one, so FYI if you want to discuss).

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Will Fertman @willfertman.com · 06/12/2024

Hey y'all, I only need a few more folks to get the Parents of Deaf Kids starter pack off the ground. If you're a parent (hearing or d/Deaf) interested in #ASL or #signlanguage , #bilingualism , Deaf culture and #deafed , reply to this post and I'll put you in the pack.

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Lara! @laramathcalf.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

The girlzzz and Raffi 😂🎶

Apple Music year end recap with top artists listed 1-5. Taylor swift, beyonce, Chappell roan, the Laurie Berkner band and Raffi.

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Lara! @laramathcalf.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Spent some time on Twitter arguing with some of the “EVERY child needs phonics” people (I will not be doing that here) but something to keep in mind with all of our sweeping edu generalizations.. there are probably kids you didn’t consider/don’t even know exist so let’s just not

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Leala Holcomb @lealaholcomb.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Deaf readers are the ultimate plot twist for the Science of Reading. SoR insists sound-based approaches (oral language, phonics, phonological awareness) are required. Yet here we are, a whole community of deaf folks reading without hearing or speaking a word. What does that tell you?

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a man in a lab coat is smiling and asking is you mad ?

Alt: a white man in a lab coat is smiling and asking is you mad ?

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Lara! @laramathcalf.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

This is actually really helpful from the weather channel app

The weather forecast for the day with the note “Outlook: A drop in atmospheric pressure over the next 24 hrs may trigger migraines today.”

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Daniel | ScienceSocks et al. @sciencesocks.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

New #JWST image just dropped 🔭🐡🧪

Pillars of creation by JWST but with googly eyes

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Lara! @laramathcalf.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

What do we think they mean by “up to” 100% leakproof? Isn’t everything up to 100% leakproof?

Diaper box that reads “up to 100% leakproof night time skin protection”

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Lara! @laramathcalf.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

One thing I did not expect to be quite so rough in parenting was not being the preferred parent. The frequency with which it makes me cry feels silly but myyy goodness having a 2 year old you made scream “I don’t like you I want dada” at you will really just stab you in the heart +

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