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[@haileybeube7331]

You should do a video on all of the websites you as a teacher use for like worksheets and different stuff, websites your students use, your favorites on TPT, and other stuff

[@scefalo]

Michelle, isn’t it awesome when your students do well on a quiz. Makes you feel better about your teaching. I know what that feels like, and I think we get better once we have been in a grade level consistently and had a chance to teach with the curriculum. You are an amazing teacher! I love learning new things from you. Can’t wait to try the morning meeting.

[@PocketfulofPrimary]

Yesss! I definitely feel a lot better this year than last year now that I have had a chance to teach the curriculum for a year. Now I already know what misconceptions my students might have and can address it sooner. I also have more resources to pull from and more ideas for intervention! I hope your students love morning meeting as much as I do!

[@micaelashrum8827]

Morning meeting is the BEST part of our day. I figured with Kindergarten is would be hard to manage but it starts our day off in a loving and community filled way that makes my heart happy. I can definitely notice a change in their behavior the days we don’t have it.

[@maritzab9543]

I love that your school takes i to consideration sensory needs when students need to take a break and chill out. And the fact that they provide it for you?! AMAZING.

[@sarahnorrod5937]

Michelle if you are wanting to get things for the sensory bin I know that when I get nervous or stressed out and upset anything squishy sometimes fabric or something with a pattern I can feel and play with helps me calm down. Another thing I absolutely love when I get upset or stressed is to color, your students may not be able to use the adult coloring books yet but that’s what I use a lot, anything I can draw on or color on helps

[@Raaandddooommmm]

I am 12 years old and i really want to be just like you...you are a awesome teacher💚💚

[@ellabroadhead8494]

Dirpcurl ciarah same and I live her videos to

[@Plaincheerio755]

Same! Well.. I am eleven turning twelve this year

[@RoxburySchoolhouse]

Michelle--I just found your channel in the past couple weeks. LOVING it! I'm a former school teacher (elem, high school, college prof) who now homeschoools my four children. LOVE seeing your heart for the profession and the kiddos. Keep it up!!!! Plus I get to relive the classroom days through you AND pick up some ideas for my home teaching!

[@lilyg6136]

Heather Paullus I’m also homeschooling!! Do you have a blog or site where you share ideas or progress or anything?? I LOVE to teach and am so blessed to be able to now do it with my little ones as well.

[@RoxburySchoolhouse]

That’s awesome, Lily! I am actually in the process of starting a KZbin channel in the next couple weeks. However I have an Instagram account (HAPTeach) and a blog (RosyPandemoneumMom.blogspot) I am getting back up for the school year.

[@StarbuckEducation]

I love the idea of different greetings each day! Definitely will be trying this.

[@melissanavarro9296]

Love the idea if the morning meetings, I will need to try it out. I also like the idea for color coding the math work sheet for differentiation. I’ve been trying to figure out what I can do so they will get the right worksheet for their practice and this is awesome. Thank you.

[@chalkbird3519]

My sisters elementary school teacher always greeted her class in a different language each week. One week it was French the next it was Russian and so on. She really loved it.

[@HeatherVictoria0911]

For the desk privacy dividers you can always minimize the size by taping two vanilla folders together as well. We ALWAYS had these when i was in school!

[@adrianochoa9138]

So encouraging to see you focus on all of the positive things rather than the negative!

[@xnoonesangel33x]

I love the idea of morning meetings and the activities you do every morning.

[@marifer7694]

Michelle, I love your videos! I just wanted to thank you for the AWESOME ideas you have... I'm not a teacher, I'm a 6th grade student, but my dream is to be a teacher... And when I see your vids I get even MORE inspired. Even though I'm not a teacher I sometimes tell my teacher an idea from yours. I love you❤️

[@theglamteacher7386]

I love the idea of the meetings. I've been doing this about 3 days a week and it has totally made a difference in my classroom community! I also do restorative circles which is an amazing way to conduct the meetings.

[@kmarie7463]

I teach in Southeast Texas and we are able to choose our date to have our observations. Walk throughs are always a surprise but only last abut 10 minutes. It's funny that you talk about what you county expects. We don't go by counties here. We go by our town or city school district. Just find that interesting that you and another vlogger I follow always talk about your county. :-)

[@amoura278]

I love morning meetings!! I always do them everyday but i love looking at your ideas cause i always do the same thing every day and i started brains sprinkles and quiet sprinkles this year, OMG!!! such a great idea!!!! THANK YOU:))

[@kariowens3965]

I really enjoy your vlogs and I get so many great ideas from you. Organizing, labeling, websites etc. Thanks for putting all these great ideas out there for us.

[@victoriasigala3523]

I'm a high school student and I'm not even interested in teaching but I love watching your videos

[@ThePykitty]

I love how you get excited for your students success!

[@aliciacassio4215]

Ms. Ferre IS #TeacherGoals! Good luck on your observation - You'll rock it!!

[@Variant1on1]

You are so awesome. You’re my favorite teacher- ever. I wish I could say more, but I don’t like to get too personal on the internet.

[@sannydee]

October 13th birthday checking in. I spent it with my dad as it was his birthday too. We did exactly what we wanted to do...together lol Enjoy your day maam!

[@larissa1328]

Can you do a video on all the technology you use for lessons? The nearpod site is amazing!

[@paiz775]

I'm in 4th grade and live in California, and here we don't have homerooms or cultural arts, or classes. We just have 1 teacher were we learn everything in 1 class. It's very interesting how Maryland does elementry!

[@lovicollier9640]

I like the morning meets ideas on power points. I watched the ted talk on implicit bias. We need these reminders, I’m going to share it with my team. Thanks Michelle, smiles from down under.

[@sheila21870]

Happy belated birthday! 🎁 Love the Morning Meeting slides. So proud of you for making time in the busy fourth grade schedule to do that. May share that portion of your video with colleagues to show that it can be done (and how). Thank you!

[@djthereplay]

+Pocketful of Primary Michelle , Make Morning Meetings a law at least in your classroom . If nothing else gets done at least always do Morning Meeting . If any other lesson that you teach goes out that Morning Meeting is one of those things that will always take you places with students . Also I believe that it should be law that every classroom has a calm down spot and calm down tool kit . In my view that calm down kit is a long time coming . With that said , I am super glad that you were able to relax and have a fantastic birthday and seeing how much your students love you and that is the most important thing because when you have the love of your students everything else will get worked out and come together in the end . By the way , where did you get those rainbow drawers of yours in your classroom from ? With that said , it's almost like you look good in almost anything . You look good in dresses and boots , like … anything . Keep on smiling !! " Keep Moving Forward ". - Walt Disney - Dwight

[@Sailormoonsuperfan94]

djthereplay you can get those drawers from Michael's!

[@simplyraeann3711]

So we have a sensory toolbox also. We use it as like a checkout system because stuff has come up missing. So we have printed all of the names and put it where our box is and they write the number coresponded with each tool which is on a little sheet taped near the check out list. And they check it out. That prevents stolen items and people taking them as a toy. We also have a time limit of how long they can have it (15-20 min) because that seems to be a good time span. But you might not have to put a time limit.

[@melinacastillo8646]

As a future teacher, I love watching your videos in order to have an idea of how I'd like to teach. Your videos inspire me and make me want to become a teacher even more :,)

[@word20]

I see you do a great work with your students. I know Italian since I have learned some Italian myself. When you greet someone in English you usually say Hi informal or casual speech The Italian word Ciao means Hi in English and you can also use it when you say bye www.wordreference.com/iten/ciao Here is another word you can use when you say bye or see you in Italian: ci vediamo www.wordreference.com/iten/ci%20vediamo www.wordreference.com/iten/reverse/ci%20vediamo Here is the word for good morning in Italian: buona mattina www.wordreference.com/iten/mattina?s=buona%20mattina

[@michelle-fv1vg]

My teacher dose the greeting in my classroom too! She just started doing it this year.

[@claudiadominguezcedillo709]

I get such great ideas from you all the time! The morning meeting ideas are fantastic, thanks a lot for sharing them and Happy belated birthday!!! Hugs & kisses from Mexico City.

[@lisahopwood417]

Would love ideas for virtual morning meetings. Thanks!

[@beautyfromashes9373]

I love this and i will for sure be doing this with my students. Thank you so much!

[@justateacherthing8949]

I've started a sensory bin/fidget kit in my classroom, but am having so much trouble managing it. I've had 3 of those marble things break and one of my spiky balls disappear. Right now, I'm in charge of handing out the fidgets to kids I think need them, which isn't what I want to do, but I think it's best for the moment. I can't wait to see how you implement it; maybe it will give me some better ideas.

[@wearethereeves8685]

This is amazing for a lesson!! I will be trying nearpod when I start student teaching! Thanks so much Michelle!!

[@supadupachic]

I would cut the privacy boards in half and I LOVE Nearpod! We use it on our campus 💕

[@carna110]

Yay a new episode! I've been binge watching this past week like crazy!

[@hillerybowdoin3238]

I love your videos! I'm currently an education major and I have gotten some good ideas from you that I add my own little spin to!!!

[@lipsofcolorj4963]

Love your hair like that💕💕 Between yesterday and today I watch 75% of your vedioes

[@cassidymortimer9500]

Hi Michelle! I am a Junior Elementary Education student and I've been watching you from the beginning! As I get closer to having my own classroom I've been trying to bookmark all of the cool teaching websites and programs that I see. If possible could you maybe link them all in the description or do like an updated "what types of programs do I use". Like for that website where they had all the apps together or things like that! I want to integrate a ton of cool new technology into my student teaching and future classroom and I'm so inspired by the things you do!

[@RonChase21]

You really inspire me to be a better teacher! Thank you.

[@fajarirawan3340]

i love your vlogs so much, they're inspiring me as a teacher...and i love your class too. i wanna see how you teach in the class.

[@OConnerDaugher]

For new teachers in my school district, we have 16 SPOT observations were admin comes in unannounced for about 20 minutes and 2 formal observations were admin comes in for about an hour.

[@jimenanuno06]

Its currently 4:13 where i live and im 14 yrs old and i dont know what im doing right now i should be sleeping but hey im not tired!!! But at least i get to see your videos somewhat earlier than usual!!!

[@delaneysparacio7366]

Jimena Nuno same

[@Blastof-ob2zb]

No joke me too, I’m also 14 and should be asleep

[@riggamorris9182]

You can get students to draw in Nearpod too! It might be a bit hard using a mouse on a Chromebook but it's really good if you need students to draw diagrams

[@bigtravize]

You can get a big sensory kit like that for 10 to up to 30 dollars off amazon

[@daniellemitchell3118]

Most K-3rd grades that I know usually do Morning Meeting. My school had all grades do it for SEL.

[@sandrajohnson4233]

I used to be a huge fan of nearpod and actually paid for the subscription. I used it for years. What I found is that it didn't' integrate super well with how I wanted to customize. I would really suggest you using Peardeck. Its free (there is a paid version) and it does the same thing and is integrated into slides. I found more success with it. I also like to use quizalize.

[@taylormm97]

Oh my goodness the little squishy pea brain break tool is adorable! What a cute idea!

[@liz_1196]

Michelle you inspire me everyday you won’t see this but keep working hard

[@zoemorrischoreography]

you really go above and beyond.

[@KINGDOMANIMATION4D]

You're so engaging and vested in your student's success. Love that!

[@nicolelamoureux164]

I really love the format of your blogs with really useful tips on what you are doing. By any chance will you be selling your lesson plan format for Google slides in your TPT shop. If so I would purchase them if they were editable. I like the format

[@gingerlittle6936]

Good luck tomorrow! Looks like a great lesson! Love the dot differentiation!!!! 👍🏻

[@audri20]

Hi, I love your channel, it gives so much delight and happiness❤️

[@angieb7733]

I always loved the pea pod fidgets: you squeeze it and a little pea comes out. Sort of like getting older. 😏

[@skrpanther4296]

My schedule is 7:35 - 7:45 Unpack/Announcement 7:55 - 8:45 Specials 8:45 - 9:00. SEL 9:00 - 9:30 I& E 9:30 - 10:55 Block 1 10:55 - 11:55 Block 2 11:55 - 12:25 Lunch 12:25 - 12:55 Recess 12:50 - 1:10 Finish Block 2 1:10 - 2:30 Block 3 2:30 - 2:45 Pack Up 2:45 - 3:00 Dissmisal

[@LeslieElsie]

When I was in school, we had 2 Manila folders taped together that we set up as privacy shields for testing. Maybe that would work for your desk size and not be too expensive?

[@katycorcoran9426]

NearPod seems kinda like Pear Deck by Google! We use it in my classroom and it’s such a fun and cool tool!

[@JenniferJiang2013]

When my teachers used privacy boards back in the day, she used regular folders but gave us 2 per desk.

[@deetee8100]

Jennifer Jiang I still do it that way.

[@noramcnabb1361]

I did that back in 1st/2nd grade 9-10 years ago

[@joyramer2196]

@15:48 I remember using something like this in my elementary school, my teachers used file folders and stapled them to get a similar thing to the boards... so if you wanted to make more while spending less money, I'd check that out! btw I'm nowhere in the education world nor do I plan to be but I just got into your videos & they're really entertaining to watch :)

[@lilyg6136]

Thanks again for sharing your week with us!! It’s always great to hear from you and get updates! Can we meet?! Lol..hey! You should do meet and greets for your fans!!! (In NC!) -from your KZbin bestie! Haha!💕

[@3HeartsWereBreaking]

Thanks for showing the kitties!!!

[@brazilianbudget]

I have a student that also does all my work at the end of the day. The first time he did, he left me a note saying "Your job is done. Please go home and rest". I honestly almost cried because it was a difficult day and just having someone showing they care. Now it became his jobs and I might or might not give him tic tacs every day 🙄😉.

[@mst675]

I can't wait to try the "Andy's Coming" game with my Pre K class!

[@shelbyc3992]

I love NearPod! We learned about it in my instructional technology class and it is great!!

[@zoebaxtercoaching]

Love that you shared what you do for morning meetings. You mentioned that you usually spend 10 minutes on morning meeting, do you manage to fit all students in for the sharing time section? I don't do morning meetings yet but I'm really looking into it at the moment. I am so excited to see how relationships improve with my kiddos with morning meetings!

[@sarahcastelli6161]

moring meating

[@MsWendyPage]

Maybe with the partitions you could get away with half the amount by altering up and down a row.

[@brianaoconnell8531]

These have been a life saver for me this week with the roll out of online learning! Do you have tips on how to set up my classrooms so that their is good lighting and the students can hear me clearly (I sound like a squeaky mouse when I record videos!)

[@ashleyfitzgerald7127]

I would love to know more about your formal observation! I'm currently planning for mine, and would love some tips!

[@cocobebe1253]

Could you film an actual lesson? I like hearing you talk and all, but seeing you in action would be really cool!

[@emmanoel4876]

coco bebe it’s a safeguarding issue as she’d need to ask every parents permission incase their children were seen in the video and even then I imagine she would get publicly scrutinised by teachers and non -teachers.. she doesn’t need the stress haha!

[@adriannadepietro4447]

I dont think she can for her kids

[@violet_rae_all_day4366]

She could always blur there faces but I also agree that it might not be the best idea! :)

[@jesskaijaks6414]

You are so inspiring Thankyou

[@madisondinunzio8409]

i had to take a quiz on my personality the other day and it told us what jobs we would be great having. i got education! i really want to be an english major and most likely be a teacher because it seems like the best job ever to have

[@ashleybullock4027]

Love your Morning Slides , can you tell me how you get your ideas for team building ?

[@desmonddaniels3257]

Hope you had a fantastic birthday! (P.S. you really shouldn't worry about being observed because you are already an awesome teacher! Just keep doing what you're doing:)

[@followmyinstagramiamdanigb5414]

Aww how nice. Happy birthday

[@hayleyreyneke1905]

Your such an amazing teacher

[@rocioayala6859]

I want to be a teacher when I grow up but watching these videos I don’t think I can wait anymore 😂😂

[@jean-mariesimpson8989]

I use the "legos" from the target dollar spot for fidget toys

[@onion858]

Great job, saw your masters video. Hope you are getting a discount on the course, but the program is a little type A for for folks with kids. Great Luck.

[@christinam.8243]

Chill weekends naps relax. Are the best!😊❤🙏

[@OriteHolly]

I love Sundays because it’s upload day!!

[@softball17]

What our teachers used to do with the desks is turn them around so that the open side is away from the students

[@eliza6621]

Your such a great teacher!!!

[@angelaw86]

Can you put a link to the video where you discuss Clipboard Cruising? I remember watching it, but I don’t remember which video it is. Thanks!!

[@IzzyPlatten]

Michelle ferrè did u get the package i sent u? I was hopeing it got to u. It should ahve got there a couple weeks ago. I hope it didnt get lost in the mail😢 Hopefully u got it but just forgot to open it on camera. I am so excited to see ur reaction to what i mailled u. I know ur gonna love it. Seeing u happy makes me happy😁😁😁

[@pre-kdivertido3198]

I understand being exhausted! I'm a pre-k bilingual teacher in Texas

[@teachcreateandcaffeinate]

So many ideas! Love it! Wondering if you give homework every night?

[@allisonshafer8163]

Something similar to your nearpod website, is pear deck

[@ThatGirlWithTheCoffee]

Hi Michelle! Any chance we can get a Billy update in the next Vlog? I've really missed him from your videos since term began, hope both he and you are getting on well this week :)

[@MissESODMG]

I just started following you and I loveeee your videos.

[@ceciliamurphy5695]

I love the wallpaper on your phone! What are the different categories?

[@cassidymortimer9500]

Also how the heck do you differentiate so well! Do you just come up with those differentiated worksheets all on your own?

[@Deanna_Parker]

That groan on monday is my life 😂

[@leotiara97]

I absolutely love your necklace!

[@amypridgen1081]

Can you tell me which episode you explained how to make all the internet tabs shrink down and also a start-up tab set to start the day quickly on the computer???

[@Plaincheerio755]

0:33- Hey look! Its my birthday! Michelle were birthday buddies

[@africanislamicbeauty]

the "partitions" I used to do with folders when I was in Pre-K lol