Ms. Thomas

Ms. Thomas is the ELA teacher of D15 among other classes. She teaches fully remotely from her sanctuary in upstate New York.

Teaching Style
At the beginning of the class, Thomas will put a Jamboard and link it to the Meet. She then tells us to get on the Jamboard and answer the question based on the picture(s) with a sticky note and our name. She tries to make sure every student puts a sticky note. She then discusses the question on the Jamboard, and the answer she was looking for. Once she checks the Meet again, she will always tell the people who usually have their cameras on to turn them on (if they're not on already). She then continues to explain, while also asking questions to the class for people to participate. After the discussion, she will take attendance, with people she heard from and with their cameras on automatically marked present without her needing to call their name. The Meet will end around 25 minutes before the period ends, and she'll ask some people to stay behind. What she discusses with them is unknown, but likely has to do with skipping Meets.

Grading and Work
Every other day, Thomas will post an assignment that is the due the at 11:59 PM the next day (Or Monday if the assignment is posted on a Friday). The assignment will always have an entrance ticket, a task, and an exit ticket on a google doc. The entrance ticket is a few questions that have to do with the lesson, the task usually contains a graphic organizer to fill out and M.E.A.L. questions to answer based on the reading and lesson, and the exit ticket is a summary of the reading. These classwork assignments are worth 25%, participation (15%) is likely based on questions answered in the Meets and cameras. Quizzes, tasks, and tests are all under assessments and are also worth 25%, and projects are separate and are worth 20%. Although she doesn't assign 'homework', there is still a homework section in PupilPath. This might imply that some schoolwork is considered homework.

Family
Like many other teachers, Thomas has mentioned she has a husband and son, but they have never been seen or heard during Meets. It is known, however, that her son is an adult.

Trivia

 * Earlier in the year, Geronimo confused Ms. Thomas with Ms. Marcus quite frequently in the server
 * Her son is known to have contracted Covid-19, although he is now likely well
 * Through her tactics, she the only class where over 1/3 of the class turns on their cameras in
 * She is known to speak with Ms. Rosow