Lucky to work with and learn from Katie Bienkowski 👏💡Read this👇

I am very happy to welcome the 4th grade poets of Seely Place Elementary School in Scarsdale, NY. After reading my old poem 'It's ok,' each student wrote a thoughtful list poem to their younger (baby photo) selves. Wonderful! Read at The Poem Farm - bit.ly/4a3cNbW. 🪶❤️

The truism tree! If you like the Truism Dude, you'll like this Truism Tree, adapted by Valerie Garza. You can find it in our collection of truism resources: bit.ly/TrailTruisms

This Illustrative Mathematics lesson invited students to make their thinking visible and share it with fellow mathematicians. 💪💭🗣️ #buildingthinkingclassrooms #learnwithIM Alexis Colella Mrs. Christina Grassi

How do you capitalize on the potential of a wrong answer? Check out this idea from T Linda Bortnick:

Lunching and learning about what Diffit can do for student learning GVES! 🍕💻🤩 #thanksforlunch

Happy Valentine's Day from The Poem Farm archives! ❤

💭 Need to organize your online coursework for the new year, new semester or upcoming FID day? Refresh your LMS with these 7 tips to support your students’ online success. 💻Meg Hayes Edvative Learning

Having an ongoing slide deck for my classes has continued to be SUPER helpful. Each week I just add a new slide to the top w/ our upcoming activities and due dates!

More accessible for families, too, compared to LMS platforms like Canvas.

Template here: docs.google.com/presentation/d…

Fast becoming my favourite 'Do Now' task. Pupils really leaning into it

Small changes, big impacts in the classroom part 1: Test Talk.

For the first 5 minutes of a test, students put their writing utensils on the ground, I hand out the test, and students talk to each other about the test. Many have mentioned how much this lowers their test anxiety.

A draft of a new drawing I’m working on. The idea for it was suggested to me by a wonderful elementary school librarian. ☺️💛💛

Teachers as you head back into school here’s an activity for you.

“Tower of Terror” cup activity is perfect to jumpstart the new year in the classroom allow you to continue to build those relationships with kids and the climate and culture you WANT 🙌❤️

Let’s go!

❤️ Mathematicians can ___.
🧡 Mathematicians are ___.
💚 Mathematicians have ___.

Students fill in the blanks to describe their own vision of a mathematician identity.

(Chart created by educator Miss. Elmi's students, based on the work of educator Amy Lemons) #MTBoS #ITeachMath

I wanted to get students’ attention and pave the way for our #SibertSmackdown . This surely did the trick! Kari Lavelle #nonfiction

Our Tohickon Smiles club made positive sayings to slip inside library books. Students who find them can turn them in for a sweet treat. Students making other students happy! Yay! 😀 #Tohickon #CBSD #Read #Happy

Mathematicians in Mr. Long’s class practiced communicating their thinking to partners. We tried a strategy from Mrs. Flanagan - students listened carefully and added their partner’s thinking to their poster. 🗣️👂 Exemplars

My favorite activity to use (easy and super engaging) right before winter break is my 5x5 game (just google ‘5x5 game’ to find) tiktok.com/t/ZT8He7y1M/

This lesson experience from Exemplars included students working on their own first, then in a partnership, and finally in a gallery walk adding new and different ways of thinking about the problem. 🧠 and 📝 were full by the end! #exemplars #designingexperiences #edvative

Today Ss #frayer a historical person and used an empathy map to understand how that person might think and feel about the Great Compromise. #eduprotocols #sstlap #sschat