Learning about Logical Consequences
We share the underlying beliefs that children want to - and can - make good choices, and that it is our responsibility to support them as they learn to do so.
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Stopping for Exit Tickets
During our professional learning week before school began in August, Tom Schimmer led several sessions on assessment. He stretched my thinking around how assessment is used for learning, and that everything is assessment!
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Developing Thinkers
How do we deepen students’ thinking? And by deepening their thinking, also deepen their understanding? A group of elementary teachers are exploring these ideas through the shared experience of taking the Harvard Graduate School of Education...
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Powerful Words
“…teacher language rests on a deep abiding faith in the goodness in children, a belief in their desire and ability to learn.” From The Power of Our Words We’ve been sharing skills, strategies and...
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Can’t Stop the Feeling
We created a new video to share with our elementary school community at our recent Back to School Night. One of our counselors has a passion for video, and he did the filming and editing. And...
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