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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Will This Work?
A highlight of my week was a visit to a third grade classroom during a science block. When I walked in, I found students buzzing with learning and excitement.
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Imagine. Innovate. Inspire.
We encourage traits such as creativity and grit. We incorporate themes of STEM and inquiry-based learning. We develop thinkers and leaders. All of these actions support one of the most important responsibilities we have...
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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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