any kid can access it, and then they all allowed for multiple ways of solving which is really what made the discussion and the math really rich because even if this problem seems kind of easy on face value… there were so many ways of representing all this stuff, my high [performing] ...
he grabbed his stuff and left jeff’s office. he knew where he was headed next. the second insight “so, rose, how do i make a learning plan?” they were back at rose’s bench that afternoon, though mateo suspected it was the pigeons’ bench; rose just paid rent in birdseed. ro...
Being Different Is A Solution, Not A Problem! – is a 60 second Public Service Announcement about race and diversity we made for KNPB our local PBS station. The same class that made Don’t Laugh At Me in fourth grade made this video as fifth graders. It won a Lumiere Film Festival Awa...
The only way we have a ghost of a chance is to hammer away at the stuff bit by bit every day for years. Even then it does not work. Most of the sixth graders are mathematical illiterates. Give me a kid who wants to learn the stuff — well, twenty hours or so makes sense.” Th...
their curriculum. I will purchase the the research based curriculum they need, but they actually get to design on the backend what their choice words look like, what their practices look like. So they also empowered because I treat them as a professional and allow them to create stuff ...
So use this as an opportunity to clean out your home as well as bookbags and notebooks. Donate or recycle as much as possible. Here a partial list of stuff I’ve collected for 2019: 38 books (I have already donated 19 to local friends of the library, the remainder are children’s bo...
While the country prepares to keep our families and communities safe, teachers are also continuing with teaching and learning through digital distance learning opportunities and packets for our students. On this post, I will share some free distance learning resources for 4th and 5th graders that ar...
Points are free and easy at the beginning of every language to keep you going because it is a beta language. That means no penalty for missing. It’s like you paid for the pro version of the game. Free points just lit up in my eyes, plus I can say stuff in Klingon, only not ...
Kwaku Aningand I am an educator, a professional wonder(er), a connector, an advocate for students, looking to connect the dots between education, tech, art, agency, and the stuff that I am yet to understand. Currently, I am the Director of the Center of Innovation and Entrepreneurial Thin...
Learning to Reach for the Sky Carpentersville Fifth-Graders Realize the Stuff of Their DreamsByline: Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz Daily Herald Staff WriterElejaldeRuiz, Alexia