Rachel Parr and I had a great morning cheering on our TCM boys at the football jamboree with these #TCMAlumni #TCMSoars #ReinvestLCS

The best way to spend a Saturday morning! Cheering on current TCM Eagles with past and future Eagles!!! #TCMsoars #ReinvestLCS

Getting some hands on experience with conductors and insulators of electricity! #TCMsoars #ReinvestLCS

Some days math takes a lot of extra hard work and persistence. Today was one of those days. Proud of all my fourth graders for trying and then trying again to learn how to order decimals! #TCMsoars #reinvestLCS

Yes! This right here. We need to put more emphasis on teaching kids to be problem solvers and not trying to connect every skill to a real life scenario. Most 9 year olds aren’t interested in how they will use this in 10 years. They get excited when they can conquer problems now!

Yes!!! I have always felt that people who get so wrapped up in “real world” problems are missing the point when teaching young students! If we can engage our kids and instill in them a love for math, then we don’t need to try and persuade them that they will use this in 10 years!

Some fun with balloon racers today learning about kinetic energy! #TCMsoars

If you’re an upper elementary math teacher in Virginia & you have struggled to find quality resources that were aligned to the SOLs, then mathuptoparr.com is the solution you have been looking for! #virginiateacher #iteachmath #iteachfourth #iteachfifth #teachers

Celebrating mistakes are at the core of my beliefs as an educator. Read more at mathuptoparr.com/blog #teacher

Our team made it to finals #designchallenge Rachel Parr STEM Camp EDU

I hope our TCM kids are ready to create their own video game this year with Bloxels, because I just won a kit at STEM Camp EDU!! It has been a great experience, and we learned so much!