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You may have seen quite a bit of animal print in the building today or outside at arrival and dismissal. Just to keep things fun our staff celebrated “Talk About it Tuesday” by wearing animal print. Did your kids mention seeing lots of animal print? 🤣🤣🤣

It’s easy to celebrate amazing teachers in Keller Schools ❤️ These 3rd grade math Ts opened their classrooms for others to come observe & learn from their expertise! #MathKISD KISDMathSquad Friendship Elementary Heritage Elementary WSES Elem School Mrs. Vanderveer Tina Bode Angie Atchley

Is this what they mean when they say to pre-teach vocabulary? #newfractionsong #mathematicians

No one fights alone! He shaves off his own hair in solidarity with a cancer patient.

I once expected students to sit quietly for a 40 min lesson. I got frustrated when they got fidgety. This lead to me yelling. Then I found myself fidgety after only 20 minutes on a PD Day. Everything changed. I changed from “delivering curriculum” to “discovering curriculum.”

Things teachers love to hear during math conversations about elapsed time: Do we have a start time or an end time? We should skip count by 10s? Let's use a number line. I think it's this because... #proudteacher #maybehappytears

3rd grade math conversations. Working together to determine if the problem situation is asking us to find the AREA or PERIMETER: But, wait! It says is COVERS the dresser, that's area! This is running AROUND the treehouse, that is perimeter. #proudteacher #studentdiscourse

Things over heard in my classroom: No one is going to pay you to read books, you need to be reading books on the daily! #amen #3rdGradeRocks

This month's recipient of the Student Growth Award is Joanna Vanderveer, 3rd Grade Teacher. She has used the DreamBox Learning to assign indiv. lessons for all of her students. In both Sept. and Oct., Mrs. Vanderveer's students made more growth than the rest of the school. (2/2)

When doing long division what do you do with those (not so) pesky remainders? KISDMathSquad #MathKISD Friendship Elementary

Reviewing for the Math STAAR. Centers with heavy hitter TEKS for lots of hands on practice. We're ready! #3rdGradeRocks KISDMathSquad Friendship Elementary

Be about it.

Truth 💯

❤️ Students aren't manipulating adults with challenging behaviors. They are expressing, consciously or unconsciously, their unmet needs. Our job is to help #students learn to have those needs met in better ways. Empathy and compassion are the key. #LeadInclusion #EdLeaders

S: we need help with 92x5. Me: let's work it out, 2x5, 90x5, then add them together, you can add 92 five times, OR use the standard algorithm. (making them work through it) S: OH, it's easier when you think about it. 💡math is easier when you THINK about it. You're welcome.