When the computer labs are being used for testing during Hour of Code week you find unplugged ways to teach the same skills, like a morning of Hopscotch Coding with Mrs. Lucas’s class #tcslearns University Place Nakelya Mullins

2nd graders integrate hour of code into reading centers by using binary code to write “long i” words found in text! #STEM #engaged #tcslearns University Place

What a fun beginning of the year STEM challenge of having design a name tag that can stand alone, hold a pencil, be a minimum of 6 inches long and tell me 2 things about yourself! University Place #handsonlearning #buildingcommunity #TCSlearns

One of my favorite moments as a teacher! Their excitement is everything!

My favorite way to spend lunch is by sharing my love of reading with a good book, this group of fifth graders and the amazing Rachel Hollingsworth University Place #TCSlearns #readingforfun

Wow, wow, wow! Loving the student collaboration and unprompted connection mary jen perkins’s 3rd graders made with 9/11 and the Twin Towers and their Dot Day STEAM challenge University Place T🍏S Board of Ed #tcslearns #learningisfun #STEMeducation

Halloween STEAM challenge was such a blast! Students read The Biggest Pumpkin Ever and then had to collaborate to build the biggest pumpkin most pumpkin-y pumpkin using 6ft of paper, scissors and tape!

These young scholars really enjoyed their STEAM challenge last week of building a scarecrow and his hiding spot in response to the read aloud Scarecrow Magic. #tcslearns University Place

When you don’t have your own class you steal your work bestie’s class! #tcsedtlc

So thankful for these little leaders that University Place is growing #tcsedtlc

Day 3 of UPES Virtual Spirt Week is in the books... literally! We love seeing all these falcons enjoying good books while at home. We miss you all and are so proud of you! #riseupfalcons #tcslearns Nakelya Mullins Susie Wheat T🍏S Board of Ed Deron Cameron Ph.D Mike Daria

Magnet SL Olympics: 100 cm Ozobot Challenge: create a 100 cm track that a bot could complete in about 11.3 seconds (Rudolph’s time). Fastest time: 11.57 seconds!!! #prettyclose T🍏S Board of Ed

Shout out to Ms. Willoughby’s first grade for carrying the torch into Summer Leading with exceptional, high quality reading instruction! T🍏S Board of Ed #TMSEsummerlearning #learningneverstops

Magnet SL: Mystery Fractions Challenge. When you hear, “my brain hurts,” you know that their is some kinda higher order learning/thinking taking place😊. #logicattheirlevel T🍏S Board of Ed Patsy McGahey

Magnet SL: Cooking with Fractions:Kool-Aid Pie: Add/Subtract fractions, fraction/decimal reps, converting fractions and decimals/unit of measurements! #allinone #willworkforfood😊 #modelseverywhere #LOVEIT T🍏S Board of Ed Patsy McGahey Meg Byrd

What better way to kick off our last week of summer learning 2021 than by having Big Al carry and “light” the torch himself! #carrythetorchintosummer #tcslearns T🍏S Board of Ed University Place

UPES 3rd graders were on fire today! Reading”Balloons Over Broadway,” recreating the setting with 3D skyscrapers and arranging the windows into arrays, designing their own float, and coding the Beebot through the parade! #STEM University Place T🍏S Board of Ed Nakelya Mullins

Well, the teacher in me couldn’t leave for Germany and let #DotDay pass me by without borrowing a few classes to celebrate STEM style! K made made their mark with multi-sensory dots and 3rd created a multiplication “connect 4” game! #tcslearns University Place T🍏S Board of Ed