Julianna Traxler. 4th grade LA/SS teacher on Team Grit with Jamie Dicks #MasonEdChat

A1: For personalized learning, learners need to have an understanding of themselves—their strengths, weaknesses, how they learn best, what hinders their learning. Learners also need to understand that mistakes and failures are the stepping stones to later success. #MasonEdChat

A2: developing students’ capacity to inquire starts with Ts modeling for Ss their own inquiries, and then giving them authentic opportunities for students to make their own inquiries. #MasonEdChat

A3 Opportunity to study their own work and identify areas of growth —growth in thinking, crafting language, beauty of an idea, elegance of solution. Strengths-based pedagogy #MasonEdChat

A3: Voice is everything and it starts with creating a safe environment for sharing. Once that’s established students will feel more encouraged to share their thoughts and inquiries. Time is set apart each day for students step up as leaders and share. #MasonEdChat

Couldn’t have said it better, partner! 👏👏👏

What a fun lunch bunch! The students led a great discussion about our character, Bat! ❤️ #MasonMoment

#thankyou #MartinLutherKingJr

CORRECTION! My sweet, sweet helper almost burned down my classroom! She and I together saved the day! I’m considering becoming a volunteer firefighter 😬👏

Woo! We are so excited for this new group of learners! 🥰👏

We used the Marshmallow Challenge today to challenge the students in their understanding of what learning looks like. Mrs. Dicks and I were blown away by visuals the learners later created to describe their “learning pits.” #teamgrit #MasonMoment

The learners made their own identity webs today to represent who they are. We then took time to walk around and appreciate all the different identities in the room. The kids were surprised by some similarities they had with classmates! ❤️🥰 #buildingcommunity #teamgrit

Team Grit loves having Liz Dooley stop by for the period to help teach about Notable Notebooks! 👏 #teamgrit #masonmoment

On Friday, the learners decided ways they could demonstrate their understanding of compromise. Today they chose a pathway that worked best for them. Each student was engaged in a unique way. Jason dreams of designing video games concepts and got to show off his artistic ability!

How do you like to read? These readers used the classroom environment to get comfy and dive into their texts. 🥰📚 #MasonPLJourney #KindnessStartsWithME #MasonElementary #MasonMoment

Wow, we are so thankful for all the men and women who have and still do serve our great country. #veteransday2019

We are juuuuust starting our Curiousity Research Projects for our Nonfiction Unit, and I am already blown away by the topics some researchers are choosing. Teaser: one curious mind is researching straw alternatives that are good for everyone—and the environment! 😮👏

"4th graders are capable of so much more than we sometimes give them credit for. We have seen a side of them that was not always clear to us because sometimes it was overshadowed by extrinsic motivations or rewards." bit.ly/2AWi3jI #education #edchat

Feeling super fortunate to work at a school with amazing staff and technology! This innovator here is creating an eco friendly alternative to plastic spoons & needed a mold. One quick email later & Laura Tonkin (she/her) created this 3-D printed beauty!!! Thank you! #KindnessStartsWithME

I'm thrilled to share the book trailer for #TheOneAndOnlyBob, narrated by the inimitable Danny DeVito! I can't wait to hear what you all think. You can learn more about the book and pre-order here: theoneandonlyivan.com HarperKids HarperStacks 📚 #mglit #BookTrailer