Student voice and choice is crucial in developing, supporting, and maintaining engagement. In our classroom, our students continually research things that interest them and then teach their peers. I constantly try to instill in them a love of learning! Cedar Hills Elementary Blue Valley Schools

Ss collaborate, cooperate, apply math skills, problem solve, and use creativity to design a “Gingerbread House” with specific guidelines. Student engagement is always important, but especially on the day before Winter Break! #studentengagement #futurereadyskills Cedar Hills Elementary

Here are some of the "Gingerbread Houses" from yesterday being constructed! It takes a lot of perseverance, problem solving, and creativity to take an idea on paper and make it an actual physical object! My Ss' homework over break is to relax, rest, and enjoy time with others!

We spent the first day of the new semester focused on social-emotional learning! Here, Ss listed cooperation, collaboration, self-efficacy, communication, perseverance, creativity, and positivity as SE skills needed to build the tallest popsicle stick structure. Cedar Hills Elementary

4th graders model their leadership and role model skills when working with our first grade buddies! Happy 100th day of school! 💯Cedar Hills Elementary Blue Valley Schools

Thanks to Cedar Hills PTO Take Stock, our students got to live history at JohnsonCountyMuseum Lanesfield School! We used the experience to compare and contrast how things like communities, technology, and communication have evolved over time! #realworldlearning

In our current iLit unit, we are learning how communities have evolved over time. We are also examining how communication and transportation have changed over time. Look at the creative ways students have chosen to demonstrate their understanding! #voiceandchoice Blue Valley Schools

Such an honor!

The beginning of the year provides incredible opportunities to develop a strong classroom culture. We are continuously learning about each member of our classroom and deepening our understanding of our class motto: This year, we are learning to take care of ourselves and others!

With Jo Boaler ‘s “Week of Inspirational Math”, our 4th graders are learning to be engaged, collaborative, confident, flexible, and curious mathematicians! Everyone can be a great mathematician! Cedar Hills Elementary Blue Valley Schools #mathmindset #growthmindset

Annotating, collaborating, and communicating are essential when interacting with texts! #futurereadyskills #iLit Cedar Hills Elementary

We used the beautiful hibiscus in our Cedar Hills Elementary garden and Adobe Spark – now Adobe Creative Cloud Express to collaborate with our peers to label and describe plant structures for reproduction! #futurereadyskills #socialemotionallearning #scientists

Coordinated llamas. #SocialEmotionalLearning #studentconnections Cedar Hills Elementary Blue Valley Schools

I wish I were as talented as my students! Cedar Hills Elementary