Less than 30 minutes until our first #bvedchat! We can't wait to chat with our fantastic BV Teachers! See you at 8pm!

Ali Rollins, Instructional Design Coach. Love BV because of how dedicated the Ts are to their students' education! So inspiring! #bvedchat

A1: voice & choice in final products, Ss choosing their path of inquiry withing a topic; Genius hour offers many possibilities too #bvedchat

A1: providing opportunities for self reflection can also help them take ownership #bvedchat

A2: Students must feel their environment is a safe place to take risks #bvedchat

A2: Love seeing how some BV Ts have allowed their students to design their classroom as a community- helping Ss take ownership #bvedchat

Couldn't agree more! @BVmiddleELA #bvedchat

A2: I've seen many schools utilize morning meetings to help set the environmental tone. #bvedchat

A3: Rule of 10 - never talk at Ss or Ts in PL for more than 10 minutes at a time #bvedchat

A3: The key word is balance! Both are important-new content needs 2 B explicitly taught-keep direct instruction brief but engaging #bvedchat

RT @BlueValleyPL A3: Rule of 10 - never talk at Ss or Ts in PL for more than 10 minutes at a time #bvedchat

A3: Assessing Ss prior knowledge and using formative assessments to help drive instruction #bvedchat

A2 Yes!! Ashley Higgins #bvedchat

A4: Yes @BV_Hallett! Think of classroom jobs just like regular jobs in a community- how can the Ss take the ownership? #bvedchat

a4: students are writing the newsletter to parents Jamie Peemoeller and it is amazing! #bvedchat

WSE 5th grade Ss becoming entrepreneurs and learning from experts from the banking world! @WSEAnderson Kristin Ray, NBTC

WSE 1st grade Ss applying their new learning about habitats! #handsonlearning #PBL Ashley Higgins

Hey, BV Teachers! Join us for the next BV Chat on 12/5 @ 8pm.

I’m thankful for Ali Rollins sharing an awesome Thanksgiving breakout for our class to do today! They’re so engaged & thinking critically about who stole the pie!

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