“Having students standing immediately takes away that sense of anonymity and, with it, the conscious and unconscious pull away from the tasks at hand.”#buildingthinkingclassrooms #Fournumbers Camino Grove Renee Costarella Courtney Ziska Arcadia Unified Peter Liljedahl

Ms. Simon’s kindergarten class came to visit 5th grade buddies and learned how to play marbles. Lots of focus and strategizing going on! Camino Grove Arcadia Unified Renee Costarella #colonialfun

Learning to “smile and walk away” when a proximity or stop-thinking ? Is asked. Guess what? Thinking is happening anyway! Courtney Ziska, let’s do palindromes as our next “try this.” Camino Grove Arcadia Unified Renee Costarella Peter Liljedahl #farmerjohn #buildingthinkingclassrooms

On this #MemorialDay, we salute the courageous men and women who selflessly defended our nation. Their legacy lives on in our hearts. Today, we remember, we reflect and we express eternal gratitude. We #HonorTheFallen.

Completed. #MemorialDay2023

Arcadia HS alumni and former Orchesis Dance Company member returns once again to groove w/ 5th Ss as they celebrate their final days Camino Grove. Don’t worry, Renee Costarella, the video of us dancing will not be posted! Arcadia Unified

Our Camino Grove 5th gr Thinking Classroom exploring “How many 7s.” One marker per random group encourages S to articulate for accurate recording. Gallery walk confirmed many ways to approach the task. Bonus, it’s fun to move around! Arcadia Unified Renee Costarella Courtney Ziska

How many ways did these 5th Camino Grove Ss find to make $1? W/ non-curricular tasks and lots of collaboration, we continue to build a “culture of thinking.” Peter Liljedahl Renee Costarella Arcadia Unified Courtney Ziska #smileandwalkaway

5th Ss excited to read with their kinder buddies today. Guess what grade was worn out at the end of our time together? Arcadia Unified Camino Grove Renee Costarella #kinderscangoallday

From a day that included helping our Camino Grove K buddies sign in to their Chromebooks, brainstorming ways to show how many animals Farmer John might have @thinkingclssrms, then figuring out crocheting a chain, these 5th Ss had a full Friday. Arcadia Unified Renee Costarella

5th Camino Grove Ss used Thinking Maps to capture facts about pre-Colombian native people, then met in groups to jigsaw info. Coming up: gallery walk of all 24 maps, edits, then talking their own maps. Renee Costarella Courtney Ziska Arcadia Unified

When thinking maps Camino Grove are a part of 5th S & T’s everyday language, mini lessons present themselves organically. @thinkingclssrms Arcadia Unified Renee Costarella Courtney Ziska

Opportunities for mini lessons across all subject areas happen when Thinking Maps Camino Grove are integrated into 5th Ss & T’s daily conversations. Arcadia Unified Renee Costarella Courtney Ziska

Visible thinking in evidence by Camino Grove 5th Ss as they use Padlet to show ways to change fractions to decimals and decimals to fractions. Ss creating a bank of resources for one another = a stronger community! Arcadia Unified Renee Costarella Courtney Ziska #thinkingclassroom

Appreciate the chance to work with Arcadia Unified coach Courtney Ziska as we dive deeper into formulating a kinesthetic Thinking Maps mini lesson where 5th Ss must identify the relationship between their card and that of another S. Update to follow! Camino Grove Renee Costarella

Kinesthetic Thinking Maps mini lesson for Camino Grove 5th Ss to pair up and find the relating factor of their words. Discussion and shuffling to get more specific matches revealed that all paired words “help” its partner. Thanks for the push, Courtney Ziska Renee Costarella

Kinesthetic Thinking Maps mini lesson for Camino Grove 5th Ss to pair up and find the relating factor of their words. Discussion and shuffling to be more specific revealed that all paired words “help” its partner. Thx for the push, Courtney Ziska Renee Costarella Arcadia Unified

Complete engagement with ultimate tic toe from these Camino Grove 5th Ss. Strategizing involved as placement of Xs and Os determines where the next move can be made. Ss having fun, while, as one S commented, “You’re making us think!” Arcadia Unified Renee Costarella Courtney Ziska

This helps explain why 5th Ss Camino Grove use Thinking Maps to help them to capture information and build understanding. Arcadia Unified Renee Costarella Courtney Ziska

Former Orchesis Dance Company member returns to Arcadia Unified for Camino Grove’s annual 5th gr. Halloween dance party. Come back any time, Sophia! Renee Costarella