This week in third grade we released our first monarch and learned about how the monarchs travel to Mexico!! We can’t wait to watch the rest of our caterpillars grow and change!

Is anything better than schoolyard camping to end the week? I don’t think so!! Reading in our tents, telling stories, and eating s’mores!! These third grade adventurers had such a great afternoon!!

A dream becoming a reality today! Ms. Shackleford’s 3rd grade class envisioned this outdoor classroom years ago- today is finally the day! Corteva Agriscience #butlerlab55 #outdoorclassroom #getoutside #indianapolispublicschool

Exploring measurement! These mathematicians make me so proud of everything they observe and wonder!

My Boltdog Award Winners!! My students love nature and are invested in learning more and sharing their knowledge. I’m so inspired by all they do and hope to do in the future. These activists are going to change the world!

It’s bat week! And even though the bat that invaded my home this year was scary, I am pushing through my fears to celebrate with my activists! Thanks Mr. Hyatt for teaching us about echo location and how you turn the bat sounds into music!

Loved getting another day of learning with Ryan Flessner ! Glad my time in #BUBlockAMath and #BUBlockBMath isn’t over just yet!

Getting ready to see our self portraits together to make a quilt! Their teamwork always amazes me and I can’t wait to see what they are able to create together!

It’s amazing how much we can learn when we share our knowledge from our nonfiction books! My third graders always inspire me with how much they are capable of!

It’s time to sew our self portraits together to make a quilt!! Their creativity sparked amazing ideas for how we could put together all these pieces to make a quilt!

I simply can’t brag on my kids enough!! They make me so proud! Today they performed their dances in front of the whole school during morning meeting and they crushed it! They were brave leaders who were rewarded with more compliments and donuts than they knew what to do with!

Beehives, sign language, self portrait quilts, and oh so much more! I’m taking in every last moment of my last week with my fabulous third graders!

Yesterday was my last day of student teaching with my fabulous third grade class! I can’t even begin to talk about how much this semester meant to me and these kids. We learned so much and had so much fun along the way! They were the best first class a teacher could ask for!

I believe students are motivated visionaries and change makers who deserve to be seen as the whole people they are! Butler COE

Educators need to understand pedagogy AND policy. Today Butler COE senior student teachers are learning about the impact of policy on schools at the Indiana State Board of Education meeting.

Great experience to understand the education system on a different level and to meet the people who have the ability to help make the changes us teachers see as necessary for our students. My fellow Butler COE student teachers make me hopeful for the future of education!

Happy International Women’s Day! Today and every day, we celebrate the fearless women leaders who are making a difference. From our students, alumni, faculty, and staff, let’s continue to shatter that glass ceiling.

Just completed my last day of student teaching! Such a mix of emotions!! So grateful to all the mentors I had who helped me get here. So excited to begin the next stage in my teaching career. Yet so sad to say goodbye to my kiddos and staff Prairie Trace Elementary School PTO !!

Congratulations to these elementary education seniors who are employed or headed to graduate school! Angela Mager Dr. Catherine Hagerman Pangan A thread….

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