Synonym matching today as we wrap up our second vocab unit in ROAR block! Engagement high because we love to beat the clock:) Linden Elementary

Choose Your Own Adventure presentations! We have grown immensely as writers, creatives, and classmates during this unit! Linden Elementary

Thank you Debbie Shadrach and Mrs. Cook for providing vertical alignment opportunity across the grade levels for us! The kids were excited for Mrs.Arvin to join us to hear our “Choose Your Own Adventure day!” She got to hear and see our self assessment tool too! Linden Elementary

Our ROAR block was high engagement today as we dove into two separate nonfiction texts on the history of gum. One was on Wonderopolis, one of our favorite sites! Building stronger readers and writers every day! Linden Elementary

Thank you Mrs.Fiehrer for letting fourth grade teachers swe your end of module project on how to save the rainforest! Interesting to see building blocks from previous grades and how the curriculum builds on the previous year’s info! Linden Elementary

Students taking ownership of their assessments: choosing to show the differences between Patriots and Loyalists in the form of a sort, a collage, or a poster. Then we will self assess and share with classmates to demonstrate our understanding! Linden Elementary

We had a fun Valentine’s Day with candy and treats and writing things we love about each other! Thanks Miss Pellock ♡ for the idea!🤗🥰

Reading some articles about video games and determining their text structure is fun partner review before our mini quiz! Happy friYAY! Linden Elementary

These fourth graders are amazing! Using RACES (restate, answer, cite,explain, summarize) when we are preparing for class discussions! Today we did a close read in ROAR block on Daughters of the American Revolution&how they helped the war in ways other than fighting! Linden Elementary

Making broadsides (newspapers) from the 1770’s to wrap up our American Revolution Unit! We love being creative and artistic in class! Linden Elementary

The buy in for AllBlock is real this week! March madness: Test Prep Style with team names and shooting baskets and academic vocabulary out loud! Linden Elementary

Beautiful FriYAY for snowcones with our friends! Linden Elementary

But IS THERE a better incentive than mini dinosaurs and army men in our teachers chair!? I don’t think so! What a great week at Linden Elementary

We had so much fun with the Cincinnati Museum Center today! We dug for fossils, learned about holidays in other countries, got to pet snakes and other animals, and did scavenger hunts for real fur! Thank you PTO for a fun end of year activity!

Thanks Mr.Cable for planning an awesome indoor field day! These almost fifth graders had a blast!

Playing board games with my favorite kids!

We are rocking our first unit in EL in third grade! So far our favorite protocol is Think Pair Share! Linden Elementary

One of our favorite games! To review our phonics vocab, I put a word related to our recent skill on the slide. One kiddo sits with their back to the screen, and calls on students for clues! This gets the kids using academic language, and highlights misconceptions! Linden Elementary

At Linden Elementary we use our ROAR block/ intervention time to respond to classroom data&give students exactly what they need to fill gaps! Today with partners we are reading multi syllabic words&analyzing syllable types to become more fluent readers who can decode and comprehend!

Idea shop this morning in third grade! As we are coming up to the end of our first module, we are brainstorming and using academic language in the classroom, building our rich vocabulary one day at a time! Linden Elementary