My students planned, prepared, and led Transition Day for incoming 6th graders who receive special education services. They were thrilled for the opportunity to lead and share their experiences at South! #transition

Are songwriters poets? Intro to poetry by analyzing popular songs. Kids are excited!

One last writing activity for the year honing in on one of my classroom rules, show kindness. You don’t have to like everybody but you do have to be kind. #pocketfulofsunshine

Fun night opening the Middle School Forensic and Debate season! Code 3; took home 1st, 3rd, and 7th!! GVNMSEagles GVSouthMiddleSchool

GV Middle School Forensics and Debate showed growth this week. 12 finalists and 2nd Small School Sweeps! GVSouthMiddleSchool GVNMSEagles

Congrats to our GV middle school finalists tonight at Raytown Central! Also bringing home a 2nd in Small School Sweeps! One more to go! GVSouthMiddleSchool GVNMSEagles

Give a big congrats to our Grain Valley Middle School Forensic and Debate team: 10 finalists and 1st in Small School Sweeps at Ray-Pec South tonight! Awesome ending to a great season. GVNMSEagles GVSouthMiddleSchool

When engaging students remotely, remember that video is your friend. Create videos for your kids to show them HOW to navigate online tasks & tools when they are working from home. Video tutorials will be more effective than text-based directions. #onlinelearning #distancelearning

While getting my room ready for our building to get cleaned, I also made video lessons.With the random items in my closet &some army netting from home, I created a “room transformation” bunker theme.I hope my students enjoy the humor as well as lesson objectives.#flattenthecurve

I put together 3 favorite things: #FlipgridAR, Bitmoji, and the #FlatTeacher project! Your students can use the @Flipgrid app to scan the #QRcodes & see a video of YOU in augmented reality! I even wrote a poem to tell them what to do. 😉Flat Stanley is going to be so jealous!

Missing your vibrant in-class discussions? Frustrated by a lack of engagement online? These strategies for preparing for, facilitating & wrapping up synchronous online discussions may help! catlintucker.com/2020/10/synchr… #edchat #blendedlearning #onlinelearning #discussion #teaching

Exciting #Jamboard update 📣: in the coming days, you’ll be able to select a custom background in Jamboard! Share your ideas, templates, and lesson plans using custom backgrounds below ↓

Are your students still silent in breakout rooms? 🎙️Breakout Room Tip🎙️ 📌assign specific roles 📌use colors to identify roles 📌give the shared link to only select students 📌one speaks & tells the others to write

Gave a PD on Choice Boards last year. Here's a great template to use with Peardeck. Thanks, Audrey Harrison for leading me to this edtech resource. Grain Valley South Middle School rechargelearning.blogspot.com/2020/06/pear-d…

Do not copy #googleForms ... go to the Responses tab and choose "Delete all responses" and now you're good to go for next year! #googleEDU

Grain Valley Middle Schools got “Back in the Groove” hosting Middle School Forensics and Debate tonight. Our own code 15 broke 8 to finals!! GVNMSEagles Grain Valley South Middle School Grain Valley Schools

Bittersweet end to the short 2022 Grain Valley Middle Schools season. 5 to finals! 2nd out of 20 for Small School Sweeps! Our final tournament coaching together; Thank you Mrs. Price for allowing me to assist you all these seasons. Grain Valley South Middle School GVNMSEagles Grain Valley Schools

So proud of you and all of the work you do to make a difference in kids lives in the classroom, on the field, and with our own littles. You deserve this recognition! Principal Schmidt

Replacing Exams with Performance Tasks ✨Infographics ✨Podcasts ✨ Websites ✨TED-style talks ✨Children’s book catlintucker.com/2022/04/perfor… #edchat #edutwitter #assessment #education

Go Hawks! Wifeys first game. Principal Schmidt #fightforiowa