Forever twinning with Jenna ❤️

Team Mummy Time/Slice of the Gods is so excited to see what happens to these oranges over the next 4 weeks! Stay tuned as we put ourselves in the shoes of the ancient Egyptians and face the challenges of mummification! #EASDOnline #6thgradesuperstars

Our second team: Valley of the Oranges (like the Valley of the Kings we learned about) has made their predictions and measured their oranges! These ancient Egyptian priests in training can’t wait to see if their oranges get mummified! #6thgradesuperstars

4 weeks later and I think it’s safe to say we know which process worked best for mummification! We have loved learning about this process and reflecting on how our process was similar to the Ancient Egyptians!

I bought this t-shirt a little over a year ago to wear on St. Patrick’s day at school, but it never made it to my classroom. Now my “classroom” is on zoom, but I still can’t help but feel lucky that this year, I get to wear it. 💚🍀

Carousel brainstorming is one of my favorite ways to activate prior knowledge with my S’s. When starting out poetry unit, we just had to make a virtual version! They loved collaborating with peers and sharing their knowledge with the class!

Today, I popped into breakout rooms and saw students using the same strategies I use in class to check-in on each other’s progress! Makes my teacher heart so happy!! #showmethegreencheckmark #6thgradesuperstars

Twinning in the shirts Fearless Fourth Macaws’s Amy Towsen got for us when I was her student teacher in junior block! Always grateful for a mentor, colleague, and friend like you! #MayTheFourthBeWithYou

These 6th grade cartographers are hard at work in their pods creating maps of the world using only butcher paper, construction paper, and a glue stick. #problemsolvers #tearacontinent #6thGradeSuperstars

Q: How can I help my 6th S’s visualize types of gov that are brand new to them - like theocracy, oligarchy, democratic republic, monarchy, etc.? A: GUMMY BEARS!

So cool that Flip has added to their comment feature! What a great way to get Ss to continue interacting and providing peer feedback as well as T feedback #ED5670

Cool idea for any SS teachers to have Ss share research & jigsaw… I’m seeing some famous philosopher Netflix series in my Ss’ future… #ED5670

Love this idea! Takes vocab to a whole new level of student understanding! #ED5670

What better way to kick off #ED5670 than a summer trade day all about student engagement! Excited to learn about more ways to engage Ss… and maybe some cool tech tools along the way!

Love that this summer PD gave me a chance to preview some ways ChatGPT can be used for education! It’s like they read my #ED5670 intro discussion!

When summer PD is still all too relevant… learned today how Newsela can be differentiated for reading levels after posting my #ED5670 flip about tech for differentiation just yesterday

Love this idea! It’s always so cool for Ss to reflect back on how far they’ve come using something they created #ED5670

Powerful thoughts from the US Dept of Ed in this week’s reading for #ED5670 about the way educators can use technology to “make classroom learning more relevant and authentic” & expand learning communities far beyond the classroom.