"Story is something that helps us to approximate lived experience." -Jessica Whipple mrschureads.blogspot.com/2023/08/i-thin…

What’s one way to get your students collaborating with their peers during snack time? Have them complete a puzzle without knowing the end result 😃 Cowlishaw Elementary School Indian Prairie 204

📖How to Get Early Readers Responding to Texts including Questions to Ask 📖 📘Diverse Verbal Questioning 📗Drawing Pictures 📕Combine Pics & Sentence Writing sbee.link/nguefj7y9r via My Teaching Pal #teachertwitter #ela #elemchat

Going to try these out with Ss and see how the 4th graders do

Create an outstanding lesson by incorporating some incredible instructional strategies! Help your students conquer challenges and attain greater levels of knowledge. Explore 102 examples from A to Z 💫👇💫👇 sbee.link/nb8kxt6amu via Helpful Professor #teachertwitter #edutwitter

I wonder if this will work for the Ss with our district restrictions

Love #ChoiceBoards but don't have enough time to make one? 😖 Help your students gain new confidence in their choice-making skills with a “𝗪𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿?” strategy instead! 👇🏻 #EdChat #UKEdChat #AussieEd #EdChatEU #EduTwitter

The final Classroom Treatment Agreement for Cowlishaw Elementary School Project Arrow and 4C Accelerated Math!

I'm so excited! Look at what arrived today!! I already have some excited students and teachers! Thank you, Katherine Applegate (kaaauthor.bsky.social) Gennifer Choldenko! Kendall Elementary

One easy step to reduce homework is to stop calling it homework, call it independent practice. Independent practice is essential, location is not! #ditchHW

I think sometimes we forget (or never knew) the overlapping traits between Autism, ADHD, and Giftedness. Some of our students even have two of these exceptionalities and are referred to as Twice Exceptional (or 2E). Both of my sons are 2E. Please take a minute to read about it

Check out this hopscotch board in front of the counseling office in Principal Mandy Ellis' school community. "It’s an important reminder to our students about how valued they are!"

Are you taking BRAIN BREAKS❓🧠🧠🧠 sbee.link/dm8rhknwpq via Tech Twins #teachersoftwitter #educoach #learning

CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU Brooks students, staff, community and PTA! Together through the PTA sponsored Change Challenge we raised $10,619.64! WOW! The $ will buy indoor/outdoor recess equipment and an extension to the climbing wall in gym! AWESOME! WE ARE…BROOKS TIGERS!

You can now take any of your Google Slides lessons and turn them into a Quizizz (now Wayground) quiz in like...15 seconds. Still just saying 😎 #edtech #teachertwitter #edchat #teachersoftwitter #teachers #teacher #youcanwithquizizz #quizizz

Totally stole this idea from A Bee in the Library on TikTok, and it's been such a hit already! Getting those older books on my shelf a little love! "Most Popular Books the Year You Were Born." And thanks ChatGPT for listing books for me!

Looking for a fun way to motivate your students? 🎉 Try Behavior Bingo! Set a class goal—like a movie day or extra recess—and let students earn their way to a prize by following classroom norms. buff.ly/3SKVBCq

Great turn out for Walk or Roll to School Day today! Thank you to all who participated! WE ARE…BROOKS TIGERS!!!

Powerful! 🙌 🌐 teachergoals.com

Alright folks, here’s the Wayground (formerly Quizizz) Thanksgiving Escape Room I made for anyone who's interested! 🔓🦃 All the work is done for you so you can turn any quiz you're already using into a fun escape room. Here you goooo! 😀 docs.google.com/presentation/d… Enjoy! #edtech #edchat