Play-based learning in math! Coin Spin and Cover to practice coins and values! We also just finished with our Which One Doesn’t Belong? activity.#1stgraderocks Brandy Howard, Ed.D. Brittany Joiner Old Mill Elementary #movingforward BCPSky

How do you grade #reading comprehension? bit.ly/3vi32Ur via @martinabex #teaching #elar

Step 1: Enter a passage of complex text into the tool. Step 2: Select the grade level being taught. Step 3: Be amazed by the list of academic vocabulary identified! Try the Academic Word Finder now: bit.ly/2JEVtPH #elachat #teacherchat

Saying this again for those who are buying the new story being sold. (Reading Recovery is all about work in real, continuous text! )

Congratulations to Ms. Biglari! She is our 2022-2023 Teacher of the year! #koalascreate

No amount of programs, person or computer interventions, well-rounded curriculums, grants, money, or (fill in the blank) will move numbers from Tier 2 & 3, unless your Tier 1 is a well-designed, learning centered force. Tier 1 is the key. Fix it first.

A beautiful sunrise this morning over our new school, Old Mill Elementary in the east end of Bullitt County, KY! 📸 credit: Merideth Burkhead of Mt. Washington Marc Weinberg WDRB News BCPSky #movingforward #koalascreate

There are 3 expectations that will set the professional tone for your school in 2023: 1) Be your Best, whatever your role, do your best 2) No Surprises. If something is wrong, I want to hear it from you, not the grapevine. 3) We support each other. We are a team, not competitors

We had an amazing first day in our new building!! The collaborative spaces are amazing, allowing for our teachers and students to have great conversations and flexible learning opportunities! Old Mill Elementary BCPSky #koalascreate #movingforward

Do you want your own "Make Kindness Normal" t-shirt? Check out our pinned tweet and follow the steps to enter the giveaway for a chance to win! *A winner will be randomly selected on Friday! #DeepKindness #Kindness #CharacterStrong #MakeKindnessNormal

Great tour of the beautiful (new) Old Mill Elementary in BCPSky today! Site of the upcoming #KYILN Exhibition of Innovation & Learning in June!

First graders are diving into texts to make an informed opinion on whether they are Team Meerkat or Team Naked Mole Rat. Marking up the text to find evidence and reasons to support their opinion. Tough for first grade but the kids are rising to the challenge! Old Mill Elementary

Unmotivated learners? Design Tier 1 learning Achievement gaps? Design Tier 1 learning Discipline issues? Design Tier 1 learning Too many interventions? Design Tier 1 learning Low staff morale? Design Tier 1 learning Have any issue? Design Tier 1 learning We know the answer

Our teachers also tied in our graduate profile work with our play based learning strategies! #MovingForward #bcpsky #knowbetterdobetter

What a great podcast episode! I think it’s so important for our leaders to be reminded of what it’s like in the classroom. Dr. Brandy Howard, Ed.D. lives this out! She inspires me to lead well.

It’s back!! My summer break guilty pleasure!! #bravo #ProjectRunway #summmerbreak thank you Bravo and Project Runway!!!!

So the new Target experience includes AT&T salespeople that follow you around the store asking you to sign up repeatedly and check for service. It was like walking through a car lot! I can’t say I have ever been in and out of one quicker than today!

Check it out! #characterstrong