Ss in Kristen Dalton practiced #DesignThinking in response to Peter H. Reynolds #OurTable. They designed ,and talked about, the tables they made, inspired by Violet!

Shared #MollysPilgrim with Oak Park Fifth Grade 🦈 and was so pleased when one student made the connection to hearing #TheHundredDresses as a read aloud in 4th grade; she was able to compare and contrast characters in the books! . #ClassicKidLit #MakingConnections

Very grateful to DAR for awarding us the #HelenPouchMemorialGrant. We were able to add shelving that allows our shorter chapter books to be front-facing, increasing engagement. Have already seen an uptick in these books circulating! #Gratitude

Ss in Oak Park Fifth Grade 🦈 completed a “genre personality “ activity to find out what kinds of books they like but also, hopefully, what kinds of books they should consider based on their answers.

Ss in ⁦Kelly Rice⁩ helped to kick off birthday weekend (as did all of my classes) but 4th grade topped it off with a song and this sweet note.🥺🥺#OPSharks are the best.

Ss in SixthGradeSquad and EricaDeVoseNPSD were diligent in their #DigitalCompass lessons, earning the privilege of extra #DesignThinking time. ❤️the teamwork and problem solving—looking forward to the gasps from the other classes! Update: ALL five other classes respected their work!

Tiny bit late for Hour of Code but Ss in Kristen Dalton got started the non-tech way! First we enjoyed #HowToCatchAnElf by AdamWallace, and then we sequenced the plot, a great precursor to coding skills!

A little team building and communication skills to start the new year. Ss in Oak Park Fifth Grade 🦈 used some unique strategies to build their structures. Some recalled the challenge from 4th grade with Kelly Rice and we took it up a notch with a no-hands version. Lots of laughs!

Ss in Laurie Corradetti started their biography research unit by enjoying Martin’s Big Words(on his actual birthday) by Doreen Rappaport and Bryan Collier . Then we used #PebbleGo by Capstone 📚 to start our research!

Warms the ♥️ to see a member of SixthGradeSquad teach a younger #OPShark a new (to him 😏) game! Love the patience she showed ; his smile says it all!

Love that these Ss in ⁦Christina Bortnichak⁩ enjoyed these #Caldecott books so much when we read them together , they wanted to borrow them to read again!

Doing some collection development at the Strand Book Store . Glad to see some titles we have and found some to add to our next order! 📚📚

Our yearly endeavor… this year they stepped it up with Gordon Ramsay on the wishlist.😋 Laurie Corradetti

Ss in OP2ndGrade capped off the end of their #baldeagle research by enjoying this live cam from #FriendsofBigBearValley. A K student from Christina Bortnichak noticed the feed when he came for class and asked if I knew that there was a football team named the Philadelphia Eagles. Who knew? 😏

Perfect day for our #STEM projects! Ss in Kristen Dalton made a variety of bridges to conclude our transportation research and OP2ndGrade worked on their animal habitats! #InventorsDay

We were some #LuckyDuck (s) today! Not only did #GregPizzoli create artwork just for Ss in OP2ndGrade , Kindergarten students in Christina Bortnichak snagged some of his rarely available books to borrow!

Turns out I’m really NOT smarter than a 5th grader! Ss in ⁦Oak Park Fifth Grade 🦈⁩ challenged me to #Jeopardy and I, uh, lost.😬

Wrapping up ancient civilization research with some #Stem. Ziggurats and cuneiform writing! SixthGradeSquad EricaDeVoseNPSD

Our fourth graders have been hosting Kindergarten students for buddy reading. Perfect spot to do it; think our beloved #MissSobotkin would approve.🥹 Oak Park Fifth Grade 🦈 Christina Bortnichak Kelly Rice

The pink and green Olympic Day battle has already started in the library. After enjoying #TooTallHouses , first graders tried to outdo each other with index cards for the tallest structure. Lots of great ideas and teamwork! #STEM #OlympicDay