Spent some time getting ready for school today! So excited about new plant friends & new curriculum. Open house stations are fun to prep too! #rockfordrams #rpscrestwood #CRWroom24 #rpsthird

Students demonstrating knowledge throughout our math workshop today. We are working on fact fluency and multiplication. #rpscrestwood #RockfordRams #rps3rd

Today is World Mental Health Day. It is a good reminder to take stock, ask for or seek help and support. We can help each other. There is hope, even when your brain might say there isn’t.

3rd graders are on a hunt to find adjectives as we review them this week! 🕵️‍♀️ #rpscrestwood #rps3rd #adjectivehunt

Monday morning is sweet with these cookies from Steve Matthews !! 🍪 Thank you!

3rd graders are working in partners with #Pentominoes today to build geo-spatial thinking & collaborative communication skills! #handsonmath #rps3rd #rpscrestwood

Since the weather outside is frightful, today would be a good day to read with your children. Couch. Blanket. Hot chocolate. Good books.

Building polygons & making polygon art inspired by Ellsworth Kelly in #mathworkshop today. #handsonmath #mathart #rps3rd #polygons #rpscrestwood

Solving multi step word problems is so much more fun when you can write on tables. #mathisfun #wordproblems #iteach3rd #rps3rd #rpscrestwood

Challenging myself to incorporate some #mathart in #mathworkshop & studying polygons, area, and perimeter definitely makes it easier! #mathisfun #rps3rd #rpscrestwood #iteach3rd

"When the standard, project, and success criteria are misaligned, projects can be cluttered and distract students from investing effort in deepening their understanding or demonstrating what they’ve learned." Tony Frontier via ASCD ascd.org/blogs/the-pote…

Love this #growthmindset adaptation

Starting out our week with lots of new book choices from Kent District Library. So grateful for the teacher library cards KDL offers, and the ability to extend our classroom library this way. #kdl #rps3rd #rpscrestwood #rockfordreads

Happy Monday! Are there ways we can give our kids the repetition and practice they need to become computationally fluent? Snake can help. 40 weeks of week-in, week-out practice for every grade level. They're multi-step, self-correcting, and fun!

1st graders learning about pollination by #programming Ozobot bees to use the spin #code to collect nectar form each flower before returning to the hive. Westerly School of Long Beach #coding #STEM

3rd graders learning about contour lines in art today with Ms. Jaglowski. #rpscrestwood #rps3rd

#Teachers with few behavior issues have the following in common: 1. Rarely gets offended. 2. Starts every day with a clean slate. 3. Talks w kids before/after class. 4. Considers de-esclation a win. 5. Doesn’t need the last word. Add yours 👇 #ThatOneKid #edchat