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Sara Quesenbery

@saraquesenbery

Assistant Principal in MCPS โญ๏ธFormer #GRT & #fcpsSBTS ๐Ÿ’ป mom ๐Ÿ‘ถ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘ฆ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿถ book worm๐Ÿ“—๐Ÿ› game lover ๐ŸŽฒ *views are my own*

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In order to learn more about what our school community values, 2nd & 3rd graders take a walk around our school and notice ๐Ÿ‘€ connections between our surrounding community, families, classrooms and selves. I see โ€ฆ &that makes me thinkโ€ฆ Belview Elementary MCPS_VA Gifted

In order to learn more about what our school community values, 2nd & 3rd graders take a walk around our school and notice ๐Ÿ‘€ connections between our surrounding community, families, classrooms and selves. 

I see โ€ฆ &that makes me thinkโ€ฆ
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"Add << >> to a textbox in the upper right hand corner to display the time, including seconds, while presenting your Google Slides." alicekeeler.com/2022/06/10/sliโ€ฆ @claycodes #googleSlides #googleEDU

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7th grade bio mechanical engineers choose how they engaged in a design challenge on Friday based on interests Challenge: engineer something that protects model ๐Ÿง  damage when it falls 1 ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ build it 2 ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ design it 3 ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ report it MCPS_VA Gifted @EiE_org

7th grade bio mechanical engineers choose how they engaged in a design challenge on Friday based on interests

Challenge: engineer something that protects model ๐Ÿง  damage when it falls

1 ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ build it
2 ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ design it 
3 ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ report it 

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Friday with 6th graders ๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿผ 1st pd๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ โ€œ๐š’๐šโ€™๐šœ ๐š—๐š˜๐š ๐š ๐š‘๐šŠ๐š ๐šข๐š˜๐šž ๐š‘๐šŠ๐šŸ๐šŽ, ๐š’๐šโ€™๐šœ ๐š ๐š‘๐šŠ๐š ๐šข๐š˜๐šž ๐š๐š˜๐š—โ€™๐š ๐š‘๐šŠ๐šŸ๐šŽ ๐š๐š‘๐šŠ๐š ๐šŒ๐š˜๐šž๐š—๐š๐šœโ€ combining clues from The Westing Game to think about what we donโ€™t have I/E ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ2truths&1 lie-thinking about validity of info we consume

Friday with 6th graders ๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿผ

1st pd๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ โ€œ๐š’๐šโ€™๐šœ ๐š—๐š˜๐š ๐š ๐š‘๐šŠ๐š ๐šข๐š˜๐šž ๐š‘๐šŠ๐šŸ๐šŽ, ๐š’๐šโ€™๐šœ ๐š ๐š‘๐šŠ๐š ๐šข๐š˜๐šž ๐š๐š˜๐š—โ€™๐š ๐š‘๐šŠ๐šŸ๐šŽ ๐š๐š‘๐šŠ๐š ๐šŒ๐š˜๐šž๐š—๐š๐šœโ€ combining clues from The Westing Game to think about what we donโ€™t have 
I/E ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ2truths&amp;1 lie-thinking about validity of info we consume
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When youโ€™re so pumped to CREATE your plan that you canโ€™t wait to continue working after school ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿผ MCPS_VA Gifted Belview Elementary #PositiveInfluencers #PBL

When youโ€™re so pumped to CREATE your plan that you canโ€™t wait to continue working after school ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿผ <a href="/MCPS_VA_Gifted/">MCPS_VA Gifted</a> <a href="/BelviewBees/">Belview Elementary</a> #PositiveInfluencers #PBL
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Ms. Dyeโ€™s 7th graders had their first Socratic Seminar today! SS came prepared with their own questions & an open mind. They stretched their original ideas by using textual evidence to support their opinions and POV about authorโ€™s purpose & more ! Christiansburg Middle School MCPS_VA Gifted

Ms. Dyeโ€™s 7th graders had their first Socratic Seminar today! 

SS came prepared with their own questions &amp; an open mind. 

They stretched their original ideas by using textual evidence to support their opinions and POV about authorโ€™s purpose &amp; more !

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Driving ? ๐Ÿ‘‰๐ŸผHow can we, as school influencers, use what we know about our community to create something that impacts others in a positive way? 2/3rd Ss use knowledge of what their school community values to create something to positively influence others ๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ–ค #PBL

Driving ? ๐Ÿ‘‰๐ŸผHow can we, as school influencers, use what we know about our community to create something that impacts others in a positive way?

2/3rd Ss use knowledge of what their school community values to create something to positively influence others ๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ–ค

#PBL
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7th graders explore elements of persuasive writing by debating claims that summer โ˜€๏ธ or spring ๐ŸŒธ is the better season. Ssโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ used ethos, logos & pathos to appeal to audience ๐Ÿ”Ž supported claims w/ research ๐Ÿง โ›ˆ๏ธ as a team to give rebuttal arguments ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿผ owned their thinking

7th graders explore elements of persuasive writing by debating claims that summer โ˜€๏ธ or spring ๐ŸŒธ is the better season.

Ssโ€ฆ
๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ used ethos, logos &amp; pathos to appeal to audience
๐Ÿ”Ž supported claims w/ research 
๐Ÿง โ›ˆ๏ธ as a team to give rebuttal arguments 
๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿผ owned their thinking
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Itโ€™s a predicament. A penguin predicament ๐Ÿง what we know so far : ๐Ÿง EMPEROR penguin found on beach in New Zealand ๐Ÿง emperor penguins live in Antarctica ๐Ÿง they do NOT eat PB&J sandwiches We still arenโ€™t sure how the ๐Ÿงgot there, but if anyone can find out, itโ€™s this crew!

Itโ€™s a predicament. A penguin predicament ๐Ÿง

what we know so far :
๐Ÿง EMPEROR penguin found on beach in New Zealand 
๐Ÿง emperor penguins live in Antarctica 
๐Ÿง they do NOT eat PB&amp;J sandwiches 

We still arenโ€™t sure how the ๐Ÿงgot there, but if anyone can find out, itโ€™s this crew!
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7th graders experienced what it feels like to have a concussion as they navigated our concussion obstacle course wearing special goggles ๐Ÿฅฝ Key differences we felt were: ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ dizziness ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผblurry vision ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ being off-balance ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ struggles w/ depth perception MCPS_VA Gifted

7th graders experienced what it feels like to have a concussion as they navigated our concussion obstacle course wearing special goggles ๐Ÿฅฝ 

Key differences we felt were:
๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ dizziness
๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผblurry vision 
๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ being off-balance 
๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ struggles w/ depth perception
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๐Ÿค”How do emperor penguins stay dry? 1st & 2nd graders learned how penguins coat their feathers with oil by preening ! We explored how this oil repels the water โŒ๐Ÿ’งjust like the wax from a crayon ๐Ÿ–๏ธ MCPS_VA Gifted

๐Ÿค”How do emperor penguins stay dry? 

1st &amp; 2nd graders learned how penguins coat their feathers with oil by preening ! We explored how this oil repels the water โŒ๐Ÿ’งjust like the wax from a crayon ๐Ÿ–๏ธ

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How do penguins stay warm? Today 1st & 2nd graders experienced what it feels like in ice water with: โœ‹๐Ÿฝbare hands ๐Ÿชถfeathers (cotton balls) ๐Ÿงblubber (shortening) #PenguinPredicament MCPS_VA Gifted

How do penguins stay warm? 

Today 1st &amp; 2nd graders experienced what it feels like in ice water with: 
โœ‹๐Ÿฝbare hands
๐Ÿชถfeathers (cotton balls) 
๐Ÿงblubber (shortening) 

#PenguinPredicament <a href="/MCPS_VA_Gifted/">MCPS_VA Gifted</a>
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๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ โ˜€๏ธ Had a blast with so much science fun (thanks Julia Dolan ๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿผ)