THIS is why I teach. ❤️

The districtwide GT #Equity Team met w/ Eddie Fergus Arcia to discuss #disproprotionality and cultural reframes in #gifted programs. Lucky to have this opportunity & a wonderful team! Gifted and Talented-Norwalk Public Schools @Ms_A_Malinowski @Ms_McCormickGT Bryan Kirby DWalters Maria Stewart @NicoleR18624415

Virtual and Face-to-face students in Project GLOW shared their interest-based research projects with their classmates and families today. This student taught her audience ALL about robots. Gifted and Talented-Norwalk Public Schools

Today is the 2020-2021 Kendall Invention Convention! Check out our amazing kick-off video on Youtube: youtu.be/5h1dKDSYMvo. Thank you Randall Austin for putting this incredible video together.

Although we can’t physically gather as a school, that cannot stop us from celebrating our Kendall inventors! Gifted and Talented-Norwalk Public Schools

Parent engagement made easy, thanks to @Flipgrid. The QR code to our Invention Convention mixtape was shared at all drop off and pick up locations at Kendall. The parents loved being able to see the students’ inventions!

Check out the Kendall Celebration of Learning page to participate in our virtual Invention Convention! You can even use the Collaborate Board to leave a message for our inventors! CIC sites.google.com/norwalkps.org/…

And just like that, the 2021 Kendall Invention Convention is over! We are so excited to have 3 students represent our school at the Connecticut Invention Convention this year.

Those who teach must find something they love outside of their work in order to do their work. Teaching is not supposed to consume you it is supposed to enhance a you that’s already there. #LCActivate #LincolnCenterEducation

Second grade math enrichment students at Kendall received an exciting package from some math-loving Meerkats today! We had so much fun finding the Kalahari Desert on the classroom map. Gifted and Talented-Norwalk Public Schools

Second grade math enrichment students are using shapes and transformations such as slides, flips and turns to create wall murals for their meerkat friends, Dru and Teller! Gifted and Talented-Norwalk Public Schools

This week, students in Project GLOW started to explore the difference between 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional shapes. Students constructed 2-dimensional shapes out of straws and pipe cleaners. Gifted and Talented-Norwalk Public Schools

One of my fifth grade students shared a Google doc with me last week, and I was so surprised open it to find this incredibly kind note. It was a great reminder that our kids notice our efforts, even when we think they don’t ❤️

KCCA fifth grade GT students are finishing up their Type 3 projects! One of my students researched endangered animals and created this beautiful painting to bring awareness to her cause. Gifted and Talented-Norwalk Public Schools

Another amazing Type 3 project...One of my students witnessed a student with a disability being teased, so she decided to create pamphlets to educate her peers on disabilities. She also created a beautiful piece of artwork to bring awareness to her cause! Gifted and Talented-Norwalk Public Schools

Happy last day of school NorwalkPublicSchools educators and students! I’m so proud of my students’ hard work during this challenging year. Check out some of my students’ projects by visiting sites.google.com/norwalkps.org/… Gifted and Talented-Norwalk Public Schools

So excited to kick off GT classes at KCCA! Today we created teacher and student agreements. These agreements will help us hold one other accountable throughout the school year!

The fourth grade innovators at Kendall are preparing to create their own futuristic companies. Today, students distinguished between local businesses that provide products and services. Gifted and Talented-Norwalk Public Schools

Jamboards are my JAM! I love using them to activate background knowledge and review key terms before starting a lesson 🧠 Gifted and Talented-Norwalk Public Schools

“Mrs. Stewart, we spent all week at recess designing our company logo!” Kendall fourth grade GT students are SO engaged in their entrepreneurship projects. I can’t wait to see the students’ presentations in just over a week! Gifted and Talented-Norwalk Public Schools