Betsy Draper

The 1st day of virtual intervention/enrichment time was a success! Students stayed in their class and joined a google meet with a 1st grade teacher to enhance their learning! I love embracing innovative ideas to better serve and support ALL learners! #innovation #oxfordleads

Students became detectives today as they worked in collaborative groups. Groups were given mystery boxes that contained “key details”. Students evaluated the key details and then identified the “main topic” of the box. #great2exemplar #engagement #oxfordleads #firstgrade

First grade students worked in collaborative pairs to practice justifying their response if the text was fiction or nonfiction. Then, students worked independently to justify their answer in writing if an example text was fiction or nonfiction. #oxfordleads #great2exemplar

First grade is working hard during their independent work time to complete a final writing piece. They are watching a flipped instructional video to guide them through the process of using graphic organizers. @OxfordCubs #oxfordleads #firstgrade

Day 3 : I was nominated by @braveneutrino . Everyday I will post a picture from a day in the life of an educator. I will post without explanation and nominate someone else to take the challenge. That's 7 days, 7 pictures, and 7 nominations. I nominate @ShufflerWhitney

Day 2 : I was nominated by @braveneutrino . Everyday I will post a picture from a day in the life of an educator. I will post without explanation and nominate someone else to take the challenge. That's 7 days, 7 pictures, and 7 nominations. I nominate @abigail_chap1

Day 1 : I was nominated by @braveneutrino . Everyday I will post a picture from a day in the life of an educator. I will post without explanation and nominate someone else to take the challenge. That's 7 days, 7 pictures, and 7 nominations. I nominate @mrcdraper

I love leading @OxfordCubs personalized learning educators! I am so proud of their hard work! They are dedicated to supporting students and growing professionally! #oxfordleads @catawbaschools

This week my first graders have been engaged in a collaborative math game while social distancing! Also, they evaluated each other’s work! #oxfordleads @OxfordCubs @catawbaschools

My daughter and I are ready for bat day in first grade! First grade has been learning about the main topic for nonfiction text!

Today my first graders started their first reading learning path! I am excited to move towards more personalized learning once they are comfortable using this platform! #oxfordleads #PL4littles

Even though education looks a little different this year, it feels so good to have small math groups running again with independent rounds!! We are learning about addition and today practiced adding with objects as our strategy! #oxfordleads

I loved reading the book Ten Flashing Fireflies to my first graders during our math block! My students were able to identify the two parts and the whole while using chips on a ten frame! @OxfordCubs #oxfordleads #firstgrade

With today being the 4th day of school, I have to say I am very proud of my first graders! Not only are they navigating through Google Classroom independently but they practiced tapping out words and spelling them on a digital platform! #firstgrade #oxfordleads #DigitalLearning

We have been practicing using all the @Seesaw tools to prepare for digital learning that supports the blended learning classroom! Big thanks to @Mstover23 and @StilwellRene for dropping in to see the great things happening in 1st grade! @catawbaschools @OxfordCubs #oxfordleads

The second day of school calls for a learning style inventory for my first graders! @OxfordCubs @catawbaschools #personalizedlearning #oxfordleads

Take a look at the video below to see my plans for the hybrid model for first grade! #oxfordleads

It was a great morning leading @catawbaschools educators in a @Seesaw training. Happy digital teaching and learning! @OxfordCubs #OxfordLeads

Thank you @huesofebony for leading @OxfordCubs Lighthouse Team meeting to determine our big rocks for the upcoming school year! @catawbaschools #OxfordLeads #SEL

To better support students, I added tech icons onto the desk name tags! @catawbaschools @OxfordCubs #OxfordLeads #digitalteachin