K-5 Teacher of Gifted Education/Talent Development
Joined September 2016
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McCarty 4th grade Thinkers kick off Friday warming up their brains at the Plexer Museum! @sfredericks21
5PA Thinkers study elements of a plot using Pixar Shorts. Ideas sparked another lesson in SEL and theme! @mustangpride204 @sfredericks21
Thank you @iagc_gifted and Shannon Anderson for sharing the importance of curiosity! Curiosity and wonder are essential to our kids and educators to promote innovation! Grateful my students are filled with wonder @mustangpride204 !
As an @ipsd204 teacher, I am so honored to share learning strategies and resources with students via zoom for Talent Development for advanced learners at my alma mater, @uiowa ! Can’t wait for our spring session together! @belinblank @mustangpride204
McCarty APPLES inventors just finished off their modules for the year! Thanks @mustangpride204 @CampInvention
Families, enjoy the treasures they bring home!
Grammar Tournament?! Most useful part of speech? Least useful part of speech? @mustangpride204 thinkers in 5PA use criteria to determine the winner “tournament style”.
5PA @mustangpride204 Thinkers use Hexagonal Thinking to work in teams for discussion of a short story. They then went on a gallery walk and posted meaningful comments for their classmates’ connections of lit elements. Check out these hives!
2nd grade Thinkers @mustangpride204 use their Friday time this week for critical thinking fun using Thinker Task cards and Eye Cue puzzles.
5PA @mustangpride204 moves and collaborates with grammar using two Kagan strategies. @JENEVANSatKAGAN
First Grade Engineers @mustangpride204 design a solution to solve Bruce’s problem with the holidays. @Novel_Eng
Learning fun at @SAMLabs with the best! @mustangpride204 @lauranylen @klulay2 @TWM204 @TraciMarco_2M @lizkaleta
5PA thinkers @mustangpride204 use “Last Word Discussion”. They loved taking turns facilitating deep, quality discussions!
Characters dressed up as other characters for Halloween?! Check out these ideas from our @mustangpride204 thinkers! @IanAByrd thanks for the idea!
When you “win a prize” @mustangpride204 , you need to think how you can use it! For now, it goes with my creative thinking materials. Love the energy and laughter at this school!
Julia Scalzo retweeted
My son is most sweet, charming, and well-behaved 2nd grader ever. He just received his progress report with straight A's and 100% positive feedback. He also struggles with reading basic sounds.
We can't love the "good" kids in lieu of educating them.
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McCarty Thinkers use Hexagonal Thinking for relationship building. WE know @mustangpride204 that WE are Better Together!
Julia Scalzo retweeted
Mustang Roundup! Kicking off the start to a great new year! @mustangpride204 @McCarty_PTA
Success! 🎉 I'm a @Newsela Certified Educator
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