Special Educator @ Pierre Van Cortlandt MS• Empathy before education • Lifelong learner • Accessibility • Inclusivity • Positivity •
Croton-on-Hudson, NY
Joined August 2021
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Incredibly excited to be a Tiger and to have joined the @PVCplacetobe community! Can’t wait to welcome the students! It’s going to be a great year🧡🐯
Today’s keynote with @FreeHugsProject was inspirational & moving. Students loved Ken Nwadike’s positive energy & spirit… they also loved his Free Hugs! Ken’s message of spreading peace through softness & love, even in the toughest of times, should be embraced around the world.
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1st annual Turkey X Games at 7B. From charades, to Name that Tune, Geography, BINGO, guess the # of cranberries, & the turkey spoon race. Thank you to all of our kids and staff-and super thanks to our Pom pom headband crew for running events! @LauralynStewar1 @SevenBridgesMS
What a fun & exciting Halloween at @SevenBridgesMS 🧡 Barbies & Ken wish all of our trick-or-treaters a safe & spooky evening👻 #WeAre7B #WeAreChappaqua
Showing up for students outside of class has become my favorite tool to becoming their “One Trusted Adult”. I didn’t think twice when a former student told me when & where his game would be. Seeing my students’ excitement & getting to celebrate their victory was well worth it!🧡
Subtracting polynomials using Keep-Change-Opposite. Color coding is a powerful tool when it comes to combining like terms… & sometimes, when variables just don’t make sense, thinking about them in terms of mice, cats & dogs makes it click!💡💕 #WeAreChappaqua @SevenBridgesMS
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“Be Who You Needed.” Learning so much with colleagues about the ABC’s connected to forming healthy relationships with young people. Be Accessible, be Boundried, be Caring. #onetrustedadult #WeAreChappaqua @ski626 @RonGamma @Lauren_Olmo @KFlores_NYCGirl
Had the greatest time facilitating & connecting with my middle school colleagues! We engaged in quick, fun activities that foster connection & develop a sense of belonging in our classrooms without diminishing the rigor of our instruction. #WeAreChappaqua @SevenBridgesMS
How do you build a sense of belonging in middle school- with @msfraioli - think of it like tapas- build small, medium, and family style activities in the classroom. Little moments can lead to big payoffs @SevenBridgesMS @chappaqua_csd
Games?! In math class?!?! The card game “Integer War” brought out the competitive side in our 7W mathematicians. What a way to disguise targeting math fact automaticity goals & practicing integer operations than through a friendly game of cards!➕➖🎯 #WeAre7B @SevenBridgesMS
Co-taught stations activated✅ Natural differentiation at every stop! Designing visuals of word problems, manipulatives, full body interaction with an XL number line & total engagement! Student feedback showed the undeniable benefits of learning math through movement & creativity
“Fraioli’s study group” ensued today for those who wanted a little reteaching during independent practice or “just wanted to hang out with me” while they worked. Removing the sense of “othered” had students excited to join & it quickly evolved into a student-led study session!
My heart LEAPS for students who are this excited to do, collaborate on & TEACH math! Students benefit from small group instruction from 2 teachers through parallel teaching, then reinforce their learning with student lead share outs. ✖️➗➕➖#WeAre7B #WeAreChappaqua
Equivalent or not? That is the question! 7W math-magicians show various representations of the values of 3, 1/2 & 1. Visuals, fractions, equations & more! Then, they worked to prove that 1 of 4 tricky statements was truly equivalent👀 They brought the receipts!🧾 @SevenBridgesMS
They LOVED closing out charades with your impressive claw machine this morning. They are the best sports! I especially loved how willing they were to partner with whichever student guessed the closest to the number they were thinking of (& told me). True family energy.
7B Advisory focused on building charters and bonding. Loved getting to play charades with @msfraioli class. Our word was claw and we became a human claw machine! No pic but so much fun! @LauralynStewar1 @SevenBridgesMS #WeAreChappaqua #WeAre7B
My Advisory squad is excited, energetic & awesome! They are SO ready for 7th grade. Genuine happiness is bouncing off the wall this week at @SevenBridgesMS #WeAre7B #WeAreChappaqua
Scenes from 7B’s first day! Advisory bonding, color coding schedules, lunch, lockers, and PE problem solving. Loved seeing all of our kids @SevenBridgesMS @LauralynStewar1 @chappaqua_csd
With Days 1 & 2 under our belts, the 7W mathematicians are already pros at collaborating on vertical surfaces. Their critical thinking and problem solving skills are contagious! The entry points for all are maximizing engagement across the classroom. @DgoldB726 @SevenBridgesMS
What an invigorating opening ceremony for the 2023-24 school year at @chappaqua_csd this morning! This is bound to be a great year! Shoutout to @ancorsilia_ccsd for shredding on the guitar, the talented HG seniors inspiring us to not stop believing & our elementary song writers!
Gearing up for the school year & our co-teaching partnership with @DgoldB726 has already been a BLAST! Community/collaboration skill building activities & awareness exercises for visuospatial conceptualization to enhance math accessibility are at the top of the agenda! #WeAre7B
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The #WeAreChappaqua 6-9 #Mathematics teachers are diving deeply into engaging tasks, mixed with a dose of standards alignment and conversations about engaging all learners. @PlateKaitlyn leading with her math magic. @DrAPease @jculwellblock @chackerman1 @geoffcurtis @Joe_Mazza
