It's been a great week. Take a look below for some photos from my amazing week in your amazing classrooms! Get some ideas and implement a new idea!
In Hillary Wolcott's classroom, her goal and vision is front and center:
Hillary has tied her classroom into the school wide PRIDE movement:
Hillary asked her kids what would they change?
One intelligent answer, of many:
The management system featured in the E-MARVEL Monday Message:
Keeping her kids posted, Hillary has info about tomorrow's primary election:
In Amelia Yonan's classroom, her students have no excuse for not knowing the homework:
Amelia has turned basic white board into interactive information for her kids:
In Austin Wiese's classroom, he prepares his kids for college in content and in collegiate recognition!
Austin has transformed his Big Goal into a positive question for his students:
Austin prepares his first set of quiz and unit exam data:
Austin shows his kids exactly how to enter and exit:
When Austin's kids need a break, they head here:
A great way to invest kids is to create class jobs. Here are Austin's:
Arin Smith asked her former students to make recommendations to her current crop of 7th grade boys. Here is some of the amazing advice they gave:
On Friday night, members of Team MARVEL and other PD groups gathered for some fun at Field House. Below, Liz McCeary, Emma, Elena Feyszyn and Austin Wiese get to know each other.
Then they struck a pose with a cheerleader!
Hillary Wolcott, Andrew Pegan and Andrew Pham met another cheerleader:
Liz McCreary's kids have made license plates to represent themselves:
Liz also organizes her student work into hanging folders for ease of handback:
Liz leads the "memory challenge" as featured in this week's E-MARVEL Monday Message:
In Jessica Gartner's classroom, Language Arts and Social Studies take front row:
Jess is very clear about what she expects from her kids:
Jess prepares her "aim" for the day:
Jessica reminds her students WHY they come to school everyday with colorful signs:
Jess' social studies goal is all encompassing:
In Elena Fedyszyn's classroom, she recognizes her students' birthdays on a front board!
Unsure of who to call on? Use Elena's strategy and label popsicle sticks! I used to call it the "cup of fairness."
Elena collects her student ticket rewards and likens it to an Election!
In Pete Fay's classroom, life is organized:
Pete breaks his Big Goal into pieces for his kids' understanding:
Molly Carr is ready to acknowledge and celebrate her students' success:
Molly stresses the value of becoming a strong writer:
Molly makes her big goal related to the content:
A play on words makes Molly's Psychology goal fun!
Molly changes her goal into one phrase: Change Your World.
Molly gets ready to celebrate her top scorers for each unit.
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Ejaz has his word wall divided into "history words" and "geography words"
As seen in the team email:
Eric Hayek had his kids sign a Constitution comitting to being responsible and working hard. He signed it too!
Dani Ahern had her US History student set personal goals:
Dani's organized board:
An example of a personal goal from Dani's class:
Dani is ready to recognize good work:
A great idea for building investement from Dani:
