Welcome back to a whole new school year! I’ve spent the whole summer steadily preparing for my new assignment and it’s one that I’m embracing. Here is it…the night before my first day at a new school, new routines, new students, new colleagues—actually, they aren’t that new to me. I’m supposed to be trying to rest up and review …
Sorting in Kinder (a 3 Act)
My kindergarten collaborator, Stacy and I recently attended a 2 day workshop with Graham Fletcher and it re-ignited our passion for 3 act tasks/lessons. She’s made it her goal to collaborate with me and create one task per topic. I happily accept her challenge and told her, “GAME ON!” The most recent topic in her curriculum was sorting. This is …
M&Ms spill in Kinder
Whoa! What a week I had. I have been scribbling enough notes in my notebook that I had to share what’s been going on. As a matter of fact, I’m going to be working on MULTIPLE blog posts just from all the amazing things I’ve seen/heard/experienced in the past three days. For this post, I have to talk about the …
3 Act Lessons at #SummerMathCamp
#SummerMathCamp 2016 was a busy, insightful week full of notice and wonder about math. Thirty-eight educators chose to spend a week of their summer with us exploring some big ideas in the K-5 standards. We explored number routines and math work stations. We read, reflected, and chatted about the power the SMPs bring to our teaching and students’ learning. We …
A Series of 3 Acts in Kinder
Mrs. Z and I have been hard at work since being back from spring break. We have been planning 3 act lessons on subtraction and more measurement. The first 3 act lesson was designed with the concept of subtraction. We collaborated and designed a lesson on popping balloons. I blew up 10 balloons, made a video with my son popping the balloons, …
Kindergarten Rocks!
Today I spent some time in a kindergarten classroom. Those tiny humans are inquisitive, direct, and full of spunk. What I love about them is that there’s a whole world of wonder waiting for them and they’re ready to soak it in. And let me tell you something about the kindergarten teachers. They are ROCK STARS! Especially the one I worked …