Joined August 2014
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After reading Horton Hatches an Egg today, we started thinking about how absurd it is that the egg didn't break when an elephant sat on it. Sooo.... we proved that it can be done with the right nest. We created nests that could support the weight of an elephant. @Hillcrest_BCPS
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Our curiosity led us to research unanswered questions that we had while reading a text about Alaska. #curiositykeepsuslearning @Hillcrest_BCPS
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Geoboard fun with quadrilaterals and geometric shapes. @Hillcrest_BCPS
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Researching famous Americans and making a trading card using the information we found. @Hillcrest_BCPS
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Designing a text feature for the text Alaska and writing a letter to persuade the author to include it! @Hillcrest_BCPS
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Math workshop: Students are becoming fluent in addition facts that make ten by playing Tens Go Fish and Make a Ten. @Hillcrest_BCPS
Look at these authors, fully engaged and drafting a story about a small moment in their lives. @Hillcrest_BCPS
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I decided to take a break and let the students teach math class today.
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We loved meeting our K buddies and being the "passengers," guiding them as they took the devices out for a drive. @Hillcrest_BCPS
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Between Plus 1 or 2 Bingo and Make 25 cents, math workshop was pretty exciting today.
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Telling the beginning, middle and end of a story.... yeah we got this!!!
We had so much fun reading The Day the Crayons Quit with our mystery reader and making postcards from our fav crayon.
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Students said Padlet is just like "texting about science." Never thought of it that way but I guess it is! #theyteachmetoo
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The chicken dance never gets old. I'm glad these kids enjoyed it as much as I do! #brainbreak #wevegotmoves
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Students opened their mystery bags and used their math strategies to see if they had enough for the whole class. #sharingiscaring
Is that a Hedgie I see?!?!?! I see some pretty awesome readers too. @Hillcrest_BCPS
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Chalk Talk! S's had collaborative "conversations" by writing and responding to other's ideas about our essential questions. @Hillcrest_BCPS
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S's responded to a prompt using complete sentences by interviewing their friends. Good practice for when they're famous! @Hillcrest_BCPS
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Students were so excited to see the results of our experiment on Friday morning! @Hillcrest_BCPS
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Math Workshop is under way!!! Discovering patterns and combinations of 30. #thehillcrestway @Hillcrest_BCPS
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