As a teacher in an elementary pull-out Gifted in Talented program, I meet with most of my students once a week. Making connections with my students is really important to me, and it can be hard to keep track of what is going on in the lives of 50+ children who I don’t see every … Read more
My days spent at #TCEA16 last week were motivating and extremely inspiring. This week, I would like to select a few highlights to share with you. First up, School-Wide Genius Hour. Several members of the staff of Cottonwood Creek Elementary in Coppell ISD woke me up on Thursday morning with their incredible presentation about student-led … Read more
In my GT class, each grade level meets with me once a week. The 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders do a cooperative blog post for our class blog at the end of each their GT days. A couple of months ago, one of my students wrote this: “GT today!” is what we yelped happily this morning. We … Read more
At the beginning of the school year, I got an idea from an article that I was reading about changing the design of the classroom. It briefly alluded to a class “Genius Bar,” (using the term for the Help Desk in Apple Stores.) I decided to re-purpose the sad-looking classroom bookshelf into a Genius Bar. … Read more