Books to Celebrate Earth Day
Earth Day is this Friday, April 22, and picture book read-alouds are a great way to celebrate with preschool and elementary-aged children. Here are four recently published titles worth sharing with the kids in your life. Our Planet: There's No Place Like Earth! by Stacy McAnulty illustrated by David Litchfield Henry Holt and Company, 2022 The latest title in her charming Our Universe series, Our Planet relies on Earth's narration to explain why it is the perfect planet for us
Join Me for a Book Study
Want to learn more about using science notebooks in your classroom? Consider joining me for an online exploration of Science Notebooks in Student-Centered Classrooms. This virtual book study, co-hosted by Kate Soriano, NSTA Standards Implementation Specialist, and myself, will run for four sessions in June. During the interactive sessions, we'll discuss: Why science notebooks. What notebook philosophy best supports phenomenon-driven, three-dimensional teaching and learning. H
Practice Makes Progress: Critiques in the Science Classroom
This past summer, our faculty summer read was Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know by Adam Grant. I found the book engaging and insightful in all spheres of my life. In it, he discusses a video entitled "Austin's Butterfly: Models, Critique, and Descriptive Feedback" from EL Education. In the six-minute video, Ron Berger tells the story of how Austin, a first-grade student, received kind, specific, and thoughtful feedback from his peers through a critique of
