Mandy Benedict-Chambers

¡Buenos días! @duolingo ¿Podrían ayudarme, por favor? Perdí mi racha de más de 800 días. ¡Muchas gracias!

Hi @duolingo! There was a glitch and I lost my 3 year streak (800+ ) a few days ago. Could you please restore it? My username is <Mandy448536>. Thanks for helping me learn Español!

Look at this crew!! We’re totally winning this scavenger hunt (whatever it may be)!! #narst2022

@ms_atchison Love this, Paige! :)

@MandyB_C 10 Tips on How to be an Effective Instructional Coach:

@BlockerMcleod That is awesome! Thanks for sharing, Mary! :)

Just read a great article on interviewing for an Instructional coaching position @MandyB_C theinstructionalcoachacademy.com/index.php/2018…

Happy Teacher Appreciation from the Elementary Program Faculty @MoStateCOE @ChloeBolyard @rlb518 @dpiccolo11 @MandyB_C @TammirdDavis @minorBAKER @kdgteach_123

That is a great idea! I will have to tell my preservice teachers about this. #NSTAchat

@golliharsclass What are you trying now that works? I love asking "how" and "why" questions to better understand my students' thinking and to figure out how to tailor my instruction. #NSTAchat

A5: FAs help us guide student learning by uncovering misconceptions during the learning- catching them before they become mistakes in learning that are harder to reverse. I love FA- but want to be more efficient and effective at it during 5th Math and science-any ideas? #NSTAChat

Twitter Chat: Read #4 in my S&C guest editorial. Formative assessment should NOT be graded. It is never fair to grade students on something they are still learning. Formative is formative, not summative! #NSTAChat

Yes, I love the emphasis on the process of learning!

@KCSScience @CTSKeeley @caahayes I think formative assessments should focus on teacher feedback & students sharing/revising their developing ideas and less on grading. What do you think? #NSTAchat

This question I have a strong philosophy on but want to ask the chat: Teachers often ask me, as a district leader, how do you take grades when you do so much formative assessment? What are your thoughts?@CTSKeeley #NSTAChat @caahayes

A5: I think FAs really help the Ss understand what they know/don't know. When Ss get a chance to revisit and revise their initial ideas/predictions/models, they are always amazed to see the evidence of their learning and growth! #NSTAchat

@susan_german That's great! 😀

@MandyB_C Hi Mandy, I grew up in Rogersville. But, I have spent almost 25 years teaching in Hallsville, MO. I am a doctoral student at MU.

Hi, Susan German checking in from Missouri. I am a middle school science teacher. #NSTAchat

I also like to use the Ambitious Science Teaching Website; it includes some great tools & videos for teachers. ambitiousscienceteaching.org/tools/ #NSTAchat

@KCSScience @KCSScience I love this idea!

A3 Using an anchoring phenomena as formative assessment can be powerful tool. Most of our elementary curriculums have good phenomena . But using it in this way can be engaging and informative—Before during and after learning. #NSTAchat

@CTSKeeley Yes, I thought that was very helpful!

A3: I hope you will read my guest editorial, Formative Assessment in the Science Classroom: What It Is &What It Is Not. It helps clear up some of the misunderstandings teacher have about formative assessment & is a great article to read & discuss with your colleagues! #NSTAChat

A3: I love using sentence frames to help my students share their thinking. •I predict..because I have seen •I learned that..because I saw.. •My evidence to support my claim is.. •I agree with you because •I disagree with you because #NSTAchat

@TracyJarrett9 Love this idea, Tracy!

A1: I used formative assessments in the classroom to get at what kids know and to check for understanding along the way. Great way to plan for the next day's lesson. #NSTAchat

A2: Throughout the lesson! I use form. assessments, like Qs, to understand what the Ss know at the beginning, then to see how they are making sense of the phenomenon during, and near the end to assess their learning. #NSTAchat

@Dr_JoiM Hi Joi! :)