Julia Scalzo

McCarty 4th grade Thinkers kick off Friday warming up their brains at the Plexer Museum! @sfredericks21

5PA Thinkers study elements of a plot using Pixar Shorts. Ideas sparked another lesson in SEL and theme! @mustangpride204 @sfredericks21

Thank you @iagc_gifted and Shannon Anderson for sharing the importance of curiosity! Curiosity and wonder are essential to our kids and educators to promote innovation! Grateful my students are filled with wonder @mustangpride204 !

As an @ipsd204 teacher, I am so honored to share learning strategies and resources with students via zoom for Talent Development for advanced learners at my alma mater, @uiowa ! Can’t wait for our spring session together! @belinblank @mustangpride204

@mustangpride204 @WVHSStipp Loved seeing these young adults and hearing their plans!

Congratulations Waubonsie Valley High School Class of 2023. From Mustangs to Falcons to Warriors to Graduates. McCarty Elementary School is proud of you. Once a Mustang, Always a Mustang. Remember your roots! ⁦@WVHSStipp⁩

McCarty APPLES inventors just finished off their modules for the year! Thanks @mustangpride204 @CampInvention Families, enjoy the treasures they bring home!

Grammar Tournament?! Most useful part of speech? Least useful part of speech? @mustangpride204 thinkers in 5PA use criteria to determine the winner “tournament style”.

@keithferrell4 @GombertGators Love, love, love this!

5PA used the Text on Text structure to collaboratively annotate “Ode to My Socks.” This is one of many odes students have read and analyzed. Today, we moved on to the immersion process to determine the author’s craft. Next up…composing original odes! @GombertGators

5PA @mustangpride204 Thinkers use Hexagonal Thinking to work in teams for discussion of a short story. They then went on a gallery walk and posted meaningful comments for their classmates’ connections of lit elements. Check out these hives!

2nd grade Thinkers @mustangpride204 use their Friday time this week for critical thinking fun using Thinker Task cards and Eye Cue puzzles.

@drbrooksmusic Wishing this special group the best! So excited for them!

5PA @mustangpride204 moves and collaborates with grammar using two Kagan strategies. @JENEVANSatKAGAN

First Grade Engineers @mustangpride204 design a solution to solve Bruce’s problem with the holidays. @Novel_Eng

Learning fun at @SAMLabs with the best! @mustangpride204 @lauranylen @klulay2 @TWM204 @TraciMarco_2M @lizkaleta

5PA thinkers @mustangpride204 use “Last Word Discussion”. They loved taking turns facilitating deep, quality discussions!

Characters dressed up as other characters for Halloween?! Check out these ideas from our @mustangpride204 thinkers! @IanAByrd thanks for the idea!

@3pa_whitetigers @WelchWhiteTiger I love this!!!

Living the Dream here at McCarty Elementary School, Home of Mustang Pride!

@mustangpride204 This needs to be an ad in an education magazine! Mustang Pride!