Anna's Class

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Our morning walk destination was our middle school! Seun and her class met us for hot cocoa! Firsties got to introduce themselves to a middle schooler and it was such a thrill for them! We also mapped some streets along the way! @CPSCNC #walkingcurriculum #mapproject

I love talking to kids when we prepare food together. Today Ss cut up celery, peeled potatoes and carrots for vegetable soup. @CPSCNC #cookingandfoodinvestigations

We are thrilled to be back together again after a break! One student came in and said “I got up early this morning because I could not wait to be here!” @CPSCNC #walkingcurriculum

Creating an outdoor learning plan isn't an all or nothing proposition. These *7 outdoor learning tips* can help get you started! 🍃🍂

@JulianneChatham @JulianneChatham 💛 Diversify your read alouds, have your classroom agreement reflect mattering and caring, support language within the room (for example, modeling using y’all and sharing pronouns), use mindfulness, have posters up in your room that reflect inclusiveness. 💛

@AnnasClass What are some tips you might have about making a classroom more inclusive? #eci201 #PLNdiscovery

Today is the last day of the quarter! Whew! I taught firsties what the word reflecting means and had them take a few minutes to reflect on the quarter. @CPSCNC #Mindfulness #reflections

Did some belly breathing first thing today. One student said “that was awesome”. @Mindful_Schools #mindfulnessintheclassroom

NINA VIRTUAL BOOK LAUNCH EVENT On Tuesday, 9/28 at 7pm EST/4pm PST, join @Neuborne and I for a reading and conversation about our new picture book, NINA: A STORY OF NINA SIMONE, hosted by @thebravething in Decatur, Georgia! Click to register: eventbrite.com/e/nina-a-story…

Observing their sense of wonder is life giving. @NorthCarolinaEE @CPSCNC #ilovemyjob

Dropped into @CPSCNC and went for a walk with @AnnasClass noticing shapes. Also got to see 4th graders consider force and motion in their design of playgrounds. #learninghappenseverywhere

We loved having @Gina4Lit visit us today! @CPSCNC Eugenia is the fabulous NC Teacher of the Year! Whoop whoop! @Elon_Ed #NCTOY #Eloned

Today we investigated carrots! 🥕💛 #foodascurriculum #cookingandfoodinvestigations

A few pics from our day with yoga, a great read aloud encouraging mindfulness, an exciting tree find and number-line work. @CPSCNC @Mindful_Schools #mindfulnessinschools #treeproject #readaloud #thisisfirstgrade

Today on our Morning Walk, our focus was finding vowels. “This is actually really fun,” one first grader said. @CPSCNC #walkingcurriculum #literacyoutside #placebasededucation

Today we read Another by Christian Robinson. We discussed perspective, mattering and creativity as we enjoyed this amazing wordless picture book. We appreciated your work @theartoffunnews You inspire us! @CPSCNC #readaloud #Blackauthor #BlackGenius

More scenes from our Comic Day …

We had a comic party day today! @CPSCNC #justbecause #followtheirinterests #firstgrade #mindfulteaching

Mattering. It is a big but needed thing to unpack with students. I recommend this book by @csingleton__2 illustrated by @tbeardraws Our class read it yesterday and I think we will read it again and again. @ATN_1863 @learnforjustice @CPSCNC #antiracistteaching #mattering

It all started with one kid being inspired by the book Ghosts, now half the class is making comics. @CPSCNC #comics #firstgrade