Debbie Paras

#Ramazing 1st Grade Teachers all smiles after a great Meet & Greet😊☺😆 #salemesvb

#Ramazing Salem 3rd Grade Team excited for a new year after a great Meet & Greet!😊😆☺

#Ramazing teachers pumped after a great Meet & Greet at Salem ES😊😆☺

#Ramazing 3rd grade teaching buddies ready for a new year!

#Ramazing 4th Grade teaching buddies😊😄. All smiles after a great Meet & Greet

@SalemShuffle This is something I'm working on...letting go more and more😊

#SalemESchat A5 Ss feel more control over their progress. The goal sheet helps them focus on small chunks at a time rather than all at once

#SalemESchat A4 My Ss set 3 personal goals a week re. work habits & citizenship. Parents sign Ss goal sheet b4 Mon. so they can support Ss.

#SalemESchat A3 Ss can move more freely around the classroom & transition between groups & activities smoothly

#SalemESchat A2 I've created more areas for small groups to meet & spaces for partners to work together

#SalemESchat A1 Math Congress, Socratic seminars, morning meetings

#SalemESchat I'm here!😊

#SalemESchat A5- Google forms, BrainPop, Discovery Ed, various curriculum based interactive games

#SalemESchat A4- Ditto to Heather and Lindsey's responses😊💡

#SalemESchat A3- Recognize effort, ask Ss what they learned in the process instead of focusing on end product or grade

#SalemESchat A2- Offer a variety ways to respond to questions, option boards/mats, regular student directed projects

#SalemESchat A1- To encourage them to keep working to their full potential, to help them realize what their capable of

#SalemESchat Signing in!

@gmawhinney3 Thanks, Gwen!

#SalemESchat A6 That's a tough 1 bc we have 2 keep up w pacing so giving up time 2 squeeze in creative activities means something has 2 give