Liz Andrews

Thanks @CanEmbUSA for the visit! @BrightwoodDCPS 5th grades enjoyed the epic Canada trivia showdown. @EmbassyAdoption @WashPerformArts

We’re getting into the festive spirit! 🎄✨ Thank you to our @EmbassyAdoption 5th grade students from @BrightwoodDCPS for bringing holiday joy and helping us decorate the @CanEmbUSA lobby tree. #Viewfrom501

Nous retrouvons l’esprit festif ! 🎄✨ Merci à nos élèves de 5e année du programme @EmbassyAdoption au @BrightwoodDCPS d’avoir apporté la joie des fêtes et de nous avoir aidés à décorer l’arbre du hall de l’@AmbCanEUA ! #Vuedu501

Ms. Andrews’ 5th Graders had a great morning decorating the atrium tree, meeting our embassy partners (and Ambassador Hillman), and getting a tour of the Embassy of Canada! @BrightwoodDCPS @EmbassyAdoption @WashPerformArts @dcpublicschools @CanEmbUSA

So proud of our @BrightwoodDCPS Panthers @GOTRDC team for running their 5k this morning!! @dcpublicschools #whoruntheworld

Friday was End of Unit Task Writing Day. We love how chill writing is when you are working off an outline @dcpublicschools @BrightwoodDCPS

Brightwood Staff got to experience an Outdoor Ed PD today with our Outdoor Garden Committee and @fonarboretum @CaseyTrees @udc_edu @BrightwoodDCPS @dcpublicschools

Brightwood Panthers celebrated Unity Day today. Together we CAN have a world without bullying! #unityday @brightwooddcps @dcpublicschools

Take the Pledge!! #NationalUnityDay @BrightwoodDCPS @dcpublicschools

Hispanic Heritage Month Wax Museum presented by Brightwood’s 3rd-5th Grades!! @dcpublicschools @BrightwoodDCPS #HispanicHeritageMonth

We had a great first day of 5th grade in Room 309!!! @BrightwoodDCPS @dcpublicschools

Unsolicited teacher advice: kids need on-ramps, especially for procedural type things. A fair bit of the "art" of teaching is sussing out when kids are being disruptive/avoiding work on purpose, and when they just don't know, in practical terms, how to start

@heymrsbond But it’s all a crapshoot. Sometimes it’s smoother than other years. I always plan for way more activities than I get to. And then try not to be hard on myself when we don’t move through things as quick as I’d like. First day is hard.

@heymrsbond I do cup stacking team builder and having them decorate a leaf with their names/prompts (goals and all). I try to get the leaves up (as part of “tree”) by day two so they come in seeing they’re already a part of classroom decor. Everything else is slightly diff each year.

@heymrsbond I teach 5th but have done with older grades too. I think it would be trickier the younger you went.

@heymrsbond The cup stacking activity is my favorite. It’s about process not result and it fun to see diff groups and talk through their decision making and strategies. Found it online YEARS ago but it’s pretty self explanatory and easy to make. Give kids as little directions as possible.

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@wokeSTEMteacher All this being said. There’s a fine line between building relationships and having appropriate boundaries.

@wokeSTEMteacher Someone I respect a lot told me to love them. Truly, authentically. And since then I’ve always been able to spot when a teacher doesn’t. I also think a lot about my nieces, white privileged young women. How dare I give my students anything less than they get at school?

I never see teachers discussing accompanying strategies that can be used to help struggling teachers with this. The advice always stops at 'build relationships' whenever an issue occurs.