Patsy McGahey

Well, the teacher in me couldn’t leave for Germany and let #DotDay pass me by without borrowing a few classes to celebrate STEM style! K made made their mark with multi-sensory dots and 3rd created a multiplication “connect 4” game! #tcslearns @UPES_Leads @TCSBoardofEd

UPES 3rd graders were on fire today! Reading”Balloons Over Broadway,” recreating the setting with 3D skyscrapers and arranging the windows into arrays, designing their own float, and coding the Beebot through the parade! #STEM @UPES_Leads @TCSBoardofEd @nakelya

Magnet SL: Cooking with Fractions:Kool-Aid Pie: Add/Subtract fractions, fraction/decimal reps, converting fractions and decimals/unit of measurements! #allinone #willworkforfood😊 #modelseverywhere #LOVEIT @TCSBoardofEd @STEMwithMs_M @MeggieByrd3

Magnet SL: Mystery Fractions Challenge. When you hear, “my brain hurts,” you know that their is some kinda higher order learning/thinking taking place😊. #logicattheirlevel @TCSBoardofEd @STEMwithMs_M

What better way to kick off our last week of summer learning 2021 than by having Big Al carry and “light” the torch himself! #carrythetorchintosummer #tcslearns @TCSBoardofEd @UPES_Leads

Magnet SL Olympics: 100 cm Ozobot Challenge: create a 100 cm track that a bot could complete in about 11.3 seconds (Rudolph’s time). Fastest time: 11.57 seconds!!! #prettyclose @TCSBoardofEd

Shout out to Ms. Willoughby’s first grade for carrying the torch into Summer Leading with exceptional, high quality reading instruction! @TCSBoardofEd #TMSEsummerlearning #learningneverstops

Day 3 of UPES Virtual Spirt Week is in the books... literally! We love seeing all these falcons enjoying good books while at home. We miss you all and are so proud of you! #riseupfalcons #tcslearns @nakelya @susie_wheat @TCSBoardofEd @tidecam @MikeDaria

@MrsWtech always a blast when you come to UPES, especially when you bring the Google Expedition kit #tcsedtlc

So thankful for these little leaders that @UPES_Leads is growing #tcsedtlc

@RachHoll_LMS Thank you for always helping me when I need it! #tcsedtlc

@Scholastic always providing inspiration for integrating reading and STEAM

When you don’t have your own class you steal your work bestie’s class! #tcsedtlc

These young scholars really enjoyed their STEAM challenge last week of building a scarecrow and his hiding spot in response to the read aloud Scarecrow Magic. #tcslearns @UPES_Leads

Halloween STEAM challenge was such a blast! Students read The Biggest Pumpkin Ever and then had to collaborate to build the biggest pumpkin most pumpkin-y pumpkin using 6ft of paper, scissors and tape!

Wow, wow, wow! Loving the student collaboration and unprompted connection @MaryjenPerkins2’s 3rd graders made with 9/11 and the Twin Towers and their Dot Day STEAM challenge @UPES_Leads @TCSBoardofEd #tcslearns #learningisfun #STEMeducation

My favorite way to spend lunch is by sharing my love of reading with a good book, this group of fifth graders and the amazing @RachHoll_LMS @UPES_Leads #TCSlearns #readingforfun

One of my favorite moments as a teacher! Their excitement is everything!

What a fun beginning of the year STEM challenge of having design a name tag that can stand alone, hold a pencil, be a minimum of 6 inches long and tell me 2 things about yourself! @UPES_Leads #handsonlearning #buildingcommunity #TCSlearns

2nd graders integrate hour of code into reading centers by using binary code to write “long i” words found in text! #STEM #engaged #tcslearns @UPES_Leads