Abigail Decker

Thinking real hard today about how many of my favorite memories happened when I was surrounded by nature, and all the things I can do to keep that nature thriving 🌎#EarthDay #EnviroEd

Just popping back by to share some 3rd grade #EarthWeek adventures! Nature & me simile poems, seed paper cards made from our own recycled paper, five senses nature scavenger hunt, and of course, lots and lots of #learningoutside!!! Happy #EarthDay! 🌎🌳🍃

@scomorrison (Been a while since I’ve gotten to use that hashtag…Twitter resurgence in my future?)

@scomorrison Our success AND the success of our students! It’s not only helpful for us as teachers but ALSO our responsibility to our students to ask for support when we need it! #ElonEd

I was talking with @abbideckeredu about this today! Collaborating with others is a key to success. Ask for help. Lean into the expertise of others. Share responsibility. It takes a village! #ElonEd

@sandra_bays @LisaTho421 Thanks for helping me get here 🥰🥰

@abbideckeredu @LisaTho421 You are going to be an amazing teacher! Sending you best wishes and love!!!

Done all the prep I can. Now it’s time to take a step back and see where the kiddos take us 🌈 Happy #FDOS!!! (A special thank-you to @LisaTho421 for introducing me to the sweetest #FDOS book out there 🥰)

@kendraleiko Thank you!!! Hope I can have even a fraction of the impact on my students that you had on me 🥰

@abbideckeredu Your room is inviting and colorful - just like you! I’m so proud of & excited for you! Sending you much love. ❤️

Hey, Twitter—been a minute. One week from today, this bright & joyful classroom will be filled with third graders!! Can’t wait to see how they make it theirs 🌈

@enorvelledu @HESSPLASH Obsessed with this entire project ❤️❤️❤️

The first ever @HESSPLASH 3rd grade food truck festival was quite the success!! Proud of these incredible kids for working hard these past few weeks to learn how to run a business! Watch out Hillsborough, you might see some new food trucks rolling around one day! #PBL

@sandra_bays @scomorrison Miss you SO MUCH!! I just know you’re doing amazing work with those kids outside 🌱 Thank you for inspiring the kind of teacher I am becoming ♥️

@scomorrison @abbideckeredu @abbideckeredu I miss you! Congratulations! I can’t wait to see more amazing things from you!

Could not be more proud of @abbideckeredu. Today she is sharing her research on gender in nature-based education at the Student Undergraduate Research Forum. #ElonEd #enviroed Slides are available here: bit.ly/genderSURF2021

Handed Ss some shapes and asked them to classify all the shapes in at least 3 groups, using any rule(s) they wanted. Probably my fave answer: shapes that fit together, shapes that form a bird, shapes that form an arrow, and shapes that look like video game buttons. Brilliant!

(thanks @KatieAGPhelps for the inspo 👀 it turns out that a math activity can become a literacy activity!)

Happy #EarthDay! Sometimes getting to know the Earth starts with getting to know one square inch. Had the biggest smile on my face reading Ss’ myths and legends from their square inch worlds!!! #enviroed #eloned

Any #enviroed folks know what this might be? My students found it on an oak tree during our nature walk this morning and are thoroughly curious (as am I!)

Be sure to follow everyone who participated in the #ElonEd chat this evening!

Feeling super jazzed to go into #EarthWeek and uncover curriculum outside with my students all week long. Thanks, everyone! #ElonEd

Thank you SO much for participating in tonight’s #ElonEd chat! The next chat is on 5/2/21 and will be co-moderated by @kimvanarun and @MaddieWalter12!

A7: Time!! When we stop thinking of #enviroed as "extra" and start viewing it AS curriculum, we will have plenty of time in a school day to be environmental educators. #ElonEd

davidsobelauthor.com/beyond-ecophob… #ElonEd

A6: "If we want children to flourish, we need to give them time to connect with nature and love the Earth before we ask them to save it." -David Sobel, Beyond Ecophobia #ElonEd

Q6: How should teachers navigate investing students in the environment without centering overwhelming and often debilitating fears of climate change and environmental destruction? #ElonEd