Julia Scalzo

McCarty 4th grade Thinkers kick off Friday warming up their brains at the Plexer Museum! @sfredericks21

5PA Thinkers study elements of a plot using Pixar Shorts. Ideas sparked another lesson in SEL and theme! @mustangpride204 @sfredericks21

Thank you @iagc_gifted and Shannon Anderson for sharing the importance of curiosity! Curiosity and wonder are essential to our kids and educators to promote innovation! Grateful my students are filled with wonder @mustangpride204 !

As an @ipsd204 teacher, I am so honored to share learning strategies and resources with students via zoom for Talent Development for advanced learners at my alma mater, @uiowa ! Can’t wait for our spring session together! @belinblank @mustangpride204

McCarty APPLES inventors just finished off their modules for the year! Thanks @mustangpride204 @CampInvention Families, enjoy the treasures they bring home!

Grammar Tournament?! Most useful part of speech? Least useful part of speech? @mustangpride204 thinkers in 5PA use criteria to determine the winner “tournament style”.

5PA @mustangpride204 Thinkers use Hexagonal Thinking to work in teams for discussion of a short story. They then went on a gallery walk and posted meaningful comments for their classmates’ connections of lit elements. Check out these hives!

2nd grade Thinkers @mustangpride204 use their Friday time this week for critical thinking fun using Thinker Task cards and Eye Cue puzzles.

5PA @mustangpride204 moves and collaborates with grammar using two Kagan strategies. @JENEVANSatKAGAN

First Grade Engineers @mustangpride204 design a solution to solve Bruce’s problem with the holidays. @Novel_Eng

Learning fun at @SAMLabs with the best! @mustangpride204 @lauranylen @klulay2 @TWM204 @TraciMarco_2M @lizkaleta

5PA thinkers @mustangpride204 use “Last Word Discussion”. They loved taking turns facilitating deep, quality discussions!

Characters dressed up as other characters for Halloween?! Check out these ideas from our @mustangpride204 thinkers! @IanAByrd thanks for the idea!

When you “win a prize” @mustangpride204 , you need to think how you can use it! For now, it goes with my creative thinking materials. Love the energy and laughter at this school!

McCarty Thinkers use Hexagonal Thinking for relationship building. WE know @mustangpride204 that WE are Better Together!

Success! 🎉  I'm a @Newsela Certified Educator newse.la/ncecomplete https://nitter.cf/t.co/0F9WnCqL0j @mustangpride204

Wishing our 5th grade @mustangpride204 students all the best at our Mustang Clap Out! You all have such bright futures ahead!

What do you get when you infuse SEL competencies into literature? Fantastic reflection and discussion that sets a purpose for learning experiences! Love our @mustangpride204 5PA thinkers! @caselorg @iagc_gifted

Battle of the Bluestem Books is ON for our @mustangpride204 Thinkers! Love the enthusiasm for reading they all share! ❤️ 📚

What do you get when two PA teachers can collaborate with kids for a day? Renewed energy and joy! @mustangpride204 @Builta60490