Takin’ a ride with Alpha 5
As an instructional coach, I want to push myself on the fact that I rarely take the time to celebrate
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bright spots and belly flops
What does integrated studies look like at Flood Brook?
At Flood Brook School, middle level teachers believe in an integrated approach to curriculum delivery. Four years into implementing an
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Jon Brown’s Learning Lab Lessons Learned
Bright Spots: They say imitation is the highest form of flattery… I guess I’m flattered. It never ceases to amaze
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Sam Nelson’s Bright Spots & Belly Flops
What’s the plan? Here’s a quick reminder of my focus question for this year’s Learning Lab: How can social justice
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Tom Drake’s Bright Spots & Belly Flops
Without question a big #highfive goes out to the opening of classroom and school doors through visiting other schools and
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The Year of Yes
The Year of Yes Or, Why My Kids Have Their Phones Out… I am a stickler for a plan. Type
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Courtney Elliott’s Bright Spots and Belly Flops
Students in Courtney Elliott’s class work on a Mystery Skype with a class in Wisconsin to demonstrate communication skills
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Corey Smith’s Bright Spot Belly Flops
Inquiry Question: How might personalization through self-reflection, self-assessment, and flexible grouping and scheduling across grades 3 and 4 at
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To be honest, there has been an even split of successes and failures to date. Let’s take a look shall
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Fractions, Llamas, Self-Directed Learning
Tasha Grey’s Learning Lab Reflection: As much as I love division with fractions, and think it makes perfect sense,
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This Is Really Scary (And I’ve Never Been More Excited)
When asked “what is your working definition of personalized learning?” Charlie Herzog, an educator at Flood Brook replied: “Relevancy is
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