Grateful to collaborate with creative, enthusiastic & motivated teachers! This in turn led to motivated, excited, creative learners =highlight of my year. I learned that no challenge is too great & student agency is key to engagement, no matter the setting. 🙌🏼 TY #FCPSVanguard!

Cohort B students putting their Coordinate Plane and Ordered Pair knowledge to the test with Battleship! 🚢

Getting ready to say goodbye to our oldest hawks! The 5th graders will each get a treatbag with their tshirts at pick-up. Please, if you are able to, donate from the amazon wishlist below and we will put together a special treat for our 5th grade friends!

Working with a highly motivated team of educators to persevere through new challenges; adapting and collaborating every step of the way! #VanguardPOP

Check out these enhanced Rover designs from our study of #Perseverance last week! Cohort classmates designed originals on paper while virtual classmates got creative with household items or the interactive Jamboard template from @GiftedTawk! #UESHawks 🤩

Aaaaand we’re back! Such an awesome first day with Cohort B here with me! 🤩#TogetherFCPS #UESHawks

Asking questions to fuel our research and learning about what makes the #Perseverance Rover such a powerhouse in space! #NASA created an interactive model with written descriptions of each component, which we read about and discussed during breakouts!

Thrilled to have received my first two micro-credentials in my Teach year with #fcpsvanguard! A year that can be described as the most challenging yet rewarding and impactful of my career has yielded some pretty awesome professional growth!

You are a phenomenal teacher @MrsForsytheFCPS! (And sister,too) 💯

Some exciting read-aloud choices on deck this week! 🤩 #BlackHistoryMonth #UESHawks

We did a close read of Amanda Gorman’s Inaugural poem: “The Hill We Climb”. Some incredibly insightful takeaways from inspired 5th grade minds! Thank you, @TheAmandaGorman! #UESHawks

A principal shared a conversation he had with a 5th grader who was upset about what he saw on tv. He said he was disappointed to see how adults acted when they didn't get what they wanted. A beautiful reminder to let our children lead & to talk with them about what they see.

Our first virtual field trip did not disappoint! Thank you to the @marylandzoo for an extremely engaging and informative session this morning! Our students loved every second!

HELP! We’re trapped in snow globes! Reading their creative writing was fun, but listening to their narrations on #FlipGrid was even better! Good news is, we escaped just in time for winter break! ⛄️ #UESHawks #WeMadeIt

Using Menti to help uncover some common student struggles associated with the algorithm for long division. Love how I can project anonymous responses and help students see they aren’t alone in their misunderstandings! Gives us a great place to start in small group.

Real time feedback, breakout rooms to foster collaboration, utilizing more Tech Tools like Nearpod & Mentimeter! #3GreatThingsVanguard

These readers are running their own group! They are analyzing a text about Rocky 🦉. They decided that each person would write a main idea. Then they gave eachother feedback and voted on whose was the strongest. Listening in on their discourse has me feeling so proud! #UESHawks

2020 has been quite a year, but today we reminded each other of how much we still have to be grateful for by filling up our jars of gratitude! My 5th graders are at the TIPPY TOP of my list! ♥️ #HappyThanksgiving

“Mentoring in the 21st Century” has helped me to grow in my role as a school based mentor, and expand on my knowledge of consulting, collaborative and coaching strategies not only with new hires but all of my colleagues. Thank you! #fcpsmentormod3 #fcpspl