by Cindy Castell Norman Public Schools is experiencing a year of great change. From the previous sentence, I would like to emphasize the word GREAT. Change is happening in
In my second post, I shared how Sarah worked with me and Karen to implement concept-based research as well as question-driven inquiry. Now we’ll shift to discuss how students conduct
At the start of the History Day project last September, the single biggest challenge I confronted was designing instruction to assure that all students ended up choosing a workable topic
For our final post, we wanted to share about a unit on which we have actually collaborated! Carole, our fabulous fine arts teacher Carrie Howes, and myself came together to
I was struggling to decide what my theme for this, my final post, should be, and it occurred to me that I should probably write about the thing that had
For my final post this week, I will talk about the specifics and how the GID process worked beautifully with the Bulldog Brilliance Lab project. Recall that the project this
Hi everybody! Well, I’m not sure how you did with sweets on Tuesday, but I must tell you, I ate a lot of chocolate on Valentine’s Day so my sugar
It has been a real week of reflection. I came to school on Tuesday to find that the Theatrette had been booked by the two Year 3 classes to celebrate
This year I am attempting a new Guided Inquiry project. I meet with fourth graders in the computer lab two days a week for an hour for inquiry based lessons
One of the goals of the 21st century teacher librarian, is to develop 21st century skills. This requires an innovative spirit and a sense of connectedness in the world
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