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What do we do on staff development days?
2009.03.20
As a dad, I know that planning to keep kids at home on staff development days isn't always easy. These days, however, are vital to a school. They provide opportunities for teachers to become students and collectively dedicate time to professional learning.
Today began with a half-day dedicated to familiarizing ourselves with the recently purchased new edition of our Everyday Math program. I didn't take any pictures of that. It wasn't too visual...
However, after a great lunch (sponsored by the best PTA on the planet!) we reconvened to work with naturalists on how to further infuse environmental learning into our curriculum.
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As a dad, I know that planning to keep kids at home on staff development days isn't always easy. These days, however, are vital to a school. They provide opportunities for teachers to become students and collectively dedicate time to professional learning.
Today began with a half-day dedicated to familiarizing ourselves with the recently purchased new edition of our Everyday Math program. I didn't take any pictures of that. It wasn't too visual...
However, after a great lunch (sponsored by the best PTA on the planet!) we reconvened to work with naturalists on how to further infuse environmental learning into our curriculum.
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Here is Andrea Donnelly, a horticulturalist with the Rosedale Nurseries in Hawthorne, NY. She worked with our third grade team on how to start plants from seed indoors. Third graders will be responsible for the bulk of the planting of our vegetable garden.
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Here is Andrea Donnelly, a horticulturalist with the Rosedale Nurseries in Hawthorne, NY. She worked with our third grade team on how to start plants from seed indoors. Third graders will be responsible for the bulk of the planting of our vegetable garden.
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Andrea also worked with our fourth grade team. Since they are involved with the planting, harvesting, and drying of herbs from our garden, she provided them with a lot of information about herbs that tie into the social studies curriculum.
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Andrea also worked with our fourth grade team. Since they are involved with the planting, harvesting, and drying of herbs from our garden, she provided them with a lot of information about herbs that tie into the social studies curriculum.
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The fifth graders spent time with John Stowell the program director of the Taconic Outdoor Education Center and some of his team from Cold Spring, NY. Part of the time was spent learning games and other fun activities that reinforce concepts taught in our ecosystems unit.
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The fifth graders spent time with John Stowell the program director of the Taconic Outdoor Education Center and some of his team from Cold Spring, NY. Part of the time was spent learning games and other fun activities that reinforce concepts taught in our ecosystems unit.
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Henry Myers from the Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES' Center for Environmental Education taught our third and fourth grade teachers a great variety of activities that can make student learning along our nature trails come alive.
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Henry Myers from the Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES' Center for Environmental Education taught our third and fourth grade teachers a great variety of activities that can make student learning along our nature trails come alive.
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The fifth grade team also spent much time alongside our stream. We learned how to most effectively find and gather macroinvertebrates, how to use a Dichotomous Key to identify specimens, and how fifth grade math can be applied to collected data to determine the health of our stream.
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The fifth grade team also spent much time alongside our stream. We learned how to most effectively find and gather macroinvertebrates, how to use a Dichotomous Key to identify specimens, and how fifth grade math can be applied to collected data to determine the health of our stream.
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But the real impressive event was the grace and ability displayed by our Director of Elementary Curriculum, Mrs. Gherardi, as she navigated through nature in high heels. Now that's dedication!
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But the real impressive event was the grace and ability displayed by our Director of Elementary Curriculum, Mrs. Gherardi, as she navigated through nature in high heels. Now that's dedication!
