Brian Shew

8th grade Earth science teacher at Fox River MS in Waterford👨🏻‍🏫. Science nerd, Educator Effectiveness Coach, and lifelong learner.

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Ok well, the Kitroduce Yourself looks like the greatest thing ever. Can't wait to try this out!

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🎉🎊🔥

THE BACK TO SCHOOL CELEBRATION STARTS NOW!

We have so much to share including…

- 👋 Kitroduce Yourself!
- 🎺 Back to School Beat!
- 🔙 Back Week!
- 4️⃣ Gimkit 4.0!

and a whole lot MORE! Watch the video to learn more! We’re so excited to celebrate with you!

[Brian Shew @BShewScience]

I just love Shelley's visual with this!

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"Teaching is like bowling. Don't aim for the middle pins(kids). Change your aim (teaching) to hit the harder to knock down pins." ❤️But how can we make teaching like bumper bowling? What would be educational "bumpers" so all teachers can be successful? #WIWOW1819 @tweetsomemoore

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ALL👏OF👏THIS👏

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Eye-opening morning with Shelley Moore! Learning about inclusion vs integration. #WIWOW1819 @tweetsomemoore

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It's the last Friday of the year with my students! EEK!!!

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Fun times using small Slinkies in class to model seismic waves. Watching 8th graders lose their mind when I bring out my extra long Slinky is always fun. Note to self, if a class is going crazy, pull out the big Slinky to mesmerize and calm them! 👨🏻‍🏫🤣

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Perfect! We are talking about earthquakes and moving into volcanoes!
Hawaii volcano shoots lava into sky; evacuations ordered https://t.co/iWZmTpMJEX

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Yay Spring!

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In PLC we are discussing an important question: how in the heck did teachers survive before Teachers Pay Teachers? :) If I was smart, I'd get some of my stuff on there and make some $$$. Just found a close reading intro text for earthquakes. BOOM.

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A great way to end the week! 👨🏻‍🏫

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Using play dough to model plate boundaries. So far my 8th graders haven’t decided to eat it...so that’s a success! 👨🏻‍🏫

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Recently learned about the formative strategy, "My favorite no". I tried a version of it today and the kids really took to it! Students chose their favorite "no"(wrong answer), state 1 good thing about it, and re-write it so it's correct. Great discussions!

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Learning about formative assessment practices at @CESA2_WI today! Always an important topic and vital to student (and teacher) success.

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One of our awesome math teachers at Fox River is teaching about surface area. The kids are tin foiling the room to measure surface area! I wonder if it will help them...reflect...on their math skills!

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WGSD’s Constellation for personalized learning is starting to take shape!

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For real it feels like my prep period is 45mins, but some classes take 8hours.

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As we wrapped up a unit today, I gave kids the option to show their understanding. The were to choose either the traditional quiz or if they were extra fancy and brave, they could explain their understanding on @Flipgrid A lot took the bait and did Flipgrid! Love it!

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I love using the live earthquake map from @USGS as a way to spark interest in our new unit of plate tectonics, earthquakes and volcanoes! Many of my 8th graders were shocked at the number of smaller quakes every day. https://t.co/fpQOrqshix

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I'll take any feedback anyone has! :)