Michelle Kibic

4th Grade Teacher, AVID Coordinator @ Arturo Sanchez Elementary

[Michelle Kibic @MKibicSES]

Our futures are bright in Room 72!! Sunglasses Day!!

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We’re TOO BRIGHT for drugs!! Shining bright as neon lights in Room 72!!

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Sock It to Drugs!! Crazy Sock Day in Room 72!! #Kibic72

[Michelle Kibic @MKibicSES]

A GREAT time during our 1st AVID Ambassador Club meeting of 2023/24! We learned what an ambassador is, discussed how important their roles are, & we pledged to be the leaders that we are called to be as AVID Ambassadors! It is going to be an amazing year! #soaringtonewheights

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Congratulations to Room 72’s top 3 Math Routine participants for the month of September! #Kibic72

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Working on our Math Facts using a math game called Fixed Factor War! #soaringtonewheights #Kibic72

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Taking on CGI Math in Room 72! Some students using their tools to make sense of math! #soaringtonewheights

[Michelle Kibic @MKibicSES]

Using additional sources to gather research on woodpeckers! We used this to create an AVID 1-pager and will be using it to organize our thinking for an informational essay! #soaringtonewheights #nlmunified

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Did you know that certain types of stress can actually be positive for young children’s healthy development?

On first blush this may sound counterintuitive. But it’s true. Here’s why:

No one is immune from stress in life - and while the prolonged and chronic activation of the body’s stress response systems (as a result of things like domestic violence, drug abuse, and/or a caregiver’s mental illness) can have developmentally toxic effects on children, periodic exposure to “positive stress” helps them learn to navigate the world around us.

What is positive stress? In a nutshell, positive stress is short-term and well-supported exposure to things that may be uncomfortable - or even a little bit frightening.

Things like:

Having to share your toys.

Visiting the doctor’s office for an immunization.

The first day in a new classroom.

Or, in this case, going through the car wash.

Positive stress helps to nurture resilience and bravery - which this little guy is showing in abundance.

Watch how hard he works to overcome his apprehension about the car wash - powering through in a (semi-successful) effort to convince himself that the experience is actually fantastic. (Fake it ‘til you make it, little guy!)

He’s under some stress, but that’s okay. It’s brief, he’s completely safe, and he is well supported by his parents - allowing him to begin developing essential life skills.

To be clear, the message here is NOT to seek out opportunities to create anxiety. Instead, it is that we are all periodically exposed to brief periods of discomfort and that these aren’t necessarily to be avoided at all costs, even during the early years.

This sweet video via briannaaweaver on TT.

[Michelle Kibic @MKibicSES]

First “Ways to Make” of the year! Already identifying patterns that will hopefully transfer into deeper math understanding throughout and later in the year! #Kibic72

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Great turn out for B2SN!!

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Showing our College Sprit for College Attire Wednesdays!! #Kibic72

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I can’t get enough of these #vpns !! Today we used it to generate topics for a persuasive letter to our Principal! Students did a gallery walk and decided on their top three topics! #Kibic72

[Michelle Kibic @MKibicSES]

Introduced one of my Math Warm Up Activities, “Notice & Wonder”. Whether what they share is math related or not, all student thinking is valued! Not to mention…we were all craving chocolate by the end of the activity 😆! @BerkeleyEverett #Kibic72

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This year’s first #countingcollections ! Such a great way to engage students while getting a baseline observation of their counting strategies! #Kibic72

[Sanchez Elementary @sanchezdragons]

We enjoyed our visit from Superintendent Lopez. Our students loved sharing their learning with you today! #nlmusd

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Working on our Inquiry! Being curious while looking at science phenomena and using our #vnps to generate questions and wonderings. Next step is to tie these to Costa’s Levels of Questioning. #AVIDElementary #Kibic72 #soaringtonewheights #nlmunified

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It was a lengthy process but we created our Classroom Mission Statement! I plan to revisit it and revise it throughout the year! #soaringtonewheights #AVIDElementary #Kibic72 #nlmunified

[Michelle Kibic @MKibicSES]

Room 72 did such an AWESOME job partnering with our TK class as we rotated between our school’s different PBIS stations and learned how to “SOAR” when we’re on campus! #soaringtonewheights #goforthegold #nlmunified @sanchezdragons @nlmusd #Kibic72

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Building Relationships: Name Toss Game. Giving my students an opportunity to learn new things about each other! #AVIDElementary #Kibic72