Mrs. Bocian's Class

5th Grade English Language Arts and Social Studies Teacher at
Pleasantdale Middle School
Apple Teacher

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Students played the blame game for whose fault it was that Mr. Terupt was hit with the snowball. Great debates and lots of back and forth.

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Students created PSA's about a natural disaster they researched. Here is one student's creative example using Flipaclip.

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5 Tips for Gamifying the Classroom

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Students completed a breakout room for Esperanza Rising today. Happy to say almost all the groups successfully "broke out"!

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"Anything, but a Backpack" Day meets STEAM day all on a half day.

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Reviewing vocabulary with Kagan Showdown ✅
Helping one another by taking the role of "captain" ✅
Getting to write on the white board ✅

We love seeing our students take the lead in their own learning and help each other.

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Students created a tableau to visually demonstrate the story elements for the Nez Perce story of "Coyote and the Monster". They did a great job working together to plan and create the poses.

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This week students took turns quizzing each other using the showdown strategy. They also reviewed latitude and longitude by playing Coordinates Battleship.

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The 5th graders had to work together on Friday to cross the "hot chocolate river". I loved seeing their leadership, teamwork and communication. Thank you @bttriggs for the activity!

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In social studies, the students wrote break up letters from the colonists to King George. They did a great job and were fun to read. #nevergettingbacktogether #freedom

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Students participated in a debate for or against independence from Britain. They did such an amazing job! #d107 #todeclareindependenceornot

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Students used the @KaganOnline Showdown strategy today. Loved seeing students teach each other as well as taking turns in the "captain" role.

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@RepCasten So excited for you the students and you @JenLauermann. What a great way to end the year.

[Rep. Sean Casten @RepCasten]

When a “rock"-star 5th-grade class & science teacher discovered Illinois has no state rock, they conducted research, held an election, & recommended Dolostone to be Illinois' State Rock.

I addressed the House in honor of the great teachers and students committed to science.

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@GimkitInk
Help, I accidentally switched from an educator account to a student. How do I switch back?

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The 5th graders chose "One Word" to strive for in 2021. Here are just a few of their words.

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My wonderful co-teacher figured out that there is now a feature where you can add another teacher to a Pear Deck in progress. My day is made! Thank you @PearDeck!

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Such a great reminder of what is important right now.

[Tracey Servé (sur-VAY) @Tracey_Serve]

These ideals were important before e-learning but now are invaluable! #WereInThisTogether #WeAreD34

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Nothing better than dressing up and making elixirs in ELA class. As the kids would say- it's Potions with Mrs. Bocian! @PdaleSD #fabfifthgraders

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These are only a handful of the wonderful descriptive short stories the 5th graders wrote! They'll leave you wanting to know what happens next! #fabfifthgrade @PdaleSD