Tara Ott

Creating student leaders, thinkers, and innovators. Loving arts integration and all things technology.

[Tara Ott @MrsOttNHE]

Students created a non-locomotor movement to show what they do for fun. Students showed their movements using rotating partners. Volunteers came to the front to show a partner's movement. The audience guessed who created the movement. #communitybuilding #belonging @NHE_HCS

[Tara Ott @MrsOttNHE]

@NHESTEAMLAB @NHE_HCS You are providing an amazing learning opportunity for these kids. @NHE_HCS students are so lucky!

[Tara Ott @MrsOttNHE]

We had the BEST time at the Arts Educator Conference at the @woodruffartsc. We are excited to share our learning and grow arts integration @NHE_HCS!

[Tara Ott @MrsOttNHE]

Students used their actor's tools today! They used their imagination, face, body, and levels to become a character. @alliancetheatre @NHE_HCS

[Tara Ott @MrsOttNHE]

Students became architects, measuring the scale model of a floor plan, then re-measuring based on the scale ratio. Learning is noisy and collaborative. These kids were thinking hard! @NHE_HCS

[Tara Ott @MrsOttNHE]

Feedback is critical to student learning.

Students received feedback on four different occasions during our latest writing piece, both from me and their peers. On the last day, students reviewed all feedback and reflected on what they learned. @NHE_HCS @ELA_HCS

[Tara Ott @MrsOttNHE]

Students incorporated the conjunctions 'but' and 'so' into their writing. What's the difference? How do conjunctions help us precisely communicate ideas? We completed sentence stems, unscrambled sentences, and incorporated sentences into our writing. Thank you @TheWritingRevol

[Tara Ott @MrsOttNHE]

Writing poems to reflect the different properties of matter. We discussed stanza, line, and rhyme.

Next week, students will choreograph poems using different movement qualities. @NHE_HCS @MickiFoster @MrsCulpepperNHE

[Tara Ott @MrsOttNHE]

Students performed their choreography today. Movement sequences demonstrated students' understanding of movement qualities. Can you identify the smooth, sharp, suspended, swinging, or swaying movement? @NHE_HCS

[Tara Ott @MrsOttNHE]

Thrilled to share this amazing activity about cultivating belonging in our community. Every student in 2nd-5th grade participated. Thank you Alliance of Teacher Leaders! #henryatl2022 @robininhampton @LearnInHenry

[UGE_HCS @UGE_HCS]

Ms Smith has 100% engagement from her 5th graders as they race to identify and spell the correct vocabulary term. @ELA_HCS

[Tara Ott @MrsOttNHE]

The glow run was a success! Such a great experience for our kids. @NHE_HCS

[Tara Ott @MrsOttNHE]

Students created a movement sequence with locomotor and non-locomotor movement to showcase the difference between mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and fish. Classification choreography was a success! @NHE_HCS

[Tara Ott @MrsOttNHE]

Nothing makes me happier than students making connections between movement and academic content.

These students explained how their movement showcased the attributes of mammals. Classification choreography was a success! @NHE_HCS

[Tara Ott @MrsOttNHE]

What does it mean to be precise? How can we be precise when we speak, write, and engage in math? @NHE_HCS @SHodges1980 @FletcherInFirst

[Tara Ott @MrsOttNHE]

Learning is collaborative and often noisy.

These students worked on constructing viable arguments today. Which shape doesn't belong?

Does your response use language of the discipline? Does your response effectively organize your ideas? @NHE_HCS @SHodges1980 @FletcherInFirst

[Tara Ott @MrsOttNHE]

Best 👏 Teacher 👏 Ever 👏

[Julie @MrsSterlNHE]

Chorus at New Hope Elementary Kick Off today! What a great experience to bring JOY! The kiddos had so much fun singing, dancing, and practicing songs for the upcoming musical! #nhe_HCS @msbaileysmusic
Beauty&theBeast
Spacingandsingingpopgoestheweasel

[Tara Ott @MrsOttNHE]

@msbaileysmusic I want to be in your class!

[Stacy Salter @stacyrsalter]

Simply magical. Total Participation! Can literally stand in center of room and have a 360 view of student thinking and clear up misconceptions quickly!! They turn green light on when ready to share. Red light when struggling. @Math_HCS @makishawilliams @kkinsler3 @DrSherfield

[Robert Kaplinsky @robertkaplinsky]

I enjoy Marian Small's (@marian_small) Open Questions. She takes a traditional problem and opens up parts that lead to interesting explorations and conversations.

If you like them too, she's got an online workshop about creating & using open questions: https://t.co/ixQ9eAezEv