Vita Carnduff

Ruler of the Kingdom of Carnduffia at River Trail School, Golden Apple Teacher of Distinction 2014, Gamification + Imagination = Motivation and Transformation

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@WNPL thank you for having us and for the fabulous tour! The kids have already decided we are doing this again next year!😁👍🏻

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Final incentive party of the year was a DEAR Day! (Drop Everything And Read) Walked to our local library to pick out books, had a picnic outside, and enjoyed read alouds throughout the day from some FABULOUS guest readers! Awesome day!!! @RTSVikings @d56achieve #carnduffianquest

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@alicekeeler https://t.co/IAeWacCpLU teacher salary

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VICTORY!!! W/ less than 2 mins left, these kids “Broke Out” of their first kit-based Breakout EDU, “Spring into Poetry” The teamwork, perseverance, & creative thinking was AMAZING! Thanks @breakoutEDU & @DainElman for the fun memories! #carnduffianquest @RTSVikings @d56achieve

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Questers had fun doing their 1st virtual Breakout Room in math today! This one focused on fractions. They used teamwork, collaboration, perseverance, & lots of problem solving in order to solve these puzzles! I am so proud! #carnduffianquest @breakoutEDU @d56achieve @RTSVikings

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Making waves in science! Groups recorded videos teaching about the difference between low and high sound waves, and had a blast doing it! #carnduffianquest @d56achieve @RTSVikings @MysterySci

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Questers celebrated awesome literature by creating cereal boxes based on novels and sharing creative commercials trying to entice their classmates to buy their product! Such creative kids!!! #carnduffianquest @d56achieve @RTSVikings

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The D56 Maker Faire was a success! We had SO much fun sharing our 3D prosthetics, that we will be doing it again at the Lake County Maker Faire at CLC on Sat. April 15th! #carnduffianquest @d56achieve @RTSVikings @DainElman @makerfaire

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Look at the AMAZING 3D animal prosthetics these 4th graders designed and printed! Come read their origin stories and talk to the creators at our D56 Maker Faire at Viking middle school tomorrow 3/21 from 3:30-7pm! #carnduffianquest @d56achieve @RTSVikings @makerfaire @DainElman

[Vita Carnduff @QueenCarnduff]

Questers are getting ready for the D56 Maker Faire on 3/22! At Viking from 3:30-7pm, come check out the cool 3D printed prosthetics they made and read their origin stories! This project is based off the book, “Beauty and the Beak”! @RTSVikings @d56achieve @DainElman @makerfaire

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Kaida has been getting used to her new role, “Dragon of the Castle” and the Questers are enjoying their “Kaida Cuddles”! She is also being trained as an emotional support dragon according to the kids😂🥰👍🏻 #carnduffianquest @RTSVikings

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The Keeper of the Castle (a student selected to be the Queen’s helper every week) gets to choose two friends to come in at recess to spend time with and take care of Kaida. Here are pics from the last two weeks. (Spoiled dragon alert!) #carnduffianquest @RTSVikings @d56achieve

[Vita Carnduff @QueenCarnduff]

The Carnduffian Questers are proud to introduce to you to Kaida, our resident dragon! Every castle needs a dragon, and we love ours! She’s settling in wonderfully and the kids are so excited!!! #carnduffianquest #dragoninthecastle @RTSVikings @d56achieve

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Part of our incentive party today was free choice time and one of my Questers offered to run a drawing workshop. Half the class took him up on his offer! He taught them to draw dogs & dragons!🥰 (they don’t always choose electronics!) @d56achieve @RTSVikings #carnduffianquest

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Questers earned a pumpkin decorating incentive for earning positive gotchas in October! We enjoyed going to the Maker Space. Such creative kiddos!!! #carnduffianquest @d56achieve @RTSVikings

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4 square problem solving in math! Having some fun with friends and conquering our fear of word problems!!! #carnduffianquest @RTSVikings @d56achieve

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I think of what the world could be… A million dreams that you will one day achieve! You, my Questers, will change the world. Your hard work and dedication pays off! Phase 2 of Operation Dragon begins next week! So proud! #carnduffianquest ⁦@RTSVikings⁩ ⁦@d56achieve⁩

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For Red Ribbon Week today we wore mismatched socks and couldn’t pass up the opportunity to show them off! @RTSVikings @d56achieve #carnduffianquest

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Yes, it’s true, teachers like to photobomb their students every now & again!😂👍🏻 Questers are working hard on the persuasive presentation they’ll be giving our principal next week! Love the teamwork and commitment! @RTSVikings @d56achieve #carnduffianquest #dragonforthecastle

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Less than two months in and it already feels like we are a family. This group is going to do AMAZING things. Trust me. #carnduffianquest @rtlearns @d56achieve