Valerie Carter

Passionate educator, all @ talent development, advocates for underserved gifted, ed geek and mom x2.

[Valerie Carter @TeachThinkn]

@centreridgees @LoraRochester9 Yes 🙌

[Valerie Carter @TeachThinkn]

CRES Young Scholars had an amazing field trip to @VT_ThinkabitLab today! YS were inventive, critical and creative thinkers as they considered their strengths, interests and values to engage in the engineering and design process. #YoungScholars #CRESConnections @centreridgees @JackieKwon101 @fcpsaap

[Valerie Carter @TeachThinkn]

CRES POG Squad excited to share our journey diving deeper @FcpsPOGPOL Conference! @centreridgees @MrsEvans03 @KileySheri @kristincmcclure

[Valerie Carter @TeachThinkn]

Having the ability to spot “potential where others had missed it,” is so important along with nurturing potential and the motivation to reach it!🙌👏 https://t.co/VGJ5T5XZCJ

[Valerie Carter @TeachThinkn]

Kindergarteners in Ms.Clark’s room were thinking like scientists as they investigated push and pull to see how far the car would travel. They formed hypotheses, tested their predictions and compared the results. #thinkinglikescientists @centreridgees @CRESKinder

[Valerie Carter @TeachThinkn]

Week 2 of Young Scholars After School Club was a fabulous success! 3rd-5th YS utilized our LEGO Spike Essentials Kits to design, code and build a Cable Car as they investigate problems with transportation in our community. Some of the 5th graders were intrigued by the amusement park rides! @centreridgees @mrshunter13

[Valerie Carter @TeachThinkn]

@YongFearless5th Love it!!

[Valerie Carter @TeachThinkn]

At literacy CLTs this week, our K-2 teams got put on their DeBono’s Thinking Hats and experience a lesson using an upcoming language comprehension read aloud. 🎩 #CRESConnections @centreridgees

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@kirsten_m @fcpsaap Congratulations! So well deserved!

[Valerie Carter @TeachThinkn]

Ss in @YongFearless5th took a “Journey to the Center of the Earth” today as they utilized JASON Learning’s Tectonic Fury to learn more about the layers of the 🌍 and add to their own diagrams. @centreridgees #CRESConnections

[Valerie Carter @TeachThinkn]

“Curiosity helps you learn, build better relationships and keeps you young!”

The science of curiosity: why we keep asking "why" - Ness Labs https://t.co/jlu2v3hNPx

[Valerie Carter @TeachThinkn]

@CRESKinder @centreridgees ❤️ this! Creative and critical thinkers- FFOE in action!

[Valerie Carter @TeachThinkn]

@kristincmcclure @centreridgees 🙌 So proud! They did a fantastic job thoughtfully responding building on others’ thinking, sharing wonderings and nearly leading the conversation themselves! ❤️ that Ss asked for more talking chips!

[Valerie Carter @TeachThinkn]

Starting with concepts is key! 🙌

[edutopia @edutopia]

Crosscutting concepts—like patterns, cause and effect, and energy and matter—can help move students from novice to expert thinking by encouraging them to "apply their knowledge to real-world problems,” write @TKtalksSTEAM and @SammonSTEAM.
https://t.co/6HuaQe2lra

[Valerie Carter @TeachThinkn]

@CRESKinder @centreridgees Looks like and sounds like…POG skills in action! ❤️

[Valerie Carter @TeachThinkn]

@MrsEvans03 @centreridgees It’s going to be a great year! Welcome to the CRES family!

[Valerie Carter @TeachThinkn]

@ghazanfar_rozal @centreridgees @BaileysES_FCPS Room looks fabulous! Welcome to the CRES family!

[Valerie Carter @TeachThinkn]

@MsSlovensky @fcpsaap @FcpsPOGPOL Go YS! Great thinking!