Lauren Smith

"Él que lee mucho y anda mucho, ve mucho y sabe mucho." -Miguel de Cervantes

[Kirkley @WMSrocksCoach]

Using the Jig Saw!! #wmsrocks #AVID #learningrocks

[Lauren Smith @WMS_Spanish]

Using @GoogleForEdu Slides for a socially distanced Jig Saw today. Being 6 ft apart doesn’t have to stop the collaboration #rocksrise #wmsrocks361

[Lauren Smith @WMS_Spanish]

Hybrid and virtual learning means learning new study skills. Today we’re working on taking notes from a video. Stay tuned Thursday to see if we can make paper cranes using only our notes! #rocksrise #wmsrocks361

[Lauren Smith @WMS_Spanish]

Gold Team SRT’s tie-dye masks turned out great! Can’t wait to see Green Team’s tomorrow #rocksrise #wmsrocks361 #maskup

[Lauren Smith @WMS_Spanish]

Seeing back to school displays at the grocery store. As part of back to school, here are some great ways to prepare younger students for wearing a mask this fall #MaskUp #wwsallin #wmsrocks361

[Lauren Smith @WMS_Spanish]

“Every kid is one caring adult away from being a success story” - @rjmotivates #youmatter

[Lauren Smith @WMS_Spanish]

“How can we except kids to be successful if we don’t speak success into their lives?” —thanks @RJMotivates and @INBlackExpoInc for a passionate and energizing session #highexpectations

[Teach For America Indianapolis @TFAIndy]

Racially responsive, asset-based, informed -- panelists at the @INBlackExpoInc identify key ways to provide a more equitable education for Black students. https://t.co/Re4yRKtDQM

[Lauren Smith @WMS_Spanish]

Thinking about SEL, school reopening, and taking a stance against racism, discrimination, and inequities—if you haven’t been following along with the @INBlackExpoInc Education Conference, reach out! I’d love to share conversations, links, or notes. This work is critical.

[Lauren Smith @WMS_Spanish]

Love seeing kids’ creative side come out during even during virtual learning #wmsrocks361 #wwsrocks #wwsallin

[Lauren Smith @WMS_Spanish]

8th grade awards had to look a little different this year. Grateful to see some awesome students and deliver their awards (from 6 feet away) #wmsrocks361 #wwsrocks #wwsallin

[Lauren Smith @WMS_Spanish]

My students and I have been missing our SRT lunches, so today we had lunch together on @zoom_us #wwsallin #BetterTogether #wmsrocks361

[Lauren Smith @WMS_Spanish]

So grateful for @Flipgrid for allowing us to maintain as much face-to-face community as possible through this next month of school closures. It is 1:50 PM on our first day of eLearning, and Spanish students have already spent 19.5 hours connecting with each other and with me!

[Lauren Smith @WMS_Spanish]

The Concurso Academico team traveled to Southport and took home first place in the middle school division and the spirit award! Such a great Saturday seeing lots of hard work pay off #wwsallin #wmsrocks

[Lauren Smith @WMS_Spanish]

Hope everyone is having as great of a Wednesday as these two!

[Lauren Smith @WMS_Spanish]

Hot Seat interviews let us acquire language and build relationships through student centered learning. As a bonus, we got to celebrate this awesome kiddo on his birthday last week!

[Lauren Smith @WMS_Spanish]

When your skit partner is absent, you improvise and wear several hats #teamwork #wmsrocks361 #wwsallin

[Lauren Smith @WMS_Spanish]

SRT celebrated our Pictionary tournament win with root beer floats #wwsallin #wmsrocks361

[Lauren Smith @WMS_Spanish]

Using this 2 hour delay for some professional reading. Some great reminders from @desautels_phd’s book “Eyes Are Never Quiet”

[Lauren Smith @WMS_Spanish]

So deeply grateful for the opportunity to engage as a panelist with @TFAIndy about trauma informed and healing classrooms. Thank you for the space to both share my practices and to learn from the expertise others