Abigail Decker

Curriculum Associate with @AspenHigherEd #ElonEd ‘21 | PNW born and raised 🌲

[Abigail Decker @abbideckeredu]

Thinking real hard today about how many of my favorite memories happened when I was surrounded by nature, and all the things I can do to keep that nature thriving 🌎#EarthDay #EnviroEd

[Abigail Decker @abbideckeredu]

Just popping back by to share some 3rd grade #EarthWeek adventures! Nature & me simile poems, seed paper cards made from our own recycled paper, five senses nature scavenger hunt, and of course, lots and lots of #learningoutside!!! Happy #EarthDay! 🌎🌳🍃

[Abigail Decker @abbideckeredu]

@scomorrison (Been a while since I’ve gotten to use that hashtag…Twitter resurgence in my future?)

[Abigail Decker @abbideckeredu]

@scomorrison Our success AND the success of our students! It’s not only helpful for us as teachers but ALSO our responsibility to our students to ask for support when we need it! #ElonEd

[Abigail Decker @abbideckeredu]

@sandra_bays @LisaTho421 Thanks for helping me get here 🥰🥰

[Abigail Decker @abbideckeredu]

Done all the prep I can. Now it’s time to take a step back and see where the kiddos take us 🌈 Happy #FDOS!!!

(A special thank-you to @LisaTho421 for introducing me to the sweetest #FDOS book out there 🥰)

[Abigail Decker @abbideckeredu]

@kendraleiko Thank you!!! Hope I can have even a fraction of the impact on my students that you had on me 🥰

[Abigail Decker @abbideckeredu]

Hey, Twitter—been a minute. One week from today, this bright & joyful classroom will be filled with third graders!! Can’t wait to see how they make it theirs 🌈

[Abigail Decker @abbideckeredu]

@enorvelledu @HESSPLASH Obsessed with this entire project ❤️❤️❤️

[Abigail Decker @abbideckeredu]

@sandra_bays @scomorrison Miss you SO MUCH!! I just know you’re doing amazing work with those kids outside 🌱 Thank you for inspiring the kind of teacher I am becoming ♥️

[Abigail Decker @abbideckeredu]

Handed Ss some shapes and asked them to classify all the shapes in at least 3 groups, using any rule(s) they wanted. Probably my fave answer: shapes that fit together, shapes that form a bird, shapes that form an arrow, and shapes that look like video game buttons. Brilliant!

[Abigail Decker @abbideckeredu]

(thanks @KatieAGPhelps for the inspo 👀 it turns out that a math activity can become a literacy activity!)

[Abigail Decker @abbideckeredu]

Happy #EarthDay! Sometimes getting to know the Earth starts with getting to know one square inch. Had the biggest smile on my face reading Ss’ myths and legends from their square inch worlds!!! #enviroed #eloned

[Abigail Decker @abbideckeredu]

Any #enviroed folks know what this might be? My students found it on an oak tree during our nature walk this morning and are thoroughly curious (as am I!)

[Abigail Decker @abbideckeredu]

Be sure to follow everyone who participated in the #ElonEd chat this evening!

[Abigail Decker @abbideckeredu]

Feeling super jazzed to go into #EarthWeek and uncover curriculum outside with my students all week long. Thanks, everyone! #ElonEd

[Abigail Decker @abbideckeredu]

Thank you SO much for participating in tonight’s #ElonEd chat! The next chat is on 5/2/21 and will be co-moderated by @kimvanarun and @MaddieWalter12!

[Abigail Decker @abbideckeredu]

A7: Time!! When we stop thinking of #enviroed as "extra" and start viewing it AS curriculum, we will have plenty of time in a school day to be environmental educators. #ElonEd

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https://t.co/AsddmxSHSt #ElonEd

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A6: "If we want children to flourish, we need to give them time to connect with nature and love the Earth before we ask them to save it." -David Sobel, Beyond Ecophobia #ElonEd

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Q6: How should teachers navigate investing students in the environment without centering overwhelming and often debilitating fears of climate change and environmental destruction? #ElonEd