Abby Haydel (she/her)

4th grade teacher. Traveler. Dog mom. Smithie.

[Abby Haydel (she/her) @afulton345]

What do you do after testing all morning when it’s a beautiful day out? Take your @GowanGators on an angle and line scavenger hunt outside and mark them with Photo markup! Such a fun way to start our geometry unit #gatorsareamazing #appledistinguishedschool #whycrane

[Abby Haydel (she/her) @afulton345]

We’re working on a challenging math project this week & I wanted to give up today bc my Ss just weren’t getting it. But I’m determined! Excited to revamp, restructure, and try again on Monday. Messy learning is still learning!

[Abby Haydel (she/her) @afulton345]

Thank you for taking the time to chat with and inspire our @GowanGators @kennethoppel ! #whycrane #gatorsareamazing

[Abby Haydel (she/her) @afulton345]

Our @GowanGators 4th graders got to @Zoom with author @kennethoppel today after reading Silverwing in class! We love how technology allows us to extend our learning in such meaningful ways.

[Abby Haydel (she/her) @afulton345]

Life hack, elementary teacher edition: if you want to be called “the best teacher ever”, don’t worry about planning engaging and exciting lessons. Just play the @EncantoMovie sound track during class instead of your normal instrumental covers.

[Abby Haydel (she/her) @afulton345]

My @GowanGators wrapped up our multiplicative comparison unit by scaling up an ice cream recipe. Obviously that meant we had to make said ice cream today! #gatorsareamazing #handsonlearning #whycrane #growgatorsgrow

[Abby Haydel (she/her) @afulton345]

Working with our 8th grade buddies to create an animation showing the layers of the earth. Hanging out with our buddies gives our Gators a chance to build community and practice using new apps in a low pressure way that we can then use in our classroom!

[Abby Haydel (she/her) @afulton345]

My favorite part of math class is when we are able to look at real world numbers and apply our learning! Today, we sorted running times with decimals. I loved hearing the conversations when they disagreed… and seeing them use math to support their arguments! #gatorsareamazing

[Abby Haydel (she/her) @afulton345]

@ldoering3 @GowanGators They’re the best! You’re always welcome to stop by and see what we are up to!

[Abby Haydel (she/her) @afulton345]

Huge thank you to @ldoering3 for learning about the Colorado River watershed with our @GowanGators 4th graders! #whycrane #gatorsareamazing

[Abby Haydel (she/her) @afulton345]

We had so much fun hearing from @TheAmandaGorman. We loved writing a poem with her! So grateful for amazing technology that gives our Ss opportunities to hear from incredible world changers! #whycrane #gatorsareamazing

[Amanda Gorman @TheAmandaGorman]

Thank you so much to everyone who joined me and @lorenlong for our @Flipgrid live event for Change Sings! I had such a great time with you all 💛 @PenguinClass #TeachChange

[Abby Haydel (she/her) @afulton345]

Thanks @FlipgridEvents and @Flipgrid for brining @TheAmandaGorman to our @GowanGators classroom! We loved writing a poem and hearing from her and Loren! #whycrane #gatorsareamazing

[Abby Haydel (she/her) @afulton345]

On Halloween, we discussed the character traits of one of the characters in our class novel, Silverwing by @kennethoppel . Then, we built a model of that character and tested to see how far it could fly! #handsonlearning #stemchallenge #iteach4th #gatorsareamazing #whycrane

[Abby Haydel (she/her) @afulton345]

@GowanGators made granola bars to make a real world connection to our fraction unit. It made for an extra special treat at our Halloween party! #whycrane #gatorsareamazing #iteach4th

[Abby Haydel (she/her) @afulton345]

My heart is so full after working with our 8th grade buddies today! Our @GowanGators 4th graders learned how to use a new app and they had the BEST time! @AndiMartinez they cannot wait to see their buddies again! #whycrane #gatorsareamazing

[Abby Haydel (she/her) @afulton345]

Before learning about the speed of sound and how it travels in different mediums, our @GowanGators timed themselves running 50 meters so we had a point of comparison before diving into a @DiscoveryEd interactive activity. #gatorsareamazing #handsonlearning #stem #edtech

[Abby Haydel (she/her) @afulton345]

Would you rather have 1/2 or 3/4 of a treat? These sweet girls said 1/2 because it would be two equal shares of a treat. They made an awesome animation with @AppleEDU #keynote #magicmove #gatorsareamazing

[Abby Haydel (she/her) @afulton345]

Thank you to @MrsKemper for the amazing fractions activity! I loved seeing the how my @GowanGators chose different manipulatives and @AppleEDU apps to demonstrate understanding of fraction concepts #appledistinguishedschool #gatorsareamazing #whycrane

[Abby Haydel (she/her) @afulton345]

@a_schindy I did art with my 6th graders one year on the last few Fridays. We did things like tesselations and creating scale pictures using the grid method to make an image larger.

[Abby Haydel (she/her) @afulton345]

@CarlyeSueOrtiz You know how passionate I am about buddies! I’m so excited to see the amazing things we can make happen!

[Abby Haydel (she/her) @afulton345]

We met our 8th grade buddies today! Building relationships is so important and I’m so excited for our Gators to make connections with other students! #gatorsareamazing #whycrane #secrethandshakes