Alyssa Powers

24-25 Lexington/Richland 5 District Teacher of the Year • 5th Grade Teacher • ELA and Social Studies • Irmo Elementary School

[Alyssa Powers @arpowers_]

@fraser_flyers I try to meet with mine once a week but it doesn’t always work out that way. I have tried grouping both by reading level and areas of growth I notice when conferring. I find grouping them based off of strategies they need to learn is more helpful than reading level :)#connectin5

[Alyssa Powers @arpowers_]

Making memes for class has been way too much fun 😂 Showing this to my students tomorrow when we reflect on how well we have been annotating and make goals for ourselves as annotators of texts. They are going to love this :) #Connectin5

[Alyssa Powers @arpowers_]

A colleague sent me this podcast for kids the other day - I am SO excited to use this as a model next month when we start our Opinion Writing unit! Can't wait to get students started making their own podcasts! #Connectin5 https://t.co/E1B9S5CBcD

[Alyssa Powers @arpowers_]

@LaFaverScience I see using Twitter in the future to connect students and possible do a live chat where they interact with one another and discuss a certain topic! #connectin5

[Alyssa Powers @arpowers_]

@LaFaverScience I liked seeing everyone answer at the same time and connect with one another in real time!! :) #connectin5

[Alyssa Powers @arpowers_]

@LaFaverScience @MicrosoftFlip #connectin5

[Colby Sharp @colbysharp]

@arpowers_ @LaFaverScience Thank you! New “books we’re reading” video coming in the next day or two!

[Alyssa Powers @arpowers_]

@LaFaverScience I have loved following @colbysharp to see what his fifth graders are reading and what books he recommends! #connectin5

[Alyssa Powers @arpowers_]

@LaFaverScience Digital citizenship and media literacy go along nicely with the ELA standards! Especially right now, when we will be researching for our informational writings coming up! We will talk about valid resources and citing your sources! #connectin5

[Alyssa Powers @arpowers_]

@LaFaverScience Connecting via social media does not take as long as you’d think! And rather than it being “just one more thing” it definitely adds to your professional experience and gives you great ideas from other educators outside of your school! #connectin5

[Alyssa Powers @arpowers_]

@LaFaverScience I love celebrating my daily practices at school and getting ideas from other educators! #connectin5

[Alyssa Powers @arpowers_]

@LaFaverScience My name is Alyssa Powers - I teach 4th Grade ELA and Social Studies! #connectin5 📚🌎

[Alyssa Powers @arpowers_]

😎📚 #Connectin5

[Alyssa Powers @arpowers_]

@peterhreynolds So excited to add this to my Peter Reynolds collection!! #Connectin5

[Alyssa Powers @arpowers_]

❤️ #Connectin5

[Weston Kieschnick @Wes_Kieschnick]

We don’t teach content.
We teach kids.

[Alyssa Powers @arpowers_]

How do we learn what a successful Socratic Seminar looks like? Fishbowl Socratic Seminar! We watched a few strong SS students have their own SS while we captured our noticings and wonderings. So many insightful discussions came from it!!! @OakPointeElem

[Zak LaFaver @LaFaverScience]

Check out all these awesome @LexRich5Schools people ready to learn how to use Social Media in The Classroom! #D5HeartWork #OurD5Story #ConnectIn5

[Alyssa Powers @arpowers_]

My new favorite thing - Look Who Got Caught Reading!!! Sneaking pics of kiddos who just can’t put their book down! Check out all these awesome readers in 4th grade at @OakPointeElem!! 📚🕵️‍♀️#lookwhogotcaughtreading

[Alyssa Powers @arpowers_]

Learning through discovery in Social Studies today! We did a Jigsaw activity where students got one piece of the New World Map, captured their noticings and wonderings, built the whole puzzle, and noticed and wondered some more! 🌎💡🔍

[Lauren Tarshis @laurenTarshis]

I Survived 22 is coming out on 9/6! To celebrate, I'm giving away 8 signed copies from this box of author copies that arrived today. RT to enter, winners announced 9/1. Can't wait to get this into your readers hands!!!! ❤️🚂@Scholastic