avery lenards

future educator 🍎

[𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @DrBradJohnson]

Standardized tests have no place in elementary education. Because testing becomes the focus of education instead of learning. We take away the fun and excitement of learning, playing, exploring, & creating. We create test takers instead of problem solvers and innovators.

[avery lenards @averylenards]

Beyond blessed to have such amazing educators to look up to throughout my first job as a teacher!! Congrats Abby!

[Milken Family Fdn @Milken]

1st grade teacher Abby Turbak was sitting on the floor with her students when @TSandersonSD named her Watertown School District's first ever winner of a $25,000 South Dakota #MilkenAward. Hear those cheers? That's #ArrowPride!

@sddoe

[SDEA @SDEAEducators]

Congratulations, Abby!!!

[avery lenards @averylenards]

Second grade had a couple visitors today!! The Great Plains (traveling) Zoo taught us a lot about animals habitats and how they survive.

[avery lenards @averylenards]

Special day for second graders in Watertown!! We were lucky enough to meet Dennis Warner singer/author of Beads on One String! Go to the Goss to check out these special beads displayed!

[avery lenards @averylenards]

A little pre-May Day random act of kindness activity to wrap up Level lll's!! Such a fun activity with our first graders💐 @DSUteach @alyssa_smithsd

[Brian Aspinall @mraspinall]

Our students’ mental health is way more important than any test score.

[avery lenards @averylenards]

In honor of Earth Day, we reused milk cartons to make bird feeders! #EarthDay @DSUteach

[avery lenards @averylenards]

Prepped and ready to go for our first observation of our practicum! ⁦⁦@kevinsmithsd⁩ ⁦@betsyschamber⁩ ⁦@KatieAndersonSD ⁦@DSUteach⁩ ⁦@alyssa_smithsd⁩ #dsumath

[avery lenards @averylenards]

In my social studies course with @drnashscience we learned the importance of the 6 Proven Practices for Effective Civic Learning. Here is a link to my near-pod over the fourth proven practice! https://t.co/xKnKsjevES
#eled360 @DSUteach

[avery lenards @averylenards]

@burgessdave Author of Teach Like a Pirate has helped me see teaching with a different outlook. He asks you to explore your passions and immerse yourself into giving your students a safe place to grow together. So many great new teacher tools! #eled360 @drnashscience @DSUteach

[avery lenards @averylenards]

Math manipulatives are so important in a classroom. I love these manipulative for fractions because students can see exactly how fractions can be broken down. They are perfect to be hands-on yet educational. @kevinsmithsd #dsumath

[Mrs. Billings @MrsABillings]

When introducing a new math manipulative, it’s so important to provide time to explore, play, and discover with no task attached. Learning is actually happening! I always end with “What did you notice?”@FiresideRVS

[avery lenards @averylenards]

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[avery lenards @averylenards]

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[avery lenards @averylenards]

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[avery lenards @averylenards]

Good teaching can look many different ways. I think it is vital for teachers to focus on more than standards and content, but also on how to bring positivity into your classroom and into your students' lives. Kindness is key! #dsumath @kevinsmithsd

[K. H. Daughton, Ed.D @kathryndaughton]

Spending a few minutes each week on acts of kindness and stories of all the good there is in the world was the most powerful thing that I ever did in my classroom. It changed my life, my teaching and my students for the better. #teachkindness

[avery lenards @averylenards]

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[avery lenards @averylenards]

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[avery lenards @averylenards]

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