Chad Van Den Hoek

Husband, twin DaDa, international educator, American expat, traveller lover of cycling, fishing, the outdoors, scuba diving, politics, and global issues!

[Chad Van Den Hoek @Chadvdh]

Columbia to Dissolve Lucy Calkins’ Reading and Writing Project https://t.co/W9rumgVOax

[Ben Smith @bensmithPE]

A fantastic way to finish off the week and raise money for Syria and Turkey. The annual staff v students BB game always draws a huge crowd. Even better when the @ISLuxembourg staff win too! True sportsmanship and fun had by all. Happy weekend #islconnects #GoEagles

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[David Walker @ISLDP_Lower]

Honored to be part of 4CV @ISLuxembourg class meeting today with written appreciations and compliments around the circle. Great well written compliments. Finished with news #islconnects #islthinks

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@howie_hua 12 +8 = 20
12+4+4=20
7+7 = 14
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@AEL_ES_AP The school offers one language, art, music/drama, and P.E. in the lower school and are EY-3 -Grade 5. Currently, 40 minute class blocks

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Looking to have some conversations about scheduling in primary schools. How long are your class blocks? Same weekly schedule or weekly rotation? What’s working for your school? Or what’s not? Appreciate ideas/experiences!

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@AEL_ES_AP Let’s connect! Wanting to have dialogue on this front as our school puts everything on the table scheduling-wise to optimize learning.

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It’s actually @gfletchy’s 3-Act tasks!

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As part of our G4 Illustrating Multiplication and Division math unit, Ss in 4CV fell in love with @grfletchy 's 3-Act Tasks so we decided to make our own! Creativity abound! Ss used @WeVideoEdu to edit and create theirs. @mathsmakesense @ISLuxembourg #islthinks #ISLuxLS

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@sullympls @RandBall Light up a six-pack and a pound!?

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@EduRonen Great to hear from you! @jennifercypra & @CchsmitMike introduced my Ss to @tinkercad. It seemed like a natural fit with our unit & we were able to create better designs w/ our allotted maker space time because Ss had design convos prior to constructing their models. I'll PM you.

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4CV Ss creating natural disaster resistant designs combining research from Rs Workshop, @tinkercad prototypes, and our PYP central idea how living things and structures are impacted by the changing nature of earth. Thanks @jennifercypra & @CchsmitMike! @ISLuxembourg #islthinks

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What whittling? 4CV Ss trying their hand at whittling in conjunction with our Reading Workshop unit on realistic fiction & @KateDiCamillo's book The Tiger Rising. Ss certainly appreciated the craft and challenge! #islthinks #isllearns @ISLuxembourg @jennifercypra @CchsmitMike

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What an awesome way to kick off our How We Express Ourselves unit with a visit to a local graffiti park! The walk, the talk, the time outside the classroom, and the conversations were so rich! #islthinks #isllearns #islconnects @ISLuxembourg

[Jennifer Cypra @jennifercypra]

Fountains, statues, airports…G4 students collaborated to build creative communities in the @ISLuxembourg Makerspace #ISLuxLS @CchsmitMike @Chadvdh

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@pvbstweets So good! 😂

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‘“Space tourism” in our lifetime ✅ https://t.co/QCFaLVyyfg

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@DigitalNomadRob @katevdh Our LS and EAL are under one umbrella in the lower school which is new this year, previously it was separate.

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Never in a million years did I think I would be co-teaching with my wife, @katevdh, but here we are in G4CV doing it! I yielded to her and yes it was great!

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Women ministers in the Luxembourg gov't have inspired the next generation of female leaders in my classroom @ISLuxembourg! "Mr. Chad, I want to be a minister like them when I'm older." @DieschbourgC @SamTanson @TainaBofferding #womeninleadership