Colleen McCray

Lead Teacher/GATE Teacher at Fountain Rock Elementary, Washington County Public Schools, MD. Wife, and mom to two amazing kids!!

[Colleen McCray @CMcCray108]

Look who came to visit Fountain Rock and got their Thunderbird wings today!! @DaveSovine @JeffProulx1971 @wcpsmd

[Learning Forward @LearningForward]

We are proud to honor Principal Shari Palm for #NationalPrincipalsMonth.

@CMcCray108 writes, "Shari is the epitome of grace under pressure. She shows kindness and understanding and her example makes all of us want to work harder for her."

[Colleen McCray @CMcCray108]

Got to really explore STEM kits for helping students uncover content. Kinda loving the LEGO WeDo’s!! Thanks @KMcCray85 and @chriskopco #wcpsmdlearns

[Colleen McCray @CMcCray108]

Got to explore some awesome resources to help bring 5E’s to life!! Thanks @KMcCray85 and @chriskopco #wcpslearns

[Colleen McCray @CMcCray108]

Definitely just had a conversation at the pool with my children’s principal (from another school district) about the professional books we each brought with us to read! #wcpsmdlearns even after the summit is over for the day!

[Colleen McCray @CMcCray108]

Fountain Rock was really to roll today!! Great first day for staff and students! #wcpsfirstday @wcpsmd

[stephen merrill @smerrill777]

I know you know, *but*—keeping your elementary students focused means meeting them where they are. Here are 5 tips and reminders supported by the research. A recent piece I edited for @edutopia.

[Colleen McCray @CMcCray108]

Greenbrier is pumped to bring lots of ideas back after the Math and Science Summit! @EllistarTara @elemmathgurl #wcpsmd

[Colleen McCray @CMcCray108]

@escooter23 😝

[Colleen McCray @CMcCray108]

Really proud authors are sharing their stories about how to trap a leprechaun!! #kindergarten #wcpsmd

[Colleen McCray @CMcCray108]

Got to hear @KMcCray85 talk about using Google Expeditions in the classroom in amazing ways! Can’t wait to try this with my kindergarteners! @GoogleForEdu #WCPSMD #kindergarten #STEM

[Colleen McCray @CMcCray108]

A little spring fever makes investigating living things all the sweeter! So many plants are going to be coming up!! #kindergarten #STEM #wcpsmd

[Colleen McCray @CMcCray108]

@TechCoachAdam @CommonGroundMD @KMcCray85 So excited for you guys!!!!!

[Colleen McCray @CMcCray108]

Working on our understanding of addition with animal stories! Then we were visited by our Superindendent, Dr. Michael!! #kindergarten #WCPSMD

[Colleen McCray @CMcCray108]

Math brains hard at work!! They had to sort, classify, and count to find out which group had the most! #kindergarten #WCPSMD

[edutopia @edutopia]

#BestOf2018 Our most-watched video of 2018, this animated short highlights the research behind recess. Judging by the overwhelming response—almost 3 million views, 24,000 comments, and 64,000 shares across social media—our audience agrees!

Let the children play!

[Colleen McCray @CMcCray108]

Kindergarten civil engineers knocking down a wall without disturbing nearby houses! #science #STEM #kindergarten #wcpsmd

[✨ 𝒞𝒶𝓇𝓁𝓎 𝒮𝒽𝑜𝒸𝓀𝑒𝓎 ✨ @CarlyShockey]

👇🏽👇🏽 Today is the day! @DrKMcGee @tori_glass 🤩❤️🛍📚

[Kurt Stroh @strohreads]

Standing in the bookstore listening to parent after parent discredit their child's reading identity. Excitement squashed by lecturing on "real reading", "real books" and "appropriate levels.

Parents: If you want your children to be readers...

Just. Let. Them. Read!

[Colleen McCray @CMcCray108]

Mathematicians used lots of different tools to create sets of numbers - stickers, bingo dabbers, markers, and crayons!! #kindergarten #wcpsmd