WO kindergarten and third-grade buddies teamed up in our Makerspace to design the tallest possible towers using the engineering design process - capturing their progress through @stopmotionapp and learning from each wobble or collapse!
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Our #WOSchool Kindergarten Spring Festival performance was a joyful celebration of growth, friendship, & the magic of spring! Our little performers truly blossomed on stage today—thank you to our amazing teachers and supportive families for making it so special! #WeAreChappaqua
Our Kindergarten Spring Festival performance was a blooming success! It warmed our hearts to see our community of students and families gather together for a celebration of song and Spring. A big thank you to Dr. Free and our wonderful Kinder Crew for the perfect send off to break! Here’s to more joyful moments ahead… 🌞🎶🐸 #WOschool #WeAreChappaqua #SpringFestival
K writers loved using multicultural crayons in their illustrations! We are learning to use colors that make sense for our skin, hair, and eyes. #WeAreChappaqua#WOSchool
Jenna Baig is returning to Westorchard to teach kindergarten, and is honored and excited to work with our youngest learners! Since 2021, she has held multiple roles in the Chappaqua community, most recently as a first-grade teacher at Roaring Brook. #WeAreChappaqua
🌞📚 This summer, we're diving into professional learning! Today, CCSD teachers were participating in engaging sessions focused on AI, literacy, science curriculum work, and more! #WeAreChappaqua
Our final #elementarymath PD session of the year gave us a chance to celebrate the work we’ve done with our students, and share our evolved thinking about the teaching and learning of mathematics. On to the next chapter of our math autobiographies…
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Happy Earth Day! First graders listened to the story “Me on the Map” and created maps of our planet, all the way down to a map of Chappaqua! #WeAreChappaqua
Today’s in-service class had Ts thinking about the differences between automaticity, accuracy, & fluency. We asked ourselves this important question from #TheMathPact: “Is the goal of mathematics answer-getting or long term mathematical understanding?”
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Fostering math growth mindsets in first grade! Students are learning to see mistakes as strengths. Such a great activity found in my book club book! #WeAreChappaqua
Big takeaways from today's PD session: Using a multiple-representation approach…
✔️ invites Ss in
✔️ gives Ts insight to student thinking
✔️ activates the left & right brain at the same time
✔️ promotes flexibility
✔️ deepens understanding
…and more! #WeAreChappaqua#iteachmath