Anna Fiorucci

May 2020 Teacher Graduate of Orlean Bullard Beeson School of Education

[Anna Fiorucci @FiorucciFacts]

Scrolling through my phone pics & found the experiments my 4th grade students were doing a month ago. How fun would it be to video your experiments and send them to students as the day’s science lesson instead of a YouTube video? Gives the students familiarity. #erosion #squids

[Anna Fiorucci @FiorucciFacts]

We did some pumpkin investigating today in Pre-K! This fun activity integrated math, science, language arts, and fine motor skills through the comparison of the inside and outside of our pumpkins. And of course, we had to make a scary jack-o-lantern with shapes 🎃

[Anna Fiorucci @FiorucciFacts]

Acorn counting and leaf sensory painting made for a great introduction to Fall 🍁🍂 Today’s teacher takeaway: set HIGH expectations. My 3 y.o. students identified which squirrel had more nuts and which one was going to be the most hungry. I love watching them show their thinking!

[Anna Fiorucci @FiorucciFacts]

@teacherstone @DrLizi @SamfordEd AMAZING!!!!!

[Anna Fiorucci @FiorucciFacts]

Today was all about letter recognition! My PRE-K students loved being able to find the letters on the apple, and it required them to use their fine motor skills to put the clothespin on. We ended the lesson with a little apple tree art 🍎🍏

[Anna Fiorucci @FiorucciFacts]

I love watching my students progress-especially in such short amounts of time. Today we finished day 3 of the scientific method. Day 1, the students had no idea what the scientific method was. Today, we wrote hypotheses using “if..., then...” statements! Tomorrow, we experiment!

[Anna Fiorucci @FiorucciFacts]

“What do you see?” This was an easy and effective number talk to segment our kindergarten math lesson about identity and sorting. @TerraNovaUganda top class knows how to think outside of the box!

[Amy Hoaglund @DrLizi]

Please consider donating to ⁦@TerraNovaAcad⁩ Trying to get 100 people to donate $10 to this ministry.

[Anna Fiorucci @FiorucciFacts]

I cannot believe that I will be traveling with @Ms_Hunter_ to Kampala, Uganda in one short month!!! The opportunities and education that Terra Nova Academy is providing for their children is truly inspiring. Help them grow, so more children can spread knowledge around the world!

[Terra Nova Uganda @TerraNovaUganda]

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[Anna Fiorucci @FiorucciFacts]

We wrote a bunch of letters, exchanged books, ate popsicles, and started a new friendship! I will definitely be implementing pen pals into my classroom because it was such an amazing and transitional experience!

[Anna Fiorucci @FiorucciFacts]

@chillwMsChilson @DrLizi Pig the Stinker is the BEST!!! We read it in kindergarten and laughed the entire book!!

[Anna Fiorucci @FiorucciFacts]

What makes @SamfordEd different from other education programs? It’s the amount of meaningful information that is poured into us. From IEP’s to running records, I have absolutely loved getting the opportunity to practice new material in different clinical settings!

[Anna Fiorucci @FiorucciFacts]

Meet @mssmeltzer_ and @msegrissom! We carpool together every day, and they inspire me to make the most of each day and find the best qualities in all of my students ❤️

[Anna Fiorucci @FiorucciFacts]

As I was preparing my lesson on the ch- digraph, I was researching how to incorporate an evidence based strategy. One of my favorites that I found was to use direct instruction through multi sensory teaching. Get ready kindergarten, we are becoming a choo-choo train tomorrow! 🚂

[Anna Fiorucci @FiorucciFacts]

Never underestimate the power of communication. My sweet friend has been struggling this week, but when I sat down with him to write a story, he created a masterpiece. It is so easy to overlook the hard kids, but it is so much more important to give them time! #Kindergarten

[Anna Fiorucci @FiorucciFacts]

We had a blast going to the Gardendale Public Library! @SamfordEd represented well during Samford Gives Back.

[Anna Fiorucci @FiorucciFacts]

Poverty is relative and occurs in all races and countries. As I prepare to go to an urban clinical next week, I have to be intentional about allowing myself to step into my students’ shoes. I’m excited to look at the data of my kinder class and use the data to enhance learning ✏️

[Anna Fiorucci @FiorucciFacts]

Saddened to see news like this! Common Core is important. Education is important. Most importantly, our children are important. It is time to take a stand for what is in the best interest of our students’ education.

[Ms. Stewart @msstewartsays]

Currently having a discussion about this with my colleague @Ms_Hunter_ , interested in learning how this will impact us as future educators. We will be calling our state representatives tomorrow to encourage this to not move forward. #alpolitics #commoncore

[Anna Fiorucci @FiorucciFacts]

Eric Metaxas opened his lecture series with the quote, “There is a lot of cliches, and I hate cliches”. Continuing the thought process of this quote, how amazing would it be if teachers stepped away from cliches and used evidence based strategies instead? #professionaldevelopment

[Anna Fiorucci @FiorucciFacts]

I’m currently at an AMSTI training. It is so fascinating to see how we can use classroom resources as technology. An effective research based strategy to use for technology and engineering is to apply the transition of objects to systems to processes. #scienceasaverb @3xjoy