Jessica Taylor

Teaching is the profession that creates all other professions.

[Jessica Taylor @jestaylor_fifth]

This morning Sharpsburg 5th grade was honored to place 5,000 flags for Memorial Day at the National Cemetery. I am so proud of our 5th graders. @KeithAllshouse @woodje_5th

[Jessica Taylor @jestaylor_fifth]

Super proud of my historians this morning! We dug deep into the preamble of the Declaration of Independence. Students were able to identify evidence to support the main ideas of the preamble!

[Jessica Taylor @jestaylor_fifth]

SBE 5th grade played virtual Coordinate Grid Battleship this morning, class v. class! Mrs. Taylor’s class came out as victorious, but an engaging math class was had by all! 😀 @woodje_5th @KeithAllshouse

[Jessica Taylor @jestaylor_fifth]

5th graders created “Booksnaps” this afternoon! It was an engaging and creative way to showcase their responses to our novel study. What a fun way to end the MP!? @KeithAllshouse

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Finding the volume of real world objects, it was a great time in math this morning! @KeithAllshouse @woodje_5th

[Jessica Taylor @jestaylor_fifth]

Watching with my fifth graders in Sharpsburg, MD! Thanks for sharing this history with us 😌 #Inauguration2021

[Jessica Taylor @jestaylor_fifth]

What teaching in 2020 looks like! WCPS, here we go!

[Jessica Taylor @jestaylor_fifth]

After hearing from @CTSKeeley this morning I wanted to keep the Science learning going this afternoon! Thanks @kristin_caudill for the awesome prerecorded session!

[Jessica Taylor @jestaylor_fifth]

“Interpretive listeners, listen for the meaning of students answers and responses”. As teachers we need to shift to interpretive listeners and not evaluative. So much to think about from Dylan Wiliam’s keynote! #wcpslearns

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Thinking about shifting our thinking about flexible and efficient math fact fluency strategies in 5th grade! #wcpsmdlearns @elemmathgurl

[Jessica Taylor @jestaylor_fifth]

Love the idea of pairing nonfiction text with graphic novels! So many awesome ideas from Donalyn Miller today! #wcpsmdlearns

[Jessica Taylor @jestaylor_fifth]

My teacher heart and love of books is exploding this morning! 📚 Hearing from Trevor Bryan about How Stories Work can transfer from reading to making students better writers!! #wcpsmdlearns

[Jessica Taylor @jestaylor_fifth]

Daily Math Fluency PD while hanging in the backyard. #wcpsmdlearns

[Jessica Taylor @jestaylor_fifth]

We launched our morning with a difficult Esti Mystery!! The tensions were high awaiting the final clue and reveal! What a great way to start our Math block today! #pbe #mathisfun #wcpsmd

[Jessica Taylor @jestaylor_fifth]

Using mindset mathematics “City Cubes” to jump start our volume unit! #wcpsmd #pbe

[Jessica Taylor @jestaylor_fifth]

Fifth graders are loving dividing whole numbers by fractions by making subs out of play doh! ❤️ these kind of math days, so much engagement! #pbe #wcpsmd

[Jessica Taylor @jestaylor_fifth]

Students created a pattern block design and used their knowledge of fractions to determine its value!

[Jessica Taylor @jestaylor_fifth]

These scientists are observing the progress of their ecosystems in a bottle and can identify the interactions between the Earth’s 4 spheres! They have successfully grown corn, beans, and peas! #PBE #wcpsmd

[Jessica Taylor @jestaylor_fifth]

Students previewed the text and developed their purpose for reading today in small groups! So proud of how far they have come with marking up the text with relevant info! #wcpsreads #proudteacher @trammjer

[Jessica Taylor @jestaylor_fifth]

Enlarging the text for our Notice/Wonder and shared reading had my fifth graders excited to follow along and mark up the text! Sometimes I steal @SpencerTaylor0 kindergarten ideas for fifth grade! #wcpsmd @CourtneyLeard @trammjer