Julia Scalzo

K-5 Teacher of Gifted Education/Talent Development

[Julia Scalzo @juliascalz96]

McCarty 4th grade Thinkers kick off Friday warming up their brains at the Plexer Museum! @sfredericks21

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5PA Thinkers study elements of a plot using Pixar Shorts. Ideas sparked another lesson in SEL and theme! @mustangpride204 @sfredericks21

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Thank you @iagc_gifted and Shannon Anderson for sharing the importance of curiosity! Curiosity and wonder are essential to our kids and educators to promote innovation! Grateful my students are filled with wonder @mustangpride204 !

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As an @ipsd204 teacher, I am so honored to share learning strategies and resources with students via zoom for Talent Development for advanced learners at my alma mater, @uiowa ! Can’t wait for our spring session together! @belinblank @mustangpride204

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@mustangpride204 @WVHSStipp Loved seeing these young adults and hearing their plans!

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McCarty APPLES inventors just finished off their modules for the year! Thanks @mustangpride204 @CampInvention
Families, enjoy the treasures they bring home!

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Grammar Tournament?! Most useful part of speech? Least useful part of speech? @mustangpride204 thinkers in 5PA use criteria to determine the winner “tournament style”.

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@keithferrell4 @GombertGators Love, love, love this!

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5PA @mustangpride204 Thinkers use Hexagonal Thinking to work in teams for discussion of a short story. They then went on a gallery walk and posted meaningful comments for their classmates’ connections of lit elements. Check out these hives!

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2nd grade Thinkers @mustangpride204 use their Friday time this week for critical thinking fun using Thinker Task cards and Eye Cue puzzles.

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@drbrooksmusic Wishing this special group the best! So excited for them!

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5PA @mustangpride204 moves and collaborates with grammar using two Kagan strategies. @JENEVANSatKAGAN

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First Grade Engineers @mustangpride204 design a solution to solve Bruce’s problem with the holidays. @Novel_Eng

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Learning fun at @SAMLabs with the best! @mustangpride204 @lauranylen @klulay2 @TWM204 @TraciMarco_2M @lizkaleta

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5PA thinkers @mustangpride204 use “Last Word Discussion”. They loved taking turns facilitating deep, quality discussions!

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Characters dressed up as other characters for Halloween?! Check out these ideas from our @mustangpride204 thinkers! @IanAByrd thanks for the idea!

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@3pa_whitetigers @WelchWhiteTiger I love this!!!

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Living the Dream here at McCarty Elementary School, Home of Mustang Pride!

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@mustangpride204 This needs to be an ad in an education magazine! Mustang Pride!