Rachel Kovel

5th Grade Teacher📚. Coffee Lover☕️. Cat Lady🐱. Adventure Seeker🗺. #ColgateFresh

[Rachel Kovel @MsKovel]

One of my favorite activities to start the year. Doing the 100 Numbers Challenge to build group work expectations. All students lean in and stay focused! @ColgateES

[Rachel Kovel @MsKovel]

Inspired by @GlobalKdsl we started our math writing experience “Dear Math” this week by reflecting on our math feelings over time. We graphed our feelings to start journaling.

[Rachel Kovel @MsKovel]

The TSA agent (eyeing my gallon bag of overpacked liquids): 👀 is that a quart size bag…?
Me (after hearing @joboaler new math mindset): ISH!

What a great conference! Thank you to the whole @MidSchoolMath team and all those who attended!

[Rachel Kovel @MsKovel]

@MidSchoolMath This was an amazing conference- so much reminded me of GG! So grateful for everything ❤️

[MidSchoolMath @MidSchoolMath]

Congrats again to @MsKovel, recipient of the first Gladys Graham Award #2024MidSchoolMath

[Rachel Kovel @MsKovel]

@MidSchoolMath Remembering her in many ways. Personally, a true friend and confidant. I miss our conversations and always ending the call “alright, we can solve the world’s problems tomorrow”. A great laugh and a better heart. She is always on my mind.

[Rachel Kovel @MsKovel]

Presented with my good pal @wgibso1 at #nctm23 on our study about improving math identity with a coding project and look who greeted me from the @MidSchoolMath team! Missing my friend tremendously but so grateful to feel her with us there!

[Rachel Kovel @MsKovel]

A wonderful way to represent every student at school. A rainbow of self portraits using colors by grade. Brings me joy to look at! @ColgateES has a great art teacher 🎨 🌈

[Rachel Kovel @MsKovel]

Such a great conversation… lots of gems 💎 💬 and what an amazing concept for a book! “Words have power, so I have power because I have words.”

[Rachel Kovel @MsKovel]

Seeing Jason Reynolds speak about his new book, There Was A Party for Langston, at the beautiful @prattlibrary. 📖 ❤️

[Rachel Kovel @MsKovel]

Day 2 of thin slicing/problem strings and the thinking persists! You can see the knowledge mobility having an impact… @BCPSMATH @edicello15 @pgliljedahl

[Rachel Kovel @MsKovel]

Experimenting this year with @pgliljedahl Thinking Classrooms and improving student thinking dispositions. I’d say something’s working… 100% engagement in this problem string…

[Rachel Kovel @MsKovel]

Next up on our E’s summer author tour is Donald Crews and his wonderfully fun stories and great illustrations!

[Rachel Kovel @MsKovel]

@KeeneArin @prattlibrary @PatriciaPolacco Thank you ☺️

[Rachel Kovel @MsKovel]

He might only be 3mo old, but baby E is all signed up for summer reading at @prattlibrary and his first author study of the incomparable @PatriciaPolacco

[Rachel Kovel @MsKovel]

@read2kidz1 @JackieWoodson @prattlibrary That one is on my bookshelf at school! Love it!

[Rachel Kovel @MsKovel]

Baby E’s next author study is a fave @JackieWoodson !! 📚 thanks to @prattlibrary … (sorry E, this is what happens when you have a mom who’s a teacher…)

[Rachel Kovel @MsKovel]

@read2kidz1 @ColgateES Thank you for being such a wonderful steward to the garden! It is beautiful!

[Rachel Kovel @MsKovel]

Miss you Graham! Will always celebrate you and the impact you made on me and our school ❤️

[Mrs. Feen @Colgate_Library]

Today @CHeckert21 and I had the honor to award the first ever Gladys Graham Memorial award to a student who embodies her spirit of life and learning. Missing you always, GG 💙💛 @ColgateES