Stephanie Smith

3rd grade teacher at Samuel L. Gravely Elementary School (Virginia)

[Stephanie Smith @ssteph2014]

Reading buddies with kindergarten #seadogspotlight

[Stephanie Smith @ssteph2014]

First day of school! Students working collaboratively on a 120s chart activity. Blown away with how well they worked together in a group activity on day 1! Challenging base ten 120s chart tomorrow #seadogspotlight

[Stephanie Smith @ssteph2014]

#seadogspotlight a short read about summer planning PBL

https://t.co/4MEu9rE6gJ

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"One 'move' I made that enhanced my PBL teaching was developing the classroom project wall into an active teaching tool, rather than a bulletin board." -@istevenson75 #PBLprotips #PBL #deeperlearning #hqpbl https://t.co/7jreXsQQzp

[Stephanie Smith @ssteph2014]

Feedback is the "secret sauce" to improving quality of student work.

I enjoyed sharing and receiving feedback with other educators during #pblohio from around the country

I look forward to making revisions to the current PBL to implement it this school year! #seadogspotlight

[Stephanie Smith @ssteph2014]

Day 2 #pblohio. We discussed strategies to promote critical thinking

2 of my favs:
1. Pro/Pro chart instead of a pro/con chart: looks at positives of two different views,topics, etc

2. Scribble Bird to promote generating ideas: given a scribble, create a bird #seadogspotlight

[Stephanie Smith @ssteph2014]

Take away from Day One of #pblohio

"They are not here to fill in the blanks on worksheets: they are here to accomplish original, beautiful work."

I loved reading about the importance of 'beautiful work' in all subjects areas leading to quality work. #seadogspotlight