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Category Archives: Best Practices
Hot STEAMy Summer Camp
We are just finishing up our third and final camp for the Summer 2017 season. It’s been a summer of fun and discovery. There were so many times when STEM and Arts/Humanities were so interwoven you couldn’t distinguish one from … Continue reading
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Tagged Arts Integration, Intentional Instruction, STEAM
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March is Literacy Month
by KellyAnn Bonnell, MA There are few characters in American Pop Culture as iconic as those created by Theodore Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss. From Horton to the Lorax, the characters and their stories, have captured the hearts and … Continue reading
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Tagged Dr. Seuss, Literacy Month, Read Across America
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Handling Holiday Break Camps
by KellyAnn Bonnell, MA As teachers return to classrooms in January, OST professionals are brushing off the glitter from holiday break camps and shifting their thoughts to spring break camp and summer camp. This winter break, we at Pop Goes … Continue reading
Kidscreen: Kids have a non-fiction addiction. Now what?
After discovering just how much kids are drawn to non-fiction digital content, research firm Insight Kids shows how marketers and content creators can get in on the action. By Sarah Chumsky October 25, 2016 5,127,666,603. Lose track among the digits? … Continue reading
Preparing for All Hallow’s Read!
This year Halloween is on a Monday. This means we need to find appropriate ways of allowing our classroom communities to engage in festivities that are age appropriate and sensitive to the needs of the community. A family literacy night on … Continue reading
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Tagged All hallow's read, Family Literacy Night, Scary for Kids
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The String Maze for Critical Thinking
There is something elegant about string mazes. Boys in 4th-6th grade really love the challenge. This summer we used a string maze as a daily challenge for our Super Hero Summer Camp. Now many staff do not like string mazes. … Continue reading
Going Deep in After School
By KellyAnn Bonnell, MA When was the first time you “went deep” on a subject? I was about ten years old. I had just learned that April 15, my mother’s birthday, was the date the Titanic sunk. For some reason … Continue reading
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Tagged after school, depth, kellyann bonnell, learning loops, OST, out of school time, pop goes the classroom
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