Kelsey Graham

#SCIALEADSTHEWAY @SCIABEARS @Guerrerotweets #IBLearners #MYPIB Students outside taking Nature Notes for our unit on People and the Planet. They were working smarter, not harder!

Published authors in my 8th grade honors ELA class! They were so stoked for the final copies to arrive! A Murder Mystery book #scialeadstheway #sciabears #IBMYP #BurtonExperience @studentreasures @Guerrerotweets @jenlsanders

The wonderful Mrs. Chrystie showing my first period kiddos the scrapbook of her father's time in the Korean War and WWII. They were very interested. #SCIAleadstheway #BurtonExperience @SCIABears

When a student in advisory class shares that they learned a new song for guitar class, and decides he is brave enough to share with us! Risk-Taker! #IBMYP #RISEUP #BurtonExperience 💕💚🐻💚💕

Exit tickets in connection to the curriculum and IB Learner Profile Traits. What was main character rite of passage, Which character was more of a risk taker, and how was the main character reflective by the end. #RISEUP #BurtonExperience

First read, annotations, and objective summaries in 7th grade for the launch text "Grounded". Critical Thinkers and Organization of content in their notebooks. EQ: What can one generation learn from another? #RISEUP #BurtonExperience

Warm-up: write about 7 happiness tips &how each one could help shape your life into a meaningful & healthy life. Rites of passage can be big events, or small changes we make to our outlook on life, in order to lead a more positive and meaningful life. #RISEUP #BurtonExperience

Hand-up, stand-up, pair-up to share and discuss the 5 rites of passage they find most important in their own lives. Paragraph writing to detail those examples. IB Communicators💬🌎. IB Thinkers🧠🌏.#RISEUP #BurtonExperience

Intro to unit 1 gallery walk with 8th grade. #BurtonExperience #RISEUP I See, I Think, I Wonder about different Rites of Passage in one's life. #SCIAbears

#IBMYP Community Project in action! Today we got a drawing lesson from Diego! He was a great teacher leading us to draw Predator. #whateverittakes #TIMETOSHINE #GreaterTogether #SCIAbears #SCIAjourney #ilovemyjob #ilovemystudents @jenlsanders @Guerrerotweets

So proud of my student Hayden for getting this together! All on his own! Community Project goals! I had to walk away and cry out of complete awe and pride for him 💚🐻💚 #whateverittakes #GreaterTogether #SCIAbears #IBMYP #ilovemyjob #ilovemystudents #everydaycounts #bsdproud

Choice reading summaries. Good way to get our brains ready for content! #whateverittakes #TIMETOSHINE #SCIAStrong #GreaterTogether #welovereading #everydaycounts #ilovemyjob #ilovemystudents

8th grade ELA completing a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast the short story to the video. #IBMYP rubric grading for Criterion B of Organization! #whateverittakes #TIMETOSHINE #SCIAStrong #BSDkeepthefocus #greatertogether #SCIAbears

7th grade ELA close reading the text and working in groups to complete the 4-2-1 Summarize Organizer. My little #IBMYP critical thinkers and communicators! #whateverittakes #TIMETOSHINE #SCIAStrong #BSDkeepthefocus #greatertogether #ilovemyjob #ilovemystudents #SCIAbears

When the #readership training leaders tell everyone to make sketch notes through the day. Doodling helps me learn! #whateverittakes #TIMETOSHINE #greatertogether #SCIAbears #SCIAjourney #BSDkeepthefocus #SCIAStrong

Editing constructive ACE response as a summative assessment based on 1st feedback. Currently waiting to return graded rubrics and feedback on Friday! Students in action! #IBMYP @jenlsanders #whateverittakes #SCIAjourney #SCIAStrong #BSDkeepthefocus #ilovemyjob #ilovemystudents

7th grade summative assessment reflection! #IBMYP students recieved criterion rubric grade with feedback and reflected on scores and improvement! Great responses! @jenlsanders #whateverittakes #bsdproud #SCIAbears #SCIAjourney #BSDkeepthefocus #SCIAStrong #TIMETOSHINE

Edgar Allan Poe short story image gallery walk! Image Analysis and Questioning #whateverittakes #TIMETOSHINE #SCIAStrong #BSDkeepthefocus #bsdcares #ilovemyjob #ilovemystudents #welovereading #everydaycounts

Each year teaching #IBMYP I get more & more confident. Glad for the push by @jenlsanders to fully incorporate Criterion Summative Assessment Rubrics and IB Grading! READY FOR THIS! 💚🐻💚 #whateverittakes #TIMETOSHINE #SCIAStrong #BSDkeepthefocus #ilovemyjob #ilovemystudents