Susan Keller
21st Century Educator
Welcome to our classroom!
Our space is full of critical thinking, communication, collaboration and creativity. We plan every lesson to make a real world connection so there is always an answer to "why do we need to know this?" It is a social space that is built on respect, doing our best and showing up prepared. The students leave confident, knowledgeable and responsible.
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Image 1:
Students collaborated and created classroom procedures at the beginning of the school year.
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Image 2:
Students wrote letters to pen pals living in an assisted living facility in southern VA.
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Image 3:
While reading books for a social issue book club, students collected character traits as they read, created character trait posters and then wrote about whether they would be friends with their character, why or why not?
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Image 4:
Students created a square of a larger book quilt, with book title recommendations for rising 6th graders.
Left image:
Students created figurative language bookmarks for their elderly pen pals.
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Bottom left:
Black out poetry during poetry stations this spring.
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Below:
My amazing community of students wishing me a happy birthday.
