Hannah Chandler
Children will tell you what they want. If you listen, they might show you what they need
In my last blog post, I reflected on Opal’s 3’s experience of getting their writer’s notebooks, a process which I hoped would help them see themselves…
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Growing and Celebrating Writers
A writing life is a life with all the windows and doors open * * * * * * * -Julia Alvarez Ideas are all…
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Imagine All of Us Coming Together to Wonder
The beginning of the school year marks a time of wonder: What will this class of children be like? Where will our studies, interests, and…
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Early Fraction Math Work: Math Congress
To launch our work with fractions, students were told a story about another class of fourth graders who were going on a small group field…
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Beginning the Year Together
This will be an atypical blog post, but I wanted to capture and share some of the moments that have been happening in Opal 3.…
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