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“I Noticed And I Wondered” Became Geniushour

Posted on March 27, 2018 by faige

I came into the first grade class that was my substitute assignment for the day, and looked around the classroom. I immediately noticed a different seating configuration. What a great day to sub! It was Parade of Nations and International … Continue reading →

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Geniushour and Origami: No Lazy Learners Here

Posted on March 10, 2018 by faige

I subbed in four classrooms this week: Monday, 1st grade; Wednesday, a 4 year old program; Thursday, kindergarten; and Friday, another 1st grade class. It was a busy week and I’m becoming quite adept in wearing different teacher hats! A … Continue reading →

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Geniushour Leads To Tinkering

Posted on December 13, 2015 by faige

When you’ve left the classroom, but still want to share your passion you need to let go and listen to voices other than yours. Towards the end of my teaching career I discovered geniushour and the incredible educators who were … Continue reading →

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GENIUSHOUR AND OUR 100th Day OF SCHOOL

Posted on February 28, 2015 by faige

   Calendar Board Counting by 5’s A kinder shows her learning with tallies.             We have many ways of keeping track of our daily events in our kinder classroom from our birthday train to our … Continue reading →

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#Geniushour Leads Into Spring Break

Posted on March 29, 2014 by faige

We know that #geniushour is a big draw in our kindergarten class. The children have been pleading for another #geniushour #tinkering time, and today was the day! We had saved boxes, cartons, tubes and the like for just this time. … Continue reading →

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How We Made Our 100th day of School Part of Geniushour

Posted on March 5, 2014 by faige

We have always celebrated our 100th Day of School with a museum exhibit of our collections. At my school we have a nice space to display the collections and we invite all members of our school community to come and … Continue reading →

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January begins with #Geniushour

Posted on January 11, 2014 by faige

We came back to school on Monday, January 6th, 2014 after a two week winter break. Part of my Morning Message on the SMARTBOARD: This afternoon we will have #geniushour. The excitement was palpable as the children “turned and talked” … Continue reading →

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#Geniushour In Kindergarten

Posted on September 29, 2013 by faige

This has been an exciting and adventurous week in my classroom. Johnny Appleseed inspired our week long science lesson about “Apples In Water” as the children hypothesized and brainstormed ideas why the apple weight of the three different configurations of … Continue reading →

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Halloween 2020

Posted on November 2, 2020 by faige

From The Desk Of The Retired Teacher This isn’t really a post about Halloween. Here is one I wrote a few years back, Halloween and GeniusHour This is more about Zoom, invites and what I learned. A reflection that left me … Continue reading →

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Sidelined – But What If

Posted on October 1, 2020 by faige

From The Desk Of The Retired Teacher Eye surgery number 2 done ✅. Both eyes needed cataract surgeries. Boy was I taken by surprises when I heard that from my ophthalmologist and fear gripped me! But now I just need to wait untill … Continue reading →

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