Photos of Best Practices

This picture is from Ms. Amy Thompson’s first grade class at Spring Creek Elementary School. The students were sharing their writing focused on the Ideas trait.

 

Mr. Sam Simons' is a 5th Grade teacher at Red Bank Elementary School. Student learning in his classroom is enhanced by technology use. In today's gadget driven world, students need various types of media to capture their interests.

Ms. Danielle Barberi from Spring Creek Elementary uses this poster to remind her second graders how to choose just right books from the classroom library.

 

The classroom library in Ms. Danielle Barberi’s second grade classroom is organized by genre and topic (Spring Creek Elementary).

 

Ms. Liz Smith's from Normal Park Museum Magnet School has done a wonderful job with her 3rd grade classroom reading area.

 Ms. Jenny Kowalski from Red Bank Elementary School organizes her books by genre and subject. Each tub is labeled and numbered. Each book in that tub is also numbered so that it can be filed back into the correct tub.

 

McBrien Elementary is very proud of their leveled bookroom and how it is organized. Ms. Pam Roberts, McBrien's Title 1 teacher is responsible for organizing the bookroom and maintaining it. McBrien Elementary's Leveled Bookroom
 
McBrien Elementary's Leveled Bookroom