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Past Work
 Critical PedagogyFifth grade critical history series. In this series, students learned about lesser known American historical figures, and engaged in research to summarize this figure's contributions to humanity, and the ways in which they showed resiliency. Students were given a survey before this learning, where they gauged their familiarity of historical figures, both famous and not. They were then able to investigate why some histories are more commonly taught than others. |  Critical Pedagogy: Present!5th grade students exhibiting their research work on Biddy Mason to the class. This class co-created expectations for presentation, shown here on the whiteboard. |  Students at the CenterThis image shows students at the front of learning. I encourage kids to turn to each other for leadership and co-learning, so that they embody the lessons being taught, and learn to see themselves as burgeoning experts. |
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 CGIStudents are engaging in Cognitively Guided Instruction in Mathematics (CGI), which allows them to come up with math strategies which are intuitive to them. They then are able to present their strategies and engage in discourse to dive further. |  Lung Models5th grade students created models of the human lungs using simple materials. In order to get to this final product, students engaged in inquiry to fill in their knowledge gaps of how the respiratory system works. |  Together To the Top ExhibitionIn 5th grade, students explored resiliency through inquiry and research. Each student created a piece of writing which explored resiliency traits in a family member, a historical figure, and themselves. This picture shows my son and I as we celebrate this project during exhibition. |
 Fifth Grade Class PortraitHigh Tech Elementary. Jeff Govoni, Primary Teacher |  Jog-A-ThonAs we set off for the jog-a-thon. I am pleased to report that I am almost as fast as a fifth grader. |  Lesson Video: 2nd Grade Opinion WritingThis lesson is from a 7-part series I developed on 2nd grade opinion writing, tying in our project work - this particular lesson is an introduction to using writing rubrics. In it, you will see students following along, and then taking over as we assess a piece of writing for standard conventions. I utilized story telling and visuals in order to engage students and reinforce prior learning. Students then used these rubrics to assess their own writing against the elements of opinion writing. |
 2nd Grade OpinionsPart of a larger lesson series, this introduction to opinion writing allowed students to engage in low-stakes practice using opinion language through a group game. |  Reaching for the SkyI am an avid hiker and outdoors enthusiast, and have thus far hiked the San Diego County section of the Pacific Crest Trail. Here I come, Riverside! |  BeachI became a teacher in part because I have seen the ways in which teachers have enriched the lives of my own kids - Ben (5th grade) and Ruby (Kinder), seen here in our favorite environment. |
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