Our goal in this class is to inspire and develop strong thinking and reasoning skills in ourselves and each other.
Troy, MI
Joined August 2018
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Hosted my first live stream on #twitchtv with 6th graders. Played #SeaOfThieves - students helped navigate using cardinal/intermediate directions and grid coordinates. So elated to combine two things I love, education and video games!
Awesome finish to the first official session of the Baker Middle School Disc Golf Club! #BMSDGC – at Troy, MI
6th grade students work in urban planning groups to solve future problems Troy may face due to urban growth. – at Troy, MI
Challenging 6th graders to create scenes based on Global Studies topics. My example - Land Use Conflict in the Amazon.
Made dining room into my command center, however, my cats feel I’m infringing on their space. I can’t help but think the one in the chair is plotting against me as we speak! #QuarantineLife #CatsOfTheQuarantine
I love how a box of crayons and some water colors work just as well with my bored teenagers as it did when they were little! #QuarantineLife
Big thanks to the local disc golf community for donating over 80 used discs to the club! #BDGC – at Troy, MI
Great 1st ever meeting of the Baker Disc Golf Club! 40 students! #BDGC Can’t wait till next week!
Looking forward to the first meeting of the Baker Disc Golf Club on Feb. 13! #BDGC
Mr.Fahnestock is going for birdie. The crowd quits for his approach. He throws...and its good! ⛳️🐾🙌🏾@FSclassroom #BakerFamily @BakerMiddle
6th graders graph and analyze data collected at lunch about waste produced by students. Great #deepthinking by a student... “It’s amazing that we are collecting so much food for the #bakerfooddrive, but at the same time, so much good food is being thrown out at lunch each day.” – at Troy, MI
6th graders identify and locate the countries where the clothing they are wearing today was manufactured to launch our “Global Sneaker” unit. #bluepillar #Consumers #Globalization – at Troy, MI
6th graders sharing their proposals for urban growth in our city to the Troy Planning Director. #bluepillar
8th graders analyze and quantify responsibility for the massacre of Tainos Natives in the “New World.” – at Troy, MI
8th graders sharing (jigsaw) background info on Columbus from different sources. We are putting him on trial next week to decide if he deserves to have his own holiday.
8th graders classifying their thinking about a current event. #understandingmap #metacognition
