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Suzy Brooks

Suzy Brooks

16,565 Followers

www.technicallyinvisible.com

Cape Cod, MA / I ❤ to share ideas, strategies and inspiration in and out of school. Introduce yourself, visit my blog or connect on Twitter where I'm @SimplySuzy!

Suzy Brooks

Reading Skills and Strategies

Reading Skills and Strategies / I was so inspired by Rachel Lynette from Minds in Bloom, who created an "Inference With Pictures" board that I expanded her idea to include the skills & strategies taught in our curriculum. I use these images (so many of them I shot myself) in my classroom as warm-up/morning work. Students see the image on the big screen, then complete the activity in their reading journals [ Lesson: http://bit.ly/1fndJH1 ]. Thank you to all who re-create & share this board and credit my name, it means a lot!

Engaging Teaching Videos

Engaging Teaching Videos / I use video in my classroom every. single. day. Fun = Engagement. Engagement = Learning. We watch one Schoolhouse Rock video on DVD every morning for an entire week (they are hard to find online, now!!!). By Friday, students can usually sing that particular song by heart. Other videos are used during the day when the curriculum calls for it.

Technically Invisible

Technically Invisible / This is a companion board to my workshops and webinars. I hope to share strategies and ideas for technology, while making those lessons and activities as seamless (Technically Invisible!!) as possible.

School-O-Rama / I should probably have ALL CAPS on this board, to accurately represent how important school is to me. I have the other boards in an attempt to find balance in my life. Such a struggle.

3rd-5th Grade Resources

3rd-5th Grade Resources / We've compiled some great resources for the middle elementary school grades to grow and learn.

Artsy Kid Projects

Artsy Kid Projects / Projects to test out on my own children, before trying it with a room full of 23 Third Graders....

Elementary Education Resources with Guest Pinner Suzy Brooks

Elementary Education Resources with Guest Pinner Suzy Brooks

ThirdGradeTroop.com

ThirdGradeTroop.com / Welcome Third Grade team! We hope you enjoy our awesome collection of ideas just for you! Thanks for following! Make sure to visit http://www.thirdgradetroop.com to see 3rd Grade blogs all in one place! *These boards are NOT currently accepting new contributors. Sorry!

iPaddling in the BYOD Classroom

iPaddling in the BYOD Classroom / This fall I will participate in a BYOD pilot program in my district. I have no idea what BYOD will look like in a third grade classroom, but am excited to find out! These pins are for me to start charting my course through the inevitable rapids!

Make Mitochondrial Disease History

Make Mitochondrial Disease History / Whether present at birth, or develops later on in life, Mitochondrial Disease is life-altering. Please help to raise awareness so we can see Mito research funds become more of a reality. This board is in celebration of the fight Michael Goldberg and his loved ones put forth every day. Please share the message, and your generosity. Change the course of Mitrochondrial disease for the next generation.

Concussion Crew

Concussion Crew / After suffering from an unexpected concussion at age 17, I learned the importance of public awareness and community support. Brain injury affects lives in many ways, and long-term damage is always an unfortunate, potential risk. My goal is to educate others on prevention strategies as well as proactive treatment for victims.

Butterflies for Becky: Fighting Lafora Disease

Butterflies for Becky: Fighting Lafora Disease / Lafora Disease, also known as Lafora Progressive Myoclonus Epilepsy, is a rare form of epilepsy that strikes children usually between the ages of 9 and 14. Symptoms become increasingly worse within a short period of time. Symptoms include: seizures, myoclonic jerks, cognitive decline, difficulty walking, severe hallucinations, and dementia. It eventually leads to death within 10 years of the onset of the disease.

It currently has no cure.

We all hope a cure is found soon, so no other families will experience the pain of this disease.

Meet Becky.

She’s an amazing 21-year-old young woman, with the ability to light up a room with her bright eyes and beautiful smile. We all adore her and love her to pieces.

Becky was recently diagnosed with Lafora disease, an extremely rare form of Epilepsy. To help Becky, her family and Lafora research, we have started beckysdream.org.

Be sure to stop by the website to offer your support, as it will mean so much, to so many.

Helen Keller is quoted as saying "There is no hand so small, that it cannot make a difference in the world...." Please make a difference in our world.

www.beckysdream.org

Dealing with Diabetes

Dealing with Diabetes / Our lives changed in 2007 when my husband was diagnosed with Type I Diabetes. We've stopped asking how it happened, and started learning to live with it.

Overcoming Anxiety

Overcoming Anxiety / What are you afraid of, and what are you doing about it? I navigate life with diagnosed, unmedicated anxiety and constantly try to find answers to that question. The ADAA states anxiety disorders affect 1 in 8 children. Research shows untreated children with anxiety disorders are at higher risk to perform poorly in school, miss out on social experiences, and engage in substance abuse. Can we better recognize and serve those students? What are they afraid of, and what are we doing about it?

Lesson Planning Ideas

Lesson Planning Ideas

3-5 Math / Math Activities and Ideas for Grades 3-5

Classroom DIY / DIY ideas to create a great classroom space!

Digital Citizenship

Digital Citizenship / Resources for teaching responsible internet behaviors in the classroom.

1:1 for EVERYONE!

1:1 for EVERYONE! / In my new role, I will be helping teachers implement 1:1 devices with elementary, middle and high school students. What will we want students to be able to know, understand and be able to do??

Growth Mindset / All you need to cultivate growth mindset and your classroom and school.

Math RTI / Ideas and strategies for monitoring and improving our students' math skills. Whether math fact fluency, computation skills, or problem solving strategies, we are hoping that collaboration and creative solutions will help our struggling students.

Focus on Singapore Math

Focus on Singapore Math / To move towards our goal of Common Core implementation, we are now navigating our way through Math In Focus (Singapore Math). Be on the lookout for resources to help students and teachers learn about this exciting program!!

Math Mindset / Try these strategies and ideas to cultivate a growth mindset in your math classroom.

Read With a Child

Read With a Child / This is a board for supporters of The Children's Reading Foundation and its mission to encourage reading 20 minutes each day with a child. Share your favorite books, quotes, authors, libraries, booknooks... whatever inspires you to read! By collectively sharing this message we can strengthen literacy and raise readers! #ReadWithAChild

Word Work / This is a collaborative board for pins related to Word Work. Word Work is student-centered work that helps students gain knowledge, understanding, and love of words. I am particularly interested in work that supports the Daily 5 format :) If you are interested in joining this board, please e-mail me with your Pinterest user name: dawndelz@gmail.com. Happy pinning!

Anchor Charts + Foldables

Anchor Charts + Foldables

Elevating and Celebrating Effective Teaching and Teachers (ECET²) Convening

Elevating and Celebrating Effective Teaching and Teachers (ECET²) Convening / The goal of ECET² is to celebrate effective teachers and to build a strong network of teacher leaders working together to elevate our practice and profession. Pinners collaborating on this board are the 2014 ECET² Snowbird Convening attendees, and will work together to share resources!

The Creative Classroom

The Creative Classroom

Senior Picture Ideas

Senior Picture Ideas

My Low Glycemic Journey

My Low Glycemic Journey / Trying to make a more permanent, positive change in the way I eat and take care of myself. After one week of "trying" to focus more on Low-GI foods, I feel better than I have in a long time. Soooooo, obviously, it's time to collect some resources! Recipes, Research and Readings will be included here.

YUM! / My pin board grows as my cookbooks gather dust.

Meowy Kazowy! / After having our cat Bailey for 19 years, we were super sad when she died. Now, after 5 years of being pet-less, we are ready to welcome a new kitty into our lives. Collecting pins will pass the time until we find the right rescue kitty for our family!

My Tribe; My Tree

My Tribe; My Tree / "Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one." ~Jane Howard.....

I guess I've had a thing for trees for a long time - and only came to realize that more recently. Let the board begin....

International Dot Day

International Dot Day

Fabulous FableVision

Fabulous FableVision / I am a crazed fan when it comes to all things FableVision and Peter Reynolds. Luckily, there's a nicer way to say Crazed Fan - I am a FableVision Ambassador!

Dreaming Beyond the Leak

Dreaming Beyond the Leak / We suffered a major leak/flood in our home on December 4th, 2013 and know we have a very long road ahead. I'm hoping that pinning some ideas will help me to focus on the positive moving forward.

Me?? At ISTE?? / Me?? At ISTE?. I always envied the thousands of people who have attended ISTE over the years. I've lived vicariously through their tweets, blog posts, and videos. This year, I am at ISTE on behalf of IntelEDU and will be Tweeting under the hashtag #Suzy4Intel. Stay tuned!!!

Carnival of Projects

Carnival of Projects

Focus on ABILITY!

Focus on ABILITY! / Links from my focus-evaluation at school -- strategies for assisting students with ADHD.

Flippin' Out / Somehow I'm managing to teach a lesson on Flipping the Classroom before I even take a course myself - so this board is an attempt to collect resources for myself as a teacher and as a student! As a 3rd grade teacher, I won't have a true "flipped" classroom - I just can't require students to do work online at home - but I'm interested to see how pieces of this idea will benefit my students....

Writers and Writing

Writers and Writing / Our school currently uses the Lucy Calkin's model for Writing Workshop, as well as Empowering Writers to develop skills. I'm always on the lookout for resources that support these programs, as well as those that fill in the inevitable gaps.

Technology in Education

Technology in Education / A smorgasbord of resources for educators who enjoy using technology in the classroom. If you are a collaborator, please don't pin teacher products.

Back to School Resources

Back to School Resources / The best sites, apps and tools for a great start to the new school year!

Bulletin Boards + Doors

Bulletin Boards + Doors / *****COLLABORATION!!!!!!***** Are you a teacher? Are you pinning? Do you need bulletin boards + door decorations? Are you looking for 'pin'-spiration? Would you like this "pin-board" on your wall? If so, then just please Email Debbie to be added!!! email: Debbie at RainbowsWithinReach dot com ~~~~

Digital Storytelling

Digital Storytelling

Social Studies Teaching Resources

Social Studies Teaching Resources / Teaching resources that cover a wide variety of social studies topics including geography, history, economics, and politics. (Grades 3 - 6)

Unleash Student Creativity

Unleash Student Creativity / What Does Awesome Look Like? No matter your devices or grade level, technology empowers our learners to make their thinking visible. Check out these examples of what you can do with your students to enhance their learning!

Dream Big / The motto in my classroom is Dream Big - I so often see reminders, that it's fun to collect them in one place!

The #WholeChild

The #WholeChild / I'm a huge supporter of the #WholeChild - from @ASCD: "Each child, in each school, in each of our communities deserves to be healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged. That's what a whole child approach to learning, teaching, and community engagement really is."

Project Based Service Learning

Project Based Service Learning / Incorporating Project-Based Learning and Service Learning in the classroom is an effective way of engaging students in their learning. I'm always looking for new ideas, and ways to make the logistics work for us!

The Power of #PokémonGo!

The Power of #PokémonGo! / Since the game #PokémonGo released on July 6, 2016, I've been having a blast playing. But, I'm mostly excited about the potential in the fields of education and health. Gotta catch 'em all!

Teachers Aren't Mindreaders!

Teachers Aren't Mindreaders! / Let's find ways to make student thinking visible, so the voices of ALL our students are heard!

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