Student Learning: "...students read, write, and talk about important content in order to learn how to read, write, talk, and develop their dispositions as thinkers. Teachers listen all along the way to students' writing, their conversations, their stories, and their questions...How do I know what my students know and are able to do? and How will I use what I learned about students today to help them learn more tomorrow?" -Samantha Bennett by Lynsey Burkins

Student Learning: "...students read, write, and talk about important content in order to learn how to read, write, talk, and develop their dispositions as thinkers. Teachers listen all along the way to students' writing, their conversations, their stories, and their questions...How do I know what my students know and are able to do? and How will I use what I learned about students today to help them learn more tomorrow?" -Samantha Bennett by Lynsey Burkins https://padlet.com/burkins_lynsey/p4dc1qupsg12 My idea of student learning has grown and developed over time. Below is a small collection of my thinking when it comes to my role in the classroom and how I provide a space for students to do the bulk of the "thinking". en-us 2017-02-14 17:12:27 UTC 2025-09-29 09:56:55 UTC hello@padlet.com Visible Thinking burkins_lynsey https://padlet.com/burkins_lynsey/p4dc1qupsg12/wish/161473465 Getting students to do the thinking!]]> 2017-03-21 13:00:38 UTC https://padlet.com/burkins_lynsey/p4dc1qupsg12/wish/161473465 The Progression of Addition and Subtraction | Questioning My Metacognition burkins_lynsey https://padlet.com/burkins_lynsey/p4dc1qupsg12/wish/161473787 Cornerstone of math in second grade!]]> 2017-03-21 13:01:34 UTC https://padlet.com/burkins_lynsey/p4dc1qupsg12/wish/161473787 Kassia Omohundro Wedekind: Math Exchanges - YouTube burkins_lynsey https://padlet.com/burkins_lynsey/p4dc1qupsg12/wish/161474502 What is the role of teachers and students in small group work in math? I continue to work towards more student independence and agency when pulling small groups in math.]]> 2017-03-21 13:03:28 UTC https://padlet.com/burkins_lynsey/p4dc1qupsg12/wish/161474502 Open Middle - Challenging math problems worth solving burkins_lynsey https://padlet.com/burkins_lynsey/p4dc1qupsg12/wish/161474995 This is a community where teachers share ideas for math problems. It's my hope that as the mathematicians in my classroom and myself create math problems together we can share with this community. ]]> 2017-03-21 13:04:48 UTC https://padlet.com/burkins_lynsey/p4dc1qupsg12/wish/161474995 Creating Text Sets for Your Classroom burkins_lynsey https://padlet.com/burkins_lynsey/p4dc1qupsg12/wish/161478432 I've spent the last three years creating text sets around topics and using them in K-2 classrooms. I've noticed the power in students reading across texts around the same topic. I've also noticed how this practice has elevated their writing as well.]]> 2017-03-21 13:13:50 UTC https://padlet.com/burkins_lynsey/p4dc1qupsg12/wish/161478432 Mirrors, windows and sliding doors - YouTube burkins_lynsey https://padlet.com/burkins_lynsey/p4dc1qupsg12/wish/161479424 I believe that a well intended classroom library is the cornerstone to any classroom. As I look for books to have in the classroom library or that I want to use as mentors I constantly thinking of mirrors, windows and sliding doors. I spend time collecting titles so that I can make sure all kids can see themselves and others in books.]]> 2017-03-21 13:16:18 UTC https://padlet.com/burkins_lynsey/p4dc1qupsg12/wish/161479424 Art of Teaching Reading, TheLucy McCormick Calkins, Teachers College, Columbia University burkins_lynsey https://padlet.com/burkins_lynsey/p4dc1qupsg12/wish/161518392 There are two chapters in this book that will shape how I help to build a community of learners in my classroom. The first chapter is A Curriculum of Talk and the second is Bringing Reading Assessment into the Very Real World of Classroom Teaching.
Cultivating rich classroom discourse is a goal from the start and using data to help students create goals has been on my mind for a long time.]]> 2017-03-21 14:35:56 UTC https://padlet.com/burkins_lynsey/p4dc1qupsg12/wish/161518392 That Workshop Book: New Systems and Structures for Classrooms That Read, Write, and Think burkins_lynsey https://padlet.com/burkins_lynsey/p4dc1qupsg12/wish/161519451 This book single handedly helped define my role within the workshop. Teaching for listening vs. Teaching for Talking has helped me quickly understand the needs of my learners and in turn I've become a more efficient planner.]]> 2017-03-21 14:37:59 UTC https://padlet.com/burkins_lynsey/p4dc1qupsg12/wish/161519451 Technology Integration burkins_lynsey https://padlet.com/burkins_lynsey/p4dc1qupsg12/wish/241834631 2018-03-14 12:46:07 UTC https://padlet.com/burkins_lynsey/p4dc1qupsg12/wish/241834631 Where's the Math Grant burkins_lynsey https://padlet.com/burkins_lynsey/p4dc1qupsg12/wish/241834973 Monthly trips to Dublin businesses to find where the math is and co-create math problems!]]> 2018-03-14 12:46:48 UTC https://padlet.com/burkins_lynsey/p4dc1qupsg12/wish/241834973 Workshop Model Approach to Learning burkins_lynsey https://padlet.com/burkins_lynsey/p4dc1qupsg12/wish/241835729 Students have opportunities for small group instruction, independent practice, conferring with teacher, and partner thinking in all content areas.]]> 2018-03-14 12:48:19 UTC https://padlet.com/burkins_lynsey/p4dc1qupsg12/wish/241835729 Classroom Environment burkins_lynsey https://padlet.com/burkins_lynsey/p4dc1qupsg12/wish/244466348 Space to work and collaborate has been extremely helpful for us this year!]]> 2018-03-21 12:00:33 UTC https://padlet.com/burkins_lynsey/p4dc1qupsg12/wish/244466348