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The Mission
Helping students to explore, find and share their unique ideas, insights and voices is perhaps the most important work we do as educators. Not everything is going to work…
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Finding My Voice
As I’ve learned to help my students explore and share their voices, what I’ve really done is found my own. This is one of the great gifts that teaching…
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Be You. The World Will Adjust.
#4OCF is taking a Summer Vacation for two weeks! But don't worry, we'll be sharing some of our favorite posts during this time. Rich goes first this week with some…
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Ending with Choice
This is the second year that I have run a 100% choice art room. One of the unforeseen benefits has been it’s created a much better end to my…
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6 Quick Formative Assessments
Try these quick and easy formative assessments to determine if students are getting it! Rich (@RACzyz)
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Connect, Communicate, Collaborate!
At #4OCF, we love to advocate for students, and give them every opportunity to express themselves by sharing their voice. Recently, an amazing group of students reached out to…
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Learning to Shout
Do you remember the Silhouette sketch from the classic TV show, The Electric Company? Two people in silhouette would join together to read a word. The first person would…
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Lunch Today
When the world is trying to tell you something, you need to listen. I was talking to our second grade students in the cafeteria about their behavior. I…
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You Don’t Have To Like Art
I’m an art teacher. but I tell my students this all the time, “You don’t have to like art. I get it. Art’s not everyone's thing.” When…
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10 Things I Wish Every Teacher Knew
I shared this list last year, but I think it is just as important today! Be sure to click on the links for more information about each! The culture of the…