Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Show What You Know!

On the first day of school, the students at LBS had no problem showing that there was no summer slide!  Ms. Stennett's 4th graders were already getting down to business with place value and Mrs. Holness-Joseph's 3rd-grade students were taking a brain break right before the start of their math lesson.  It looks like they all mean business.

Back to School Give Away!

Can it be any clearer, that Billy the Marlin LOVES LBS, Ms. Batist and Math (yes, in that order)!  We had a great time as Billy the Marlin,  our friends from Marlins Ayudan and members from Kiwanis of Little Havana spent the morning giving school supplies to  our boys and girls.  We are very grateful for their generosity, love and support.  We look forward to another awesome year with our wonderful partners.


 

We Are Anchored in Excellence!

As August sets sail and September emerges, the teachers and students at Lenora B. Smith Elementary are Anchored in Excellence for the 2016-2017 school year.  We are a "C" school and the mathematics department is expecting great achievements this year.  Are you ready?

Wednesday, September 2, 2015

A Model Day

I was very excited that I had the chance to model a lesson with our 3rd graders. We will spend two days on estimating and the break apart strategy to add 3 digit numbers.  During today's lesson we reviewed rounding strategies and watched a Brain Pop Jr. video on the topic.  The children then had the chance to make their own meaning of the break apart strategy in cooperative learning groups using Base-10 Blocks and dry ease boards and makers. We then set sail on the day's objective in the TLC.  Days like this are truly some of the most enjoyable days of coaching, I love teaching! 
Math Lab @ LBS

Friday, August 28, 2015

Charting New Waters

As the first week of school comes to a close, I am very excited to see our Math Department on course for a successful school year.  On the first day of school our wonderful 5th grade teacher math and science teacher, Ms. Esposito made a huge splash with her students; as she led the students in a lesson on laptops, provided by Miami-Dade County Public Schools. 

Thursday, August 27, 2015

DAY...

Well, I had to really put the petal to the metal and get the lab to a good place before the teachers came back.  Here's what I came up with so far... more work will be done later.