Common Core
Clara describes her school and their work as a magnet demonstration school on Common Core and ELLs.
ESL Dad
Clara shares the response of one of her student's fathers.
Organizing the classroom library
Learn how veteran teacher Clara Gonzales-Espinoza uses the opportunity to organize her classroom library to get kids thinking about genre.
Idioms
Clara explains the goal of the mini-lesson on idioms that she delivered.
Newness
Clara shares her students' excitement about protractors and their hands-on skills with tools in the classroom.
Not in isolation
Clara shares her thoughts on the ways informational text can complement narrative text.
Geography
Clara describes her approach to geography in the classroom.
Parent Letter #3
Clara reads a letter from the parent of a Native American girl in her class
Magic
Clara shares the observations of students who wondered about the way magic was introduced in the Cinderella story.
Parent Letter #2
Clara reads a letter from the parent of one of her girls in the classroom.