Isabel M Goenaga

It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed. – Napolean Hill #teachershelpingteachers @MOESmanatees #ridingwaves #math #coaching #learningwalk

This week during Math Collaboration we were reminded that we are stronger together. Together we learn. Together we grow. Together we support each other. Together we will reach our goals. 🕸🌊 @MOESmanatees #ridingwaves #math #collaboration #coaching

Mrs. Toussaint's class is riding waves with math small groups. Students are receiving direct instruction from both Mrs. Toussaint and Mrs. Marafino, learning from one another, and building their confidence. 🌊✏️📓 @MOESmanatees #MOESmanatees #ridingwaves #math #smallgroups

"If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself." – Henry Ford @MOESmanatees #math #science #collaboration #MOESmanatees #ridingwaves

Students in Ms. Ferguson's class utilized Nearpod during their writing block this week. They read their artifacts and began to plan out their writing. 💻✏️📚 @MOESmanatees #MOESmanatees #ridingwaves

The most valuable resource that all teachers have is each other. Without collaboration our growth is limited to our own perspectives. -Robert John Meehan @MOESmanatees

Happy National Counselor Week to Dr. Baker, Mrs. Nikolajski, and Mrs. Styles! BMS AVID students love our counselors. Thank you for all that you do for us each and everyday. We appreciate you! 💙💛 @BMSPantherPride #thisisAVID #Panthers4Possibility #makeanIMPACT

"Write a memoir of one significant event from your life. Describe the event from a perspective other than your own or an inanimate object in the event." 📝 7th grade AVID students created timelines and graphic organizers for their memoir writing. #thisisAVID @AVID4College

#AVID2023 Students selected their motivational word for the year. They defined their word and found a quote to support it. We set goals and prepared ourselves for success this year. 💙💛 #thisisAVID #Panthers4Possibility

Calculating our GPA for quarter 2. Students were able to see their progress while reflecting on their grades. They shared their feelings, achievements, disappointments, and created personal and academic goals for this new quarter. 💙💛 #thisisAVID @AVID4College

Tutorials are in full swing! Students collaborated to address their Point of Confusion from their Tutorial Request Forms. Building knowledge to come to a more complete understanding of what they are learning in their content classes.💙💛 @AVID4College @BMSPantherPride #thisisAVID

Building relationships while building Life Saver carts. @BMSPantherPride AVID students discovered how communication, planning, partnership and reflecting pays off. They were even a bit competitive when we raced the carts. 🏁 @AVID4College 💙💛 #Panthers4Possibility #thisisAVID

A Gallery 🖼 Walk to take notes on the information from our Carousel 🎠 Brainstorm to help us write our TRFs for tutorials. Students justified what they already knew and gathered new parts to include on their TRFs. @AVID4College #Panthers4Possibility #makeanIMPACT #thisisAVID

Using the Think Pair Share strategy during our @BMSPantherPride AVID Site Team meeting to go over our school teacher/student surveys and classroom walk-through instrument. 💙💛 #thisisAVID #Panthers4Possibility #makeanIMPACT @AVID4College

They played, they laughed, they were strategic, they reflected, they BUILT RELATIONSHIPS! 💙💛 #thisisAVID #Panthers4Possibility #makeanIMPACT @BMSPantherPride @AVID4College

7th grade @BMSPantherPride AVID students participated in their first Socratic Seminar. Their ideas and thoughts on what they would do if they were kings/queens of the school really made you think. 💙💛 @AVID4College #thisisAVID #Panthers4Possibility #makeanIMPACT

8th grade @BMSPantherPride AVID students showed off their Focus Note Taking 📝 one pagers. They related the FNT phases to a real world process and shared their explanations with the class. 🏠 🐦 🦋 @AVID4College #thisisAVID 💙💛 #Panthers4Possibility #makeanIMPACT

Progress reports were shared and @BMSPantherPride AVID students practiced calculating their GPA and set goals for the months to come. They learned how personal goals can support academic goals. 💙💛 @AVID4College #thisisAVID #Panthers4Possibility #makeanIMPACT

List-Group-Label during Focus Note Taking unit. Ss realized how often note taking is done in academic and non-academic settings. Ss reflected on the importance of having a purpose for note taking and the different formats that are used. @BMSPantherPride @AVID4College #thisisAVID

Started our Focus Note Taking unit today and my 7th graders were on it with their note taking. They took ownership of their notes 📝 and welcomed the process. Excited for what is yet to come! 💙💛 #thisisAVID @BMSPantherPride @AVID4College #Panthers4Possibility #makeanIMPACT