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Say Cheese for the
#BestDayEver By Beverly Perkins
Magaddino set up a pizza-making station for an Italian adventure. Tom Magaddino taught the students how to make a Neapolitan pie and then treated them to delicious gelato and pizzelles for dessert. If that wasn’t sweet enough, Down Home Desserts brought some alphabet and pizza sugar cookies to help explain fractions. Besides math being a significant lesson, reading engagement is always a must. Those who tudents in Ms. Jordanna Egan’s class were visited the pet shelter filled out an application to treated to what was called #BestDayEver. shop for a pet to adopt. To receive a successful As they came into class expecting their usual surroundings, they were surprised to adoption, the student must read to their pets. experience few changes and an exciting new They then made a collar, received a blanket, day of learning. These eager second graders a bag of books, and an adoption certificate. were all smiles when they discovered that their “I love the hospital. I can teach so many ambitious teacher transformed their classroom standards with it. For instance, students practice into an Italian Café, a pet shelter, and a hospital. math skills by learning about lung capacity and “I do room transformations 3-4 times a year,” measuring real bones! They also do surgery explained Egan, Tropical Elementary Second on ‘words’ by turning them into contractions,” Grade Team Leader. “It’s a teaching engagement added Egan. “The kids love dressing up as strategy I learned at a conference called ‘Get surgeons and the background music is from a Your Teach On’. Teachers transform their rooms into several different themes to spark student hospital soundtrack. It’s so much fun!” Egan recently surprised her students on engagement. When we got back from the conference, we were able to create themed Valentine’s Day which is designated as a day bins for teachers to use, which are amazing of service and love. She placed black lights all around the room and added pops of neon colors. PTA sponsored.” “The kids really enjoy it. Their faces as they Ms. Egan likes to make learning as authentic as possible, so she became “Chef Cray” who walk into the classroom are absolutely magical. entertained and taught with a silly accent. Two It’s moments like these that make me so happy of Plantation’s small businesses did not hesitate as a teacher. I know I’m making memories that’ll to also authenticate as they stepped in and give last forever and most importantly, I’m making these “Toucans” a day to remember. Pizzeria learning fun,” exclaimed Egan.
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