Exemplary Work by Resourceful Teachers

These examples demonstrate the resourcefulness of teachers and the brilliance they have inspired in their students.  The Cullen Davis Foundation has enabled graduates of Urban Teacher Corps and teachers they network with to share ideas directly in workshops and through in-school and inter-school collaboration.  

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Ms. Zajac's second grade class exhibits their examples to communicate the concept RESPECT For Individual Student Examples, Click Here.	Ms. Zajac at Finkl Academy Focuses Learning on Core Concepts and Thoughtful Tasks.
Ms. Carrion at Lowell School develops students’ vocabulary knowledge through active student involvement.	A clear example of guiding students to apply Math Practice Standard 1— make sense of the problem, then solve it persistently. Ms. Ferreira, Pilsen Community Academy School
Word Bank English / Spanish (Grades K-8) Primary students of Ms. Guzman create their own examples to show what words mean.	Gray School students illustrate fraction operation symbols
Gray School student illustrates an idea.	"Las Mariposas" by Gray School Student
Bell School Exemplary Student Work Bell Students Analyze Characters Ms. Kieronski's Students Analyze Fiction at Bell School Exemplary Work by Students of Mr. Barash Exemplary Work by Students of Ms. Giradini Bell Graphic Organizer Examples Bell Student Responses to "The Fun They Had" Bell School Animal Farm Gallery	Jahn School Exemplary Student Work   Jahn Students Graphic Organizer Examples   Ms. Shultz’s students at Jahn School use a graphic organizer to analyze the choices and effects of Roger Williams and Anne Hutchison and then construct a text about the history.
Colleen McVeigh's students analyze US history with concepts	Pilsen Community Academy Community School Bulletin Board
Bell School turns bulletin boards into Learning Exhibits	Architecture students map features of the city as they envision the future at Dunbar Career Academy.
Gallery: Preamble to the Constitution Illustrated by Gray School Students	Gray School Students Compare and Contrast Types of Volcanoes
Cause-Effect Diagram Gray School	Essential Themes of Literature, Special Education Classroom Gray School
Garden Project Gregory School	How to Learn with Other Students Gray School
How to Write Science Gray School	Cause-Effect Diagram Gray School
Pair Then Compare Herzl School--Mentoring Educator Dr. Betty Allen-Green	Student Statement with Support for a Science Choice Gray School
Students Designed a Zoo Webster School	Students Diagram Information to Support a BIG Idea Gray School
Students Illustrate Ideas, Proverbs Spry Community School	Students Researched to Respond to a Challenging Question Gray School
Teachers Post Clear Explanations of Important Elements of Fiction and Nonfiction Esmond School	Third Graders Figured Out a Theme Gray School
Students Display Science Knowledge Gray School	Students report their virtual field trip to Ellis Island Gray School
Gray School student explains the star's life-cycle first person.	Gray School students exhibit what they learn and then ask other students challenging questions.
Pilsen Community Academy Exemplary Work
Wentworth Word and Sentence Builder	Wentworth Story Reader--Miss Nelson is Missing
Wentworth Students Explain Words	Wentworth Students Explain Science Vocabulary
Whistler Literature Report	Whistler Nonfiction Analysis
Whistler Metaphor Chart	Whistler Upper Grade Metaphor Chart
Whistler Students Analyze and then Infer
Whistler Upper Grade Students Analyze Proverbs, then Pair and Compare	Whistler Upper Grade Students Analyze Biographies

Teacher-Developed Guides and Demonstrations

PRC2 Reading Strategy Demonstration

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