Welcome to the inaugural post of A Berg’s Eyeview blog for teacher leadership and learning. The goal of this blog is to identify excellence in instruction in the classrooms that I’ve been visiting both in person and digitally and to highlight it in a way that’s accessible to each of us as we move through our busy work weeks.  Having the great privilege of spending time with lots of incredible BPS teachers on a daily basis continues to be a wonderful learning experience for me!  I want to share it with anyone who’s interested.  Take a look at what you want when you can.  Make comments if you’re moved to do so.  Contact teachers who’s brain you’d like to pick.  Give me critical feedback…I want this to work for you.  We are the experts.  This is one vehicle for sharing our expertise with each other.  I’m going to try to post frequently on a variety of subjects, relying on all of you (and your students) as models of excellence in instruction.

As you can tell from the title that post showcases a great mini lesson taught by Andrea Papadopoulos (first grade teacher at Pierce).   Follow the link below to a video of Andrea completing a story that she and her students wrote over the course of multiple mini lessons in their writer’s workshop. The thing I love about this lesson (other than Mrs. P’s natural repport with her students) is how Andrea reenforces learning that’s taken place over time.  She encouragers her students as writers and validates them. She guides them through the practice in a patient and thoughtful way. Please leave comments if you’d like or contact Andrea for collaboration.

Click below for a peek at Andrea’s Mini-Lesson:

http://tinyurl.com/9yb5g29

Thanks for visiting!  Let me know if there is anything in particular you’d like to see.  Come back when you can.

Have a great Friday!

Seth