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Ellen Rogers

PYP Coordinator
Belvedere ES
Preschool (0 to 4 years old), Primary (5 to 8 years old), Elementary (9 to 12 years old)
Teacher/Educator, Curriculum Coordinator, Curriculum Developer
Language Arts And English, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Arts

Ellen is the Primary Years Programme (PYP) Coordinator at Belvedere Elementary. Belvedere is a Title I, International Baccalaureate public school. The Professional Development Collaborative at Washington International School has provided her with many opportunities to learn about Harvard's Project Zero Thinking Routines and global competencies through the Washington International School Summer Institute for Teachers. As a result she has created several collections over the past few years with thinking routines and global competency in mind. Her collections have been designed for teachers to use in classrooms, families in her community during the pandemic, and for the Museums Go Global Project. #goglobal

Ellen Rogers's collections

 

Valentine's Day Collection

<p>This collection is made up of love and romance images from the Smithsonian collections, including many historic Valentine's Day greeting cards. Students can look at how Valentine's Day was celebrated in the past and how it is celebrated now. Students may also have questions about the past or about Valentine's Day,</p>
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Dance Dance Revolution

<p>I created this collection for families to do together while schools are closed. I will be making a collection a day while we are out of school. Today we will be exploring damce. The idea is for families to look at the items in the collection and consider what they see in the objects and paintings, what they think, and what they wonder. Families can also watch a free Brainpop video about dance, watch different dances around the world, and try some GoNoodle dances. At the end of the collection I have provided a few ideas for families about what to do next.</p> <p>If you want to learn more about more about See Think Wonder you can click <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1INKc4Zh4I&amp;t=57s">here</a> to see a video of a teacher using the routine in her classroom.</p>
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The Toaster: Best Thing Since Sliced Bread

<p>This collection was made for a Kindergarten Class that was exploring a common object, a toaster. The class started by using a thinking routine from Agency by Design, a part of Harvard Graduate School of Education's Project Zero. The used the thinking routine Parts, Purposes, Complexities to thinking deeply about the toaster and generate questions about it. This collection provides additional toasters from different time periods to push the Kinder student inquiry further. The use of the thinking routine See, Think, Wonder also helps generate thinking about the objects.</p>
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Hustle in Our Muscles

<p>I created this collection for families to do together while schools are closed. I will be making a collection a day while we are out of school. Today we will be exploring muscles. The idea is for families to look at the items in the collection and consider what they see in the objects and paintings, what they think, and what they wonder. Families can also watch a free Brainpop video about muscles, watch how animals use their muscles, and listen to the read aloud <u>Sebastian's Roller Skates</u>. At the end of the collection I have provided a few ideas for families about what to do next.</p> <p>If you want to learn more about more about See Think Wonder you can click <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1INKc4Zh4I&amp;t=57s">here</a> to see a video of a teacher using the routine in her classroom.</p>
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May the Road Rise Up to Meet You: St. Patty's Day Fun

<p></p> <p>I created this collection for families to do together while schools are closed. I will be making a collection a day while we are out of school. Today we will be exploring St. Patrick's Day. The idea is for families to look at the items in the collection and consider what they see in the objects and paintings, what they think, and what they wonder. Families can also watch a free Brainpop video about St. Patrick's Day, read articles about magic folk, and listen to the read aloud Rainbow Fish. At the end of the collection I have provided a few ideas for families about what to do next.</p> <p>If you want to learn more about more about See Think Wonder you can click <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1INKc4Zh4I&amp;t=57s">here</a> to see a video of a teacher using the routine in her classroom.</p>
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Fabulous Feathered Friends

<p>I created this collection for families to do together while schools are closed. I will be making a collection a day while we are out of school. Today we will be exploring birds. The idea is for families to look at the items in the collection and consider what they see in the objects and paintings, what they think, and what they wonder. Families can also watch a free Brainpop video about birds as well as explore birds you can see from your window. Families can  watch science videos and read articles about birds. At the end of the collection I have provided a few ideas for families about what to do next.</p> <p>If you want to learn more about more about See Think Wonder you can click <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1INKc4Zh4I&amp;t=57s">here</a> to see a video of a teacher using the routine in her classroom.</p>
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Waste Not, Want Not

<p>I created this collection for families to do together while schools are closed. I will be making a collection a day while we are out of school. Today we will be exploring reducing, reusing, and recycling. The idea is for families to look at the items in the collection and consider what they see in the objects and paintings, what they think, and what they wonder. Families can also watch a video about upcycling and fix it clinics as well as learn about how people can repurpose waste. At the end of the collection I have provided a few ideas for families about what to do next.</p> <p>If you want to learn more about more about See Think Wonder you can click <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1INKc4Zh4I&amp;t=57s">here</a> to see a video of a teacher using the routine in her classroom.</p>
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Beguiling Busy Bees

<p>I created this collection for families to do together while schools are closed. I will be making a collection a day while we are out of school. Today we will be exploring bees. The idea is for families to look at the items in the collection and consider what they see in the objects and paintings, what they think, and what they wonder. Families can also watch a free Brainpop video about bees as well as explore bee behavior. Families can watch science videos and read articles about bees. At the end of the collection I have provided a few ideas for families about what to do next.</p> <p>If you want to learn more about more about See Think Wonder you can click <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1INKc4Zh4I&amp;t=57s">here</a> to see a video of a teacher using the routine in her classroom.</p>
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Kids Can Cook!

<p>I created this collection for families to do together while schools are closed. I will be making a collection a day while we are out of school. Today we will be exploring cooking. The idea is for families to look at the items in the collection and consider what they see in the objects and paintings, what they think, and what they wonder. Families can also listen to kids' podcast about cooking as well as design a new utensil. At the end of the collection I have provided a few ideas for families about what to do next.</p> <p>If you want to learn more about more about See Think Wonder you can click <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1INKc4Zh4I&amp;t=57s">here</a> to see a video of a teacher using the routine in her classroom.</p> <p></p>
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Unveiling Stories: Children at Work

<p>I created this collection to have my students understand better the role children played in the past. Considering how quickly I have to teach history to my 4th graders I wanted to rely on photographs to help orient the students into time and place. I focused on the late 1800s into the mid-1900s. The students in my class wanted to know more about children's lives during the time period we were learning about. The purpose of the collection is to push the students to think beyond what they immediately see and consider the bigger ideas captured in these photographs.</p><p>#goglobal</p> <p>Students engaged in thinking routines during this activity:</p> <p>See, Think, Wonder</p> <p style="margin-left:0px;"></p> <ul><li>What do you see?</li><li>What do you think?</li><li>What do you wonder?</li></ul><p>Unveiling Stories<br /></p> <p></p> <p></p> <ul><li>What is the story?</li><li>What is the human story?</li><li>What is the world story?</li><li>What is the new story?</li><li>What is the hidden story?</li></ul><p></p>
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Investigating the Life of Enslaved People Through Artifacts

<p>In this collection, you will examine artifacts, paintings and text that gives you a window into the life of enslaved people of the US during 1700s and 1800s. I created this content as a way for my 4th grade students to dig deeper in their understanding of enslaved people beyond what our textbook provides. The students are asked to take meaningful analysis of the artifacts and to consider what further inquiries they have. </p><p>#goglobal</p> <p>While you navigate through this collection, consider:</p> <p>See Think Wonder Thinking Routine</p> <ul><li>What do you see?</li><li>What do you think?</li><li>What do you wonder?</li></ul><p>Main, Side, Hidden</p> <p></p> <ul><li>What is the main story?</li><li>What is the side story?</li><li>What is the hidden story?</li></ul><p></p> <p>Unveiling Stories Thinking Routine</p> <ul><li>What is the main story?</li><li>What is the human story?</li><li>What is the world (issues) story?</li><li>What is the new story?</li><li>What is the untold story?</li></ul>
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Civil Rights: One Act - The 1968 Olympics

<p>I created this small collection for my students to consider the roles of each individual in this photograph. When they engaged in the See, Think, Wonder thinking routine many of them wanted to know more about the white man wearing a medal and why he wasn't raising his fist. They generated many additional questions around this idea. I added the ESPN video to help the think more about the photo and its meaning. We had a class discussion that revisited their questions from the day before.</p>
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