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Ann Hodson of @LafourchePsd shares how Amplify Science helped the district overcome back-to-back disasters and win the @La_Believes Models of Excellence Award.
Keep reading in @The74: bit.ly/3Ac1zCs
ALT A graphic with the following quote: "In each classroom, science came alive-and evidence was abundant of students growing their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills right alongside their science content knowledge. There was an overwhelming consensus among educators and families that this shift in science instruction was a welcome one." -Ann Hodson Lafourche Parish School District
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Don’t miss this!!
@annthodson from @LafourchePsd recounts how her district used @Amplify, high-quality science curriculum, to achieve academic success for their students after prolonged devastation!
#KnowledgeMatters💙
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Knowledge-building champions @bdavidsonKMC and @ClassroomWonder experience Amplify Science in action at @LafourchePsd!
Thanks for sharing your tour highlights with us. 🧡
Our #KnowledgeMatters School Tour stopped in @LafourchePsd to see @Amplify Science in action!
@bdavidsonKMC’s interview with three district leaders really set the stage for this tour!
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@annthodson
@TTdegruise
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Michelle can literally see the change in student engagement since they made the shift to @Amplify.
Before: “Students heads on their desks.”
Now: “When I look at those children, they are all actively engaged & they're enthusiastic. They know their content.”
#KnowledgeMatters💙
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Teachers are the 🔑 to facilitating knowledge building in classrooms. We loved hearing from @LafourchePsd teachers on our #KnowledgeMatters School Tour!
Don’t miss this interview with 3rd grade teacher Michelle Ordoyne as she detials her shift to @Amplify Science!
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We 🧡 this thread by @ClassroomWonder!
Michelle, a @LafourchePsd third-grade teacher, shares how Amplify Science encourages her students to think, read, write, and argue like real scientists and engineers.
From the start 3rd grade teacher Michelle Ordoyne recognized the shift from workbooks to real science happening in her classroom:
“@Amplify brought science to life for us.”
#KnowledgeMatters💙
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On our #KnowledgeMatters School Tour in @LafourchePsd we asked 3rd and 5th graders about their experiences with @Amplify Science.
It’s clear they understand why science matters and made it clear that they love the writing parts!
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Check out this 🧵 to listen!
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Emelie and Carsyn, 5th graders @LafourchePsd, declared that the writing in @Amplify Science is their favorite part!
You heard right…writing is their favorite part!
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Listen to see why 👇
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Drake & Jackson, @LafourchePsd 5th graders, detailed the @Amplify Science Units & how they actually solve real problems.
“Every chapter is something new that helps us learn more about their problem. And then at the end, you basically have all you need to solve their problem.”
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We asked @LafourchePsd 3rd grader Emma why science matters?
@Amplify Science has built a strong understanding of why it matters now and in the future:
“It's important to me because it just helps me learn and when I'm older, I might just need the skills for whatever I'm doing.”
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Wondering how to make the shift to HQIM like @Amplify Science?
@LafourchePsd Superintendent Jarod Martin weighed in on how to do it successfully:
“How you roll it out, how you introduce it, how you get buy-in, probably matters more than what you're doing.”
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@TTdegruise continued to really punctuate how student engagement is tied to the @Amplify science - literacy connection: “those readers come in to play building background. They’re incrementally learning little pieces along the way to be able to explain the phenomenon at the end.”
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@TTdegruise expounded on that with how K-2 teachers looked at the reading curriculum and asked, “When can we order these units so that we can build the background with @Amplify science leading into our reading so that they have the background knowledge when they get to read.”
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@LafourchePsd Superintendent Jarod Martin brilliantly captured how @Amplify connects science back to literacy.
“I don't think you can be an educator, and not see the connection between content knowledge, and literacy, they go hand in hand.”
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@Amplify Science empowered @LafourchePsd to engage parents too:
“The kids were actually going home and telling their parents what was happening in the classroom. When you can get that kind of excitement about something, you know it's taking on.”
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Teachers aren’t they only ones happy with the rollout of @Amplify Science in @LafourchePsd, students are too!! @annthodson spotlights student engagement & learning:
“When you see students engaged with learning is when the highest form of learning is going to take place.”
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Elementary Curriculum Director, @TTdegruise, continued to rave about how @Amplify Science really supports teachers!
“They were trying to build curriculum before…teacher focus is now on understanding this curriculum & the science & then delivering it to kids.”
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Listen to @annthodson, @LafourchePsd Elementary Director, highlight how @Amplify Science equips every teacher to deliver content confidently:
“What I saw when we implemented @Amplify is teachers with limited content knowledge could pick up this curriculum & teach from it.”
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Our #KnowledgeMatters School Tour stopped in @LafourchePsd to see @Amplify Science in action!
@bdavidsonKMC’s interview with three district leaders really set the stage for this tour!
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@annthodson
@TTdegruise