Category Archives: Student Work

Examples of student work.

Technology Conference

Posted on July 27, 2016 by Rebecca Mantonya

As a part of our Building staff development many of the staff at Brownell attended a half day session at North Star to learn about different  uses of technology.  My 2 favorite sessions were about connection writing and technology and … Continue reading →

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Summer learning

Posted on July 26, 2016 by Rebecca Mantonya

For the past 4 days I have allowed myself to be a student, 2 days at Eric Jensen and the last 2 days taking a graduate level Math as a Second Language class. I have felt first hand the successes … Continue reading →

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Eric Jensen

Posted on June 10, 2016 by Rebecca Mantonya

On June 9th and 10th, I had the opportunity to attend a conference led by Eric Jensen.  I was inspired to attend because I had co workers who attended his workshop in Texas and we have done all school  book … Continue reading →

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GRIT

Posted on May 17, 2016 by Rebecca Mantonya

The last week of school, the children and teachers are ready for summer but there is one more week of school to go. GRIT, we have talked about it all year with the students and the teachers need to use … Continue reading →

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Trauma Training

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Rebecca Mantonya

We had our 2 day after school trauma training in March and April. Where do I start? First here are some websites www.beyondconsequences.com traumasensitiveschools.org www.NCTSN.org www.livesinthebalance.org What can we do as educators? Be aware and learn as much as possible. … Continue reading →

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Bilingual Liaison Roles Lincoln Public Schools – ELL Program

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Rebecca Mantonya

I started this post  many years ago and it needs to be published. As we are getting back to school and classroom teachers are looking over class lists and wait, the parents of my student does not speak English. What … Continue reading →

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Brownell NeSA Rap

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Rebecca Mantonya

My 4th grade ELL students were a little nervous about taking the NeSA writing testing test so I showed them  NeSA rap that I had done several years ago.  By the first 15 seconds their stress level had gone down … Continue reading →

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Book Study Part 3- 40 Engaging Brain Based Strategies

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Rebecca Mantonya

Oh my!  I have fallen way behind on typing my thoughts for the Book Study, fortunately with having  a great staff we met as a school in December to share great ideas from the 3 different books that we were … Continue reading →

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Spring Testing!

Posted on April 7, 2016 by Rebecca Mantonya

April not only brings rain and wind in Nebraska, it also brings State Testing!  Last year I made a NeSA rap to help settle the nerves of my 4th graders before they took the writing test.  I brought it out … Continue reading →

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ELPA 21

Posted on February 11, 2016 by Rebecca Mantonya

ELPA 21 is here in LPS.  The ELPA 21 is the new state test for our ELL students to show their English Proficiency in the 4 domains of Speaking, Listening, Reading and Writing. This test is all on the computer. … Continue reading →

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