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How did you choose your career? How did you know what college to go to? How did you learn what to do when you felt like giving up? Who did you learn from when you were growing up? Everybody needs a mentor, someone who can help you through big questions like these. For my very …
by Aliyah Weinstein 
by Ms. Cronmiller, 6th grade teacher in CA. Find all of the teacher blog posts here. This poem illustrates the excitement, chaos, and quiet moments when students have a letter-opening day in my classroom. Student energy seems to explode when class is started with a “Letters are here!” Then, fast scrabbling happens as letters are …
by Aliyah Weinstein 
Our next teacher blog post comes from Sarah Murphy, a 6th grade teacher in Chicago. Read all of the blog posts written by LPS teachers here. I entered Chicago Public Schools as a teacher assuming that my future students knew everything about the city. They live there, and anyone can hop on the bus, …
by Aliyah Weinstein 
Throughout the year, each of the teachers hosting Letters to a Pre-Scientist is asked to write a blog post about their science classroom. In this post, Ms. Pinto shares the excitement about her South Carolina classroom’s very first letter opening day! “When do we get to open our letters?” “Has my letter arrived yet?” “What if …
by Aliyah Weinstein 
It’s that time of year again – most of our participating classrooms had their first letter opening day last week! Here’s a peek into letter opening day in Mr. Ohama’s 6th grade class. With great anticipation, the countdown was on. “We can open them on one?” Asks Priscilla, not wanting to wait until zero. “Three…two…one…” …
by Aliyah Weinstein 
Every month, we ask one of the teachers participating in LPS this year to share with us a glimpse into their classroom. This month, we’re taking a peek into Ms. Yoon’s 5th grade science class! Hello from sunny Los Angeles! The weather has been cooler lately, and the kids are complaining that it’s been really …
by Aliyah Weinstein 
The pre-scientists wait eagerly for their letters, trickling in over weeks until every students’ letter has reached their classroom from all over the world. The anticipation builds for the date marked on the calendar when every letter is finally due to arrive and they can all finally be opened. These days – letter opening days – …
by Aliyah Weinstein 
The energy that the pre-scientists feel about Letters to a Pre-Scientist doesn’t only shine through in the letters they write, but in the smiles on their faces when they receive letters, as well. Their teachers build up excitement around the program by planning letter opening parties, when all of the students in the class open their letters at once, and …
by Aliyah Weinstein 
Each month, we are pleased to host one on the blog one of the teachers who is running Letters to a Pre-Scientist in her classroom. This month, Tanique Origgio, a 4th and 5th grade science teacher in the South Bronx, describes her classroom’s first letter opening party! Hi! My name is Ms. Origgio and …
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