Thursday, April 18, 2013

Mr. Bell's Biography

By Tony P.


Mr. Bell is a fourth grade teacher at Mitchell Elementary School. He has worked at Mitchell for three years. Before Mitchell, he worked at Dicken Elementary School for ten years. Mr. Bell has one son. His son is four years old. His name is Gabe. Mr. Bell has a dog named Cooper. Mr. Bell makes Mitchell special because he is my brother’s teacher, he is nice and he is fun! 

As part of the second grade writing curriculum, Ms. Padgen’s class completed a non-fiction writing unit focused on writing biographies about the Mitchell Staff.   This project, led by Ms. Sala, a U-M teaching intern, gave students an opportunity to practice these skills by developing interview questions, conducting and recording interviews, and returning to the recorded interviews to gather information for writing.

We are excited to present these biographies as a part of the Mitchell School website so everyone could learn more about the great people we have at Mitchell.  This means our non-fiction writing has a real audience and student work is connected to a real-world purpose!   We hope you enjoy learning about the Mitchell staff.