Mr. Tolly is a music teacher at Mitchell. Mr. Tolly’s
favorite thing about his job is sharing composers, songs, stories and finding
people to talk with. Before, he worked at Ann Arbor Open School. Mr. Tolly has a mom, a dad, and three siblings, two younger
brothers and one sister. He liked to play baseball and kick the can when he was
a kid. His favorite movie is “Remembering Forest”. Mr. Tolly makes Mitchell special because he
teaches songs, music, and shares instruments and movie clips together.
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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.
