Book shopping excited all readers in our class! We can’t wait to see how much growth these readers will make as we grow our reading muscles! #ewlearns @LindsayCafiero @CiorciariDonna

Math workshop in action! Students practiced using math tools, playing math games, and working together to solve problems! We can’t wait to see how they grow as mathematicians this year. #ewlearns @LindsayCafiero @CiorciariDonna

Starting the year with our first morning meeting circle to welcome our 2nd grade friends! #ewlearns @LindsayCafiero @CiorciariDonna

We are SO excited to welcome our 2nd graders this week. We are getting ready for another AMAZING year as a team 🩷 @MsRamos_NS @CiorciariDonna #EWlearns

So exciting to have former 1st graders visit our class! We loved hearing about 2nd grade and how E has grown as a writer. After listening to her opinion piece, we discussed ways we could use her writing as a mentor text! @TCaruso513 @LindsayCafiero @CiorciariDonna #ewlearns

So exciting to see new and old first graders at the STEAM Fair while we designed flash-bang marble mazes! We had the best time with all our super students who visited our table! @LindsayCafiero #ewlearns

Mathematicians kicked off our next module and explored measurement by making comparisons of the size of their hands and length of their names. #ewlearns @LindsayCafiero @CiorciariDonna

Writers reflected on our process using the reflection wheel as we began celebrating our writers as published all about authors!@LindsayCafiero @CiorciariDonna #ewlearns

Writers are almost ready to publish! These brave writers presented their books to our class for feedback to make improvements before publishing day. @MsRamos_NS @CiorciariDonna #tcrwp

Kicking off our @PLTWorg work with @HenryKupstas by exploring sound waves and how they move through air! @LindsayCafiero @CiorciariDonna #ewlearns

First graders worked together to brainstorm the best ways to show our school wide expectations through our actions and words. #ewlearns @LindsayCafiero @CiorciariDonna

Nonfiction readers are practicing studying each page in their books to learn more and more about their topic! @LindsayCafiero @CiorciariDonna #ewlearns

In Innovation Lab we discovered that there are patterns all around us! Ss explored creating various patterns using different tools. @LindsayCafiero @CiorciariDonna #ewlearns

Plans are in motion for some amazing teaching books in first grade! Can’t wait to see what we learn from these amazing authors! #ewlearns @MsRamos_NS @CiorciariDonna

Thank you to @sherryvolpe for inviting me to your writing celebration. @LindsayCafiero and I are so proud of the growth these second graders have made as writers! #ewlearns

Wonderful publishing party by terrific first grade writers! I learned so many new things from their powerful how to writing! @LindsayCafiero @MsRamos_NS @NorthSideEW

Love learning from these first grade authors! And who says @EWSDMath only loves math!? These first grade writers blew him away! #ewlearns @LindsayCafiero @MsRamos_NS @amandazahn3

Students as teachers! With the amazing @LindsayCafiero and @MsRamos_NS utilizing was to make ten to find the sum with three addends.

Readers are paying close attention to beginning of words and hunting for blends and digraphs that help them break down a word they need to solve! What amazing word detectives we are! #ewlearns @LindsayCafiero @CiorciariDonna

A SPOOKtacular day in first grade! Have a wonderful Halloween! 🎃 @LindsayCafiero @CiorciariDonna #ewlearns