Food = instant engagement in any lesson! We made solar ovens yesterday and cooked s’mores to demonstrate energy transfer! (Germ-X was used as a weight only. 🤣) #workingonmyroar #leadingtheway @MunfordElem @AshleyGableEDU

My 4th grade scientists and 👁️EYE👁️ had a BALL today! PS. I love my new lab coat! 😍 #favoritedayofschool #workingonmyroar @MunfordElem @AshleyGableEDU

⚡️Magical ⚡️things have been happening in Mrs. Newberry’s classroom lately! Harry Potter stations included: Charms Class (we made paperclips levitate), Sorting Ceremony (we built robotic arms and used them to choose our houses), Potter Pixel Art, and “Wizards” Chess!

While going through boxes of old photos/keepsakes I found this snapshot of Alabama Football - the Dubos era, as told by my 8 year old self. #rolltide

Throwing confetti is the only way to celebrate finishing all ACAP tests! 🎉🎉

We have had great discussions during #AutismAcceptanceWeek about how we are ALL masterpieces, and how our differences should be celebrated. We finished the week with our Munford Schools Autism Walk to show our support and advocacy! @MunfordElem

Time for building relationships is never wasted time. “Head, Shoulders, Knees, COLOR!” This activity I learned about from an amazing teacher at Tumbleweed Elementary and modified / gamified. Directions in video 🎥 Have fun 🤩 and share with your teachers and school.

Today, after 2 months of daily snack time read-alouds, we FINISHED one of my favorite novels of ALL TIME! 🧙🏻‍♀️⚡️📜🚂🦉🧹🧙🏻‍♂️ #workingonmyroar

Important reminder.

The TAG Critique Protocol can be used in any grade or subject! Students and teachers love its simplicity and how it scaffolds the development of essential critique skills. Try it out in your next project, and let us know how it goes! https://t.co/QBUsF7yh7f

Eli Gold’s call of 2nd & 26. Perfection. 🎙 @AlabamaFTBL

We came. We saw. We 🎸🪨ROCKED🪨🎸. Science stations this week included: mechanical and chemical weathering, glacier erosion, and simulating a watershed! @MunfordElem #workingonmyroar

Collaborative math stations and high levels of student discourse happening in @aingram4MES’s classroom @MunfordElem! @AMSTI_UM @WendyBwgail

Science sure has been a walk in the park this week… 🦕🦖🦕🦖😜 We have ⛏️ excavated⛏️, read nonfiction text, and thought critically to answer task card questions about fossils in layers of land! @MunfordElem #workingonmyroar

We took a field trip (virtually) to the Grand Canyon! (aka.. a “big ol’ rock”😜) Isn’t it the BEST when students make connections without the teacher even having to say one word? 😍🪨 @nearpod @MunfordElem #workingonmyroar

Snowman Stretch has been "Snow" much fun!!! I love when Ss have voice and choice in an EDP build! @MunfordElem @TCBOE @AshleyGableEDU @mesdebby @ashnewberry @BettsRoom109

After singing “Plural Nouns” to the tune of “Let it Go”, we went full Elsa on our desks with shaving cream to apply our learning! Plural noun review ✅ Dictation practice ✅ Multisensory strategy ✅ Class full of smiling kids ✅

No BONES about it—we had a blast this week investigating human body systems in our Newberry Hospital room transformation! @MunfordElem #workingonmyroar

These kids were “bugging out” today! 😜 Today’s animal adaptations experiments included: earthworm behavior in response to light stimuli, analyzing/researching preserved insects, and making a “blubber glove” to simulate arctic animal blubber! 🪱🪲🐧 @MunfordElem #workingonmyroar

Did my students have a blast today during our Spooky Scavenger Hunt while also reviewing prepositional phrases? Yes. Did I give myself heart attacks all day long? Also, yes. @MunfordElem #workingonmyroar