Taking ownership over learning is so important, even in first grade. These students are learning what their scores mean and are incredibly proud with the growth they’ve made this year 💚 #norwoodvikings #NESAgrows #firstgrade #soproud

These students had a great time combing our practice of identifying 2 syllable words and Black History Month as they read through our February library ❤️ #norwoodvikings #blackhistorymonth #firstgradereaders

One of my absolute favorite times of year is Veterans Day, where we get the opportunity to write letters and draw pictures for veterans. They are mailed out every year to Operation Gratitude where they are shared to the veterans 🇺🇸 #NESAgrows #operationgratitude2022 #firstgrade

We loved being able to choose our favorite story from the week and write our opinion on why we liked that one! #NESAgrows #firstgrade #readersandwriters

We’re going on a letter hunt on our pausing point day today! Our poster was overflowing with the words they found on their hunt this morning 💚 #NESAgrows #firstgrade #letterhunt

What better way to study the pond environment than a trip to Bailey Lake! What a joy it is to have access and make our learning hands on 💚 #NESAgrows #firstgrade #norwoodvikings #baileylake

These first grade writers love having a writing choice board during stations💚 #NESAgrows #firstgradewriters #writerschoice #firstgraderocks

I cannot express enough how blessed I am to work for a school district and school I love so much💚 #year12 #bisd #nesagrows #firstiesquad #sisters

We had a blast today on our math challenge! These kiddos had to build something using 12 or less base ten pieces and find the value 💚 #NESAgrows #norwoodvikings #firstgrademath

We’ve learned so much about properties of soil these past few weeks! According to these amazing 1st graders putting the real soil on their front cover was the best part ☺️ #norwoodvikings #NESAgrows #firstgrade #welovescience

We’re amped up for MAP! We worked together with our big buddies to create posters with strategies to help us do our best on our upcoming MAP assessment. #norwoodvikings #NESAgrows #firstgrade #bigbuddies

Imagery and adjectives were the words for today’s buddy project. Each student created a monster and had to use adjectives to describe it to their buddy as they drew it. #NESAgrows #norwoodvikings #firstgrade #bigbuddies

We took time out this week to honor and remember our veterans. We created a tear art flag with our 5th grade buddies and wrote letters to send to Operation Gratitude. #nesagrows #norwoodvikings #firstgrade #operationgratitude2021

We are so grateful to have access to Bailey Lake! We had a great time on our “Listening Walk” today as we study sound waves! #NESAgrows #norwoodvikings #firstgrade

Using a lite brite to spell sight words is always a top choice in our classroom! It’s even better when they code their vowels☺️ #norwoodvikings #NESAgrows #firstgrade #codedwithamacron

Math and reading groups are in full swing for these awesome first graders! #norwoodvikings #NESAgrows #guidedreadingandmath #firstgrade

Year 11 of Meet the Teacher is in the books! I am so blessed to work at an amazing school and have an amazing 1st grade team 💚 #norwoodvikings #NESAgrows #teamfirstgrade

So much joy in presenting Student-Led Conference to their parents this past week. They shared a book at their reading level, what they were confident in, what they need more practice on, their MAP data and what they enjoyed in first grade. #norwoodvikings #wevaluefamily

We had so much fun creating our Vowel Team Town to celebrate all the hard work these firsties did in learning vowel teams. It was loud, it was messy, but they had a blast and they were so proud of the final product❤️#norwoodvikings #wevaluefamily #celebrations #firstgrade

These sweet 1st graders took time today to write a few encouraging words to our 4th graders as they prepare for testing❤️#norwoodvikings #wevaluefamily #wordsofencouragement