Everyone has worked really hard on their seasons books. They brainstormed, drafted, and edited their books. Now it’s time to share with the rest of the class! ❄️🌷☀️🍁

Engineers in the making…today we learned how to make solar powered cars! We all had a blast. ☀️🚙

These pictures capture some of the wonderful personalities in our classroom! 🥰😜

First graders love building Ms. Patton .

Ms. Patton class enjoyed programming these Ozobot Columbia Elementary School FCPS STEAM

Today’s Poetry Slam provided more parents and community members thoughtful and creative language arts products from ⁦Columbia Elementary School⁩ and Ms. Patton⁩ It’s never too early for authentic presentation and demonstrations! #smallschoolbigheart

Happy 1😊😊th Day of School from our class to yours!

Watching these artists show off all of their hard work with @ColumbiaES_Art !🦊🐻🐤

We made our own bird feeders and put them outside the classroom yesterday!🐦🪺

Had so much fun seeing some of my students at Family Heritage Night last night! 🥰🌎

Wear your favorite color and read your favorite book day! 💜

The leprechaun left us a surprise scavenger hunt last Friday! 🍀🌈

Today we started our data unit by taking some very important data on: chicken nuggets vs pizza? 🍗🍕

We had a blast on our field trip to Green Spring Gardens where we continued to learn about plants! 🌱🪴🌳

Post spring break community building: we lined up from smallest to tallest without talking 🤫 I love watching this class work together! 🫶🏻

Be sure to check out our new hallway art! Also, enjoy the students reaction to seeing it for the first time! 🌈🌎🫶🏻

After designing bird’s nest together in teams today we got to build them! 🪺🐦

🐾❤️🐾❤️ #smallschoolbigheart ⁦Mike Astudillo⁩ ⁦Fairfax Schools 🌟⁩ NBC4 Washington⁩ ⁦NBCPhotog22⁩ FCPS Region 2 ⁦Ms. Patton⁩

In honor of College & Career Readiness week we had a parent come teach us about their career. Our guest works as a cameraman for Chanel 4 news. The students LOVED seeing the van and all of the equipment. We might have a few future camera crew or anchors in our future! 🎥

Fun day at Columbia Elementary for What Will I be Wednesday to celebrate College and Career Readiness Week! Columbia Elementary School Ms. Patton NBC4 Washington Mike Astudillo