Rereading a familiar book to sound smooth. #masonmoment

When blending sounds into words “clicks” and they suddenly have meaning! We are not quite ready for the next book but this impromptu page brings smiles! My “why” for teaching readers! KrissyHufnagel #meccmoment

Personalizing learning means some Ss are learning letters, some are learning words, and some are learning vowel teams. Our books are just right for us too! Melissa Bly KrissyHufnagel #masonmoment

What a nice gift from a student today! #masonmoment

Adding more talking and thinking to the books we are reading using our new tools. Melissa Bly KrissyHufnagel #masonmoment

Goal setting in action. Ss star what they are good at and circle what they want to work on, adding a tally mark each time they work on that skill. Once that skill is mastered, time for a new goal! #masonmoment KrissyHufnagel Melissa Bly

Ss chose positive affirmations to put in their cubbies to help them keep a growth mindset on days they are feeling down. They also took some home to post around the house. 😉#masonmoment

Comparing books on the same topic to see what is the same and what is different. With over 100 topic bags containing 6-10 books, Ss get to choose what they learn about! #masonmoment #nonfiction Melissa Bly KrissyHufnagel

Els reading nonfiction books along with the rest of the class … they are learning vocabulary as well as beginning reading behaviors. #masonmoment

This is what getting sucked into a book looks like. He should be unpacking and putting his lunch on the cart, but the book is just too good to put down. #firstgradereader Melissa Bly

Showing friends Korean writing. A few characters are the same in Japanese. #masonmoment

Figuring out what bugs us (triggers) can help us stay in the green zone since we can think of solutions ahead of time. Having a full toolkit of strategies is something that can help us even into adulthood! #zonesofregulation #masonmoment

Matching up puzzle piece scenarios describing how we could show empathy. #masonmoment #cometkid

Describing one another so that we can compare/contrast ourselves to book characters but also a nice momento highlighting our strengths 💚#masonmoment ⁦Melissa Bly⁩ ⁦KrissyHufnagel⁩

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Having fun with Fundations. #masonmoment Melissa Bly

When your reading group book just happens to have a character who has a fixed mindset, and you just so happened to teach about that earlier in the day … what a happy coincidence! #masonmoment

When Lexia is reviewing what we just learned today in phonics 💚 Such a great app to help personalize instruction for our comets! ⁦Melissa Bly⁩ ⁦KrissyHufnagel⁩

Finishing our character unit by writing descriptive words not about our characters but about our peers! This also serves as a personal bucket filler for students. Melissa Bly Jonathan Cooper

We earned our word detective badges! Melissa Bly