After learning about Diwali today, we created our own Rangoli inspired art using pattern blocks. #KindergartenAdventures at Pontiac Elementary

Kicking it old school. Using " quills" to practice our sight words---Photo and headline cred: Ms. Kasavicha

What are you thankful for? Our class is thankful for our amazing custodial staff here at Pontiac Elementary Richland School District Two #notesofgratitude

When you dedicate time to build strong & positive relationship with your students, & you instill a love for reading, this is what you get...Our readers showed up during office hours to listen to the last 3 chapters of our read aloud.

R2 Innovates incubator teams working hard today building on their projects! The incubator provides space, time, resources and ideas to being ideas to life. Richland School District Two

Incubator teams working on initiatives around AI, collaboration, diversity discussions, Family Intervention Services and passion projects. Great teams doing innovative work Tom Cranmer Baron R. Davis, PhD Richland School District Two

We had so much fun today celebrating the 100th day of school. Can’t believe that in only 80 days we’ll have the most wonderful group of FIRST GRADERS!!

At the beginning of the school year we used to these magnetic chips & wands to count the sounds in a word. This week we are using them to solve subtraction equations. A simple way to make learning exciting!! #KinderMath

Leadership is out of this world! Today is Leadership Day at Pontiac where we are showcasing our amazing student leaders at Pontiac!

Our sweet class ready to welcome guests this morning for Leadership Day at school. Can’t wait to see them planning and running the show one day!!

Last week @KindersAtPES had her students who were former Child Dev. students go back to read to the current 4 year olds. Because they can read now. Little things like this makes big things like reading happen everyday Pontiac Elementary

First day back from break was fantastic! This one simple sentence provided so many learning opportunities - we identified the noun/sightword, found new “heart” parts in words and discussed which punctuation mark was most appropriate for the sentence. My teacher heart is so proud!

Want to see how R2 students are coming up with solutions to challenging problems? COME OUT TO THE INNOVATION CELEBRATION AT RICHLAND TWO! ηathan oneill #RichlandTwo #PremierStartsHere

Innovation Celebration 2022 was a blast. A first ever showcase of innovative and creative projects from all over the district. Loved the tables, food, learning, and pitches!

Innovation Celebration 2022 was a blast. A first ever showcase of innovative and creative projects from all over the district. Loved the tables, food, learning, and pitches!

So proud to be a part of the Innovation Celebration! Shoutout to ηathan oneill and Brian Heyward for all of the love, support and motivation! Stay tuned for Diversity Discussion’s first Empathy Workshop!

We are officially a week away from our first Empathy Workshop, happening next Thursday, May 19th, 3:30-4:00! Come take a deeper dive into learning more about empathy and how to show it in our classrooms through literature! Here is the Google Meet link: meet.google.com/ywa-kdvi-vda!

This morning’s school visit started with a visit to Pontiac Elementary’s Kindergarten class! Dr. Kim D. Moore #PurposeDriveFutureReady

Did you hear all the cheers and shouting coming from Pontiac?! Don’t worry…That was just our students screaming with excitement for one of our very own. Kathia Rivera-de-Guzman (kindergarten teacher extraordinaire) was just named an Honor Roll Teacher for Richland 2!! 🎉🎉🎉