Wait. They want us to focus on the school door being unlocked? So let me get this straight: They say it should have been much harder to enter the building, but won’t make it harder to buy the AR-15 he used to kill 19 kids and two teachers? Do you hear how insane that sounds?!

Saw this on the twitter and thought, “We’ll have a bit of that!” My school is now the proud owner of a Parent Lending Library! 🤜🤛 Such a simple way to build a love of reading throughout the whole family!

Excited about this board. Using EL Education and as we read books that are set in different places, we’ll scratch those destinations off!

The Trader Joe’s cashier asked me what I was doing this weekend. I told her not much since I’m a teacher and we report back Monday. On my way out she handed me these flowers and said have a good school year 🤍🥺 #daymade #thelittlethings

Loved this data selfie activity and can’t wait to try this in the classroom! Thanks Crystal Darensbourg for sharing😊 Been a great week of learning and feeling so excited for this year ahead! Mashelle.kiggins@jef Nate Meyer JCPS

“I’m lucky!”, Ada Miller squealed when she found a penny on the porch of her flooded home. I wish the optimism of a child for all of us in Eastern Kentucky as we pick up the pieces of our beautiful little town.

6️⃣4️⃣ Hours. On Monday mornings, this is how long it has been since some kids have had any positive interaction with an adult. Whether you are a teacher, bus driver, custodian, principal, or _______, how you greet your kids in the morning matters. Be the light! #multiplyexcellence

Making square feet and square meters come to life today during math! This visual really helped students understand each unit of measurement @jcpsK5math Illustrative Mathematics Mashelle.kiggins@jef Nate Meyer

Using pop it’s to help us sound out words and scented markers to write new heart words. Learning so much from LETRS training and enjoying implementing it with these kiddos❤️ JCPS Elementary ELA JCPS Mashelle.kiggins@jef

Painting my house and I can’t stop listening to episode after episode of this podcast. So much good information, so much we need to change 🤯

These two episodes really stuck with me. Highly recommend this podcast for all educators trying to shift their reading instruction + those who work with ELs

3rd graders came up with some AWESOME strategies to overcome reading challenges. Excited to watch their informative essays come to life! Mashelle.kiggins@jef JCPS Elementary ELA EL Education

Sneak peaks of our conclusion paragraphs!👀 I am so impressed with what these scholars have done and have never had this much success with writing in 3rd grade! EL Education Mashelle.kiggins@jef Dr. Sandra L. Hogue Nate Meyer JCPS Elementary ELA

Created an Epic for Kids collection all about frogs for our new EL Education unit. Today we read a poem about poisonous dart frogs and they were able to tell me SO much just from reading the collection! We decided that I’m fired and they can now teach themselves!🤪

Differentiated word work with grade level text ✅ JCPS Elementary ELA Dr. Sandra L. Hogue Mashelle.kiggins@jef EL Education

Spent some time reading to our kindergarten buddies today📖❤️

One of my favorite thanksgiving activities is to read Balloons Over Broadway and have the students create their own balloon🥰

Just a few of the ✨amazing✨ frog trading cards Ss made to close out our module! JCPS Elementary ELA EL Education Mashelle.kiggins@jef

Ss were struggling to understand mL vs L so we brought in some real world liquids and did some estimating and measuring! Definitely helped!@jcpsK5math Mashelle.kiggins@jef

He was a non-writer at the beginning of the school year🥹👏 now he’s providing TWO reasons to support his answer! EL Education JCPS Elementary ELA Mashelle.kiggins@jef