We are saving Fred at PFE by getting ‘Fred’ the worm in his life vest without touching him! Collaboration and problem solving for the win! #PFEisHappy

My classes Social Contract for the year inspired by the movie Up. Building relationships and working together will help our classroom hit the highest achievements as a whole and individually! #UP #TeamWorkMakestheDreamWork #SocialContract #5thGrade Pine Forest Elem

5th graders are learning about Optimistic Thinking! They had to create a project with certain supplies and be Optimistic that it could be done! Ashley Istre Pine Forest Elem

Istre’s Diner is back! Giving students real world experiences and understanding with adding and subtracting of decimals and can’t forget the theme to draw everything together for them. Excitement for both classes was at its highest. Pine Forest Elem Humble ISD #5thmath #realworld

Starting our week filled with POSITIVE AFFIRMATIONS with the SNOWBALL ACTIVITY!!! Pine Forest Elem Jocelyn Gregory Humble ISD Mrs. Hanley #snowball #positiveaffirmations #5th

Full of excitement for winning the Snowball Strategy Challenge. Thank you to PFE’s AMAZING Instructional Coaches Mrs. Hanley Jocelyn Gregory for keeping it fun and your support! Pine Forest Elem #Competition #instructionalcoaches #strategies #5th

Students represent their own prism and then going on a gallery walk to find the volume of their peers prism. Great way to get students moving and communicating to each other while learning. Pine Forest Elem Humble ISD Elementary Math Humble ISD #gallerywalk #representingvolume #5thMath

Some say it’s hard to keep kids engaged. FALSE… if they are actually engaged in what they are doing, they are having fun, learning and communicating! WIN WIN for this teacher. Pine Forest Elem Humble ISD Elementary Math #mathisfun #engagement #5thgrade

A few of us were representing U of H today for wise Wednesday! Although I didn't attend U of H, I wear different school shirts so that students are exposed to all the different colleges/universities they can attend! Pine Forest Elem

Love giving and getting positive affirmations. Thank you Pine Forest Elem ❤️#teachers #Affirmation

Transforming my room is one of my favorite things to do for my students. It makes them engaged in their learning, they are excited to learn, having fun, and they are full of smiles! Pine Forest Elem Humble ISD Elementary Math Humble ISD #HarryPotter #conversions #5thgrade #transformation

Today we had a "color" party. Staff had to be the 5th caller to my office to win a prize and guess what color we were doing! Ashley Istre won and received her favorite Sonic drink! Staff morale is so important and I'm so grateful to be able to do this for our staff! Pine Forest Elem

5th Grade took our Character Parade to a different level and transformed our rooms into The Wizard of Oz! Also filled with themed activities for spiral review. Pine Forest Elem Humble ISD Elementary Math Humble ISD #WizardofOz #Transformation #5thTeam #CharacterParade

Student Council Toy Drive wrapped up on Friday! Our Pine Forest Elem families were so generous! Ashley Istre Beverly Ford #pfestuco2324 #PFEisHAPPY

About 2,000 individual snacks collected and Student Council and CIA are loading up and taking to Ronald McDonald House!!❤️ Pine Forest Elem Beverly Ford Ashley Istre Katrina Johnson #pfeishappy

Start with HELLO!!! Wear green or yellow day! Pine Forest Elem Katrina Johnson

Wearing white to “White Out Hatred” and drinking some Starbucks #startwithhello #einstien Pine Forest Elem Katrina Johnson

Camo Day for “Start With Hello!” Pine Forest Elem Katrina Johnson

Make someone’s day GLOW ✨ Pine Forest Elem Katrina Johnson

5th graders in PFE are having a room transformation in a Panther cafe to hone their skills in adding and subtracting decimals. Relevance and rigor!