A heat wave has been the perfect time for learning about the California deserts and capturing a sunset at Joshua Tree in our art! ⁦Vanalden Avenue Elementary⁩ ⁦Los Angeles Unified⁩ ⁦Reseda Community of Schools⁩ #LAUSD #JoshuaTree #IBelieveinLAUSD #artinschools

Yay for arrays and fun practicing them with Kahoot! I love how the students collaborated! ⁦Vanalden Avenue Elementary⁩ ⁦Reseda Community of Schools⁩ #LAUSD #Kahoot

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Thank you Miss Nickel for always putting your best foot forward in teaching us coding! We discovered there are a lot of steps forward and other directions needed to have a computer do a specific job! ⁦Vanalden Avenue Elementary⁩ ⁦Reseda Community of Schools⁩ ⁦Los Angeles Unified⁩ #LAUSD

Collaboration! We love it! I’m so proud of how students are coming together to discuss and share ideas! ⁦Vanalden Avenue Elementary⁩ ⁦Reseda Community of Schools⁩ #LAUSD

We had another fantastic trip to the Orchard today! We learned some beginning coding and some super important vocabulary! Thanks for being awesome Miss Nickel!!! ⁦Vanalden Avenue Elementary⁩ ⁦Reseda Community of Schools⁩ #LAUSD

Nestled in the shadows of the Trader Joe’s Mountains is the freshly planted Peppermint Valley. Our knowledge or regions and landforms is growing….and love for old fashioned graham crackers is undying! ⁦Vanalden Avenue Elementary⁩ ⁦Los Angeles Unified⁩ #TraderJoes #LAUSD

What a fun visit to the garden! We planted carrots by our pumpkins, found zucchini flowers, and spied caterpillars munching on our sunflowers alongside some ladybugs! ⁦Vanalden Avenue Elementary⁩ ⁦Los Angeles Unified⁩ #LAUSD #schoolgardens

Mondays in the Orchard are the best! Coding a fire escape plan for Dash was awesome as was the firefighter’s brain break! Thanks Miss Nickel!!! ⁦Vanalden Avenue Elementary⁩ ⁦Los Angeles Unified⁩ ⁦Reseda Community of Schools⁩ #LAUSD

Autumn sensory poems and fall art from my fabulous third grade students! I love their creativity and enthusiasm! ⁦Vanalden Avenue Elementary⁩ ⁦@LASchoolsNW⁩ ⁦Reseda Community of Schools⁩ #LAUSD #artseducationmatters

We’ve gone batty! Bats in caves, bats flying, and a great game of Fruit Fruit Bug! ⁦Vanalden Avenue Elementary⁩ ⁦Los Angeles UnifiedNW⁩ ⁦@LASchools⁩ #bats #LAUSD

It’s College and Career Day! Showing a little local spirit!!! ⁦Vanalden Avenue Elementary⁩ ⁦Los Angeles Unified⁩ ⁦USC⁩ #FightOn #IBelieveinLAUSD

Farm to table or school garden to desk…a fabulous class community experience as we harvested and enjoyed! ⁦Vanalden Avenue Elementary⁩ ⁦Reseda Community of Schools⁩ ⁦Los Angeles Unified⁩ #LAUSD #schoolgardens

A perfect October day learning about plants and animals on a third grade field trip! Thank you Los Angeles Zoo for making this possible! ⁦Vanalden Avenue Elementary⁩ ⁦Reseda Community of Schools⁩ ⁦Los Angeles Zoo⁩ ⁦Los Angeles Unified⁩

Autumn joy filled our class with thankfulness for each other and our opportunity to learn together! We wish you a very happy Thanksgiving! Los Angeles Unified Reseda Community of Schools #Thanksgiving

Mourning and celebrating the life of Rosalynn Carter. She was a strong advocate and powerful voice for Mental Health. NAMI We will always cherish her support of NAMI and families navigating Mental Illness. She wanted the best for EVERYONE!

Monday morning was busy here at Vanalden!!! Lots of congratulations are in order...first to Mrs. Silberkleit's class for receiving the Attendance Award trophy for their great attendance during the month of November, and to these students for having their tickets drawn!!!

Eclipse Day in L.A.! We didn’t need a total eclipse to be totally awestruck! Perhaps in our midst are the astronomers of the future! Los Angeles Unified Reseda Community of Schools #SolarEclipse2024

Help me have my students get their hands dirty in the garden with some real garden tools! ⁦Vanalden Avenue Elementary⁩ ⁦Los Angeles Unified⁩ ⁦Reseda Community of Schools⁩ #schoolgarden #donorschoose donorschoose.org/project/sprout…