5th Grade science is a HOOT today!! Watch as all of our diverse learners are able to compare animal adaptations to see which “bird” would be able to survive in the Everglades! Bird beaks are represented with the items you’ll see in the video. 🤔😋🦜🌴Collier County Public Schools

Holly Auckerman and Kristen Anselmo are presenting some awesome info w writing & annotation. They opened with an activity called BLANK SLATE. Look it up, I bet you can use it THIS WEEK with your kids to reinforce previewing content w background knowledge!

Take a look at the AVE Construction Crew!!!! Building Literacy Skills is a lifelong job and we L💖VE it!! Avalon Elementary 🔨🚜🔩👷‍♀️

The hallways at Avalon are almost literally BUILT with student work. I am constantly in awe of these brilliant beautiful little minds and what they create with the guidance of our loving and dedicated teachers. 👷🏽‍♀️💕Collier County Public Schools #WorkOfHeart Avalon Elementary

AVALON’s 2nd ANNUAL CHILI COOKOFF WINNER IS…… 💖🙏🏼😂 She’s a jack of all trades, folks! Principal AND chef! Spicy 🌶️ And Innovative! Congrats Ms.Walcott!

What a perfect example of how small skills-based groups can work efficiently & effectively. Every child has a task, an adult facilitator, & visible 100% engagement. Speaking, writing, interacting, reading, LEARNING!! My heart is so happy! 🥰 I love this school Avalon Elementary

It’s DRESS LIKE MISS ROSA day!!!! We love our office manager Rosa Guzman. She is incredibly hard working, reliable, sweet, and knowledgeable. We are so lucky to have her so we all just needed to be like her for the day! Happy Birthday Rosita!! 💕💕💕🎂🥳🎉🎊Collier County Public Schools

Does ur kiddo get overwhelmed w/ their work? So many kids do. A whole page of questions can seem so insurmountable. Try this trick of isolating one item @ a time. Once we tried this strategy, this student was off and running & finished the entire page in 6-8 min! Collier County Public Schools

We love challenging young minds. Learning is like working out… it should always be just a liiiittle bit tough, that’s how you get stronger. You can tell these babies feel their brains growing! 🥰🥰🥰 Makes my heart smile!

When working on a Saturday doesn’t feel like working on a Saturday… 🥰With my new TBE friend Jane, and an awesome team, learning new Leader in Me skills! Collier County Public Schools

🥳Welcome back to my Tommie Barfield kiddos, parents, and community! The teachers and I are SO excited to see you. 🪐💫✨Check out our back to school updates via Smore secure.smore.com/n/6vt0d

We are getting WIG-gy with it on the news for WIG Wednesday! We are celebrating our Wildly Important Goals and WOW there are so many academic wins happening at TBE already! Doesn’t hurt that we have the cutest news hosts ever 🥰 #LeaderInMe

Recreating events (scenes) from a very mysterious novel study Tommie Barfield

Classrooms today look so different from classrooms when I grew up. How many different seating options do you see here? Which one would have worked best for you as a child? I love to see it, and it always seems to work! #Differentiation #LearningStyles

Book character pumpkin dress ups!!! Oh my gosh these are SO creative!! More to come… Tommie Barfield 🎃♥️

Get a load of these! And there are SO many more. The talent is 🤩🤩🤩!! #Literacy #MakeReadingFunAgain

Tell me you work at an elementary school without telling me you work at an elementary school…. 😂 Tommie Barfield #BookCharacterDay

Capitalizing on this crazy trend… 😂😂😂 I love the unity!!

On ERDs, teachers stay at school to learn collaboratively. Today, we are studying one way to help student process content (Marzano) by using Reciprocal Teaching (Hattie’s effect sizes .74!). I can’t wait to see how each grade level adapts this to their grades! #BestRdgCoach 💕

WRITING is a crucial component of processing content- but can also be the hardest for young learners to do. I am so impressed with the third graders in Mrs.Parker’s class, look at ALL the types of writing they’re doing about text! 📝📝📝 ELA.3.R.1.1 #SWIRL Tommie Barfield