Happy Birthday Alice! I miss you so much! ☀️

Our STEM day was all about structures this morning! From wacky houses and sandcastles to brick buildings and tall towers, we had so much fun seeing what we could create! #SpartanReadySummerLearning Mrs. Konefal Amy Steckhahn Carl Lawson Denise Palaia Janice McDowell

Once you learn comprehension strategies, it's hard to turn your thinking "off," even when watching Barbie. jenniferserravallo.com/blog/the-barbi…

What Makes Writing So Tricky at the Beginning of the Year? Problem #1: We’re Out of Practice Solution #1: Generate & Do Oral Rehearsal Help your writers generate powerful topics to write about and to do some oral rehearsal in all phases of the writing process. #tcrwp

I am very excited to be selected as an IXL Learning Ambassador! We will continue to help our teachers maximize IXL's potential in our classrooms this fall! #IXLAmbassador

Yesterday, we went on a fun adventure to observe trees, collect tree artifacts that have fallen to the ground and they created an observational drawing of the trees they saw on their nature walk. #OTES #Preschoolrocks

In this piece, The Science of Reading Comprehension Instruction, we walk through comprehension of a specific third-grade reading test passage about woodchucks. Here were some points we made in the process: ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/EY54CV8G…

“How to make (language) learning as addictive as social media” Gracias @stormsullivan85 for sharing! Mr. Jackson Duolingo TED Talks #MultilingualSpartans ted.com/talks/luis_von…

OTES students are ready to show off their LIFT tickets!! #SpartanLegacy #GOBIGRED

🎨 Amazing mural by #MsZanecchia at OTES. Make sure to check it out right outside our wonderful Ms. Sodhi’s ESL classroom #multilingualspartans Melissa Lopusznick Andrea

🗓️Save the date! Join us for Innovation Night on Thursday, March 21st. Don’t miss an opportunity to explore and celebrate the innovation taking place in our schools, PreK-12th grade! #SpartanLegacy D Kaszuba Christopher Amato Melissa Lopusznick John Bosmans Denise Palaia

My friend came back a second time to read to my class, and he is now a big 3rd grader! We liked his jokes and questions! I love watching his reading skills and his personality grow! #OTESpride #SpartanLegacy

Show your support! Be on the lookout this week for information about our community partnership this year with NoLimitsCafe

I love this paragraph regarding authentic learning and how connecting learning to the students’ lives and experiences helps learners expand their worldview 🌎William O. George III Katie Martin #MUSOE #MUEdD

Speechless at the effort and talent displayed by all 4th grade students in their Wax Museum presentation! #OTES #multilinguallearners #spartanlegacy Melissa Lopusznick

⭐️ Proud does not begin to cover it - Great work! Andrea #SpartanLegacy #MultilingualSpartans Melissa Lopusznick Kelly Weldon

OTES team rocking the I Matter session today! Teamwork makes the dream work 💪✨#OTES #spartanlegacy #collaboration Melissa Lopusznick