Wow... Cannot believe that I am officially done with my first year of teaching! It has been a wild ride, full of ups & downs, but I would not trade it for the world❤ I am beyond thankful… instagram.com/p/Byyn0-SlMRkx…

Ms. Z's Busy Bees are loving the new phonics units of study! Creating silly rhyming words by changing the first letter in our names. Hickory Woods Elem Walled Lake Schools

Some action shots from Hickory Woods Color Run! What a fun event, thanks to Hickory Woods Elem and our fabulous PTA! Great job Hawks!! 💙💚💛🧡💜❤ Walled Lake Schools

Last week, super students wrote Pete the Cat to see if he would let us use his name for our name wall (since we have no "P" names). On Friday, we were THRILLED to receive this letter back from Pete and his name card for us to use!😊 #theteacherscollege #welovephonics Hickory Woods Elem

Hickory Woods Elementary stands strong and supports the WLEA Bargaining Team - Kenneth Gutman  Negin Samira   Walled Lake Schools

K students LOVED celebrating the end of our first unit in reader's workshop with a book parade! So much fun parading through the 1st grade classrooms and having them cheer us on. Great job super readers!!! 🎉📚 Hickory Woods Elem Walled Lake Schools

Un-BEE-lievably lucky to 🐝 part of such an amazing team! Happy Halloween everyone!! instagram.com/p/B4TlPzAgkSYE…

Ms. Z's Busy Bees practicing some morning mindfulness with our "rainbow breaths" from GoNoodle😊🌈 Hickory Woods Elem Walled Lake Schools

Kindergarten Alphabet Experts teaching their stuffed animals all that they've learned about their ABC's this year! Such a fun way to share our learning! Hickory Woods Elem Walled Lake Schools Lucy Calkins

Happy Thanksgiving from our classroom family to yours😊🦃❤ Hickory Woods Elem Walled Lake Schools #thankful

Ms. Z's super readers loved getting their new book of the month "Giggle, Giggle, Quack"! I love how much they love reading❤ Hickory Woods Elem Walled Lake Schools

Last week our big buddies picked out special library books they thought we would enjoy reading and brought them down... So kind of them! We can't wait to see them again tomorrow😊 Hickory Woods Elem Walled Lake Schools

Sharing the gift of reading with our big buddies❤ Always such a treat getting to see them! Hickory Woods Elem Walled Lake Schools

Today we had a little competition to see which rug club could make the most words using their word-part power! Loved seeing students work together to create words with consonants and rimes! Hickory Woods Elem Walled Lake Schools

100th day of school festivities with my favorite little ones! Way to go K students😊 Hickory Woods Elem Walled Lake Schools

Our Book of the Month for February was "Hidden Figures". Such a great book and such inspiring women!😊📚🎉 Walled Lake Schools Hickory Woods Elem

Today Mabel made a guest appearance in our morning meeting video to say our Hickory Woods pledge!😊 Thanks for your help Mabel! Hickory Woods Elem Walled Lake Schools

Rasheed is ready for costume day at school tomorrow AND he has a special treat in store for his favorite first grade phonics professors!😊🎃🎉 Harlan Elementary

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