One of my favorite days of the year with first graders!❤️ (directed drawings/painting for our "love letters" to parents, self correcting addition with QR codes, and creative bags filled with Valentine love !❤️#ashlandSOAR #welovebeingfirst

Happy 101st Day of School- Dalmatian style!#welovebeingfirst #Ashlandsoar

It WAS a Wacky Wednesday in First Grade! #AshlandSOAR #welovebeingfirst

Happy Cat in the Hat Day!! #AshlandSOAR #welovebeingfirst

We had the BEST guest readers today! Thank you Dr. Seuss and Thing One and Thing Two!! #welovebeingfirst #ashlandsoar

St. Patrick’s Day reading on this gorgeous day!! #AshlandSOAR #welovebeingfirst

Happy St. Patrick's Day from room 116! I am so proud of all of my students for their creatively and family efforts to try so hard to catch that leprechaun!!🍀(maybe next year...) #AshlandSOAR #welovebeingfirst

First graders were obsessed with sharing their Treasure Maps today that included a map key, a compass rose, and a Virginia landform. They were sure they'd be able to follow someone's at recess to find a real treasure!!!! #ashlandsoar #welovebeingfirst

SOL supporters - sporting our jerseys!! #ashlandSOAR #welovebeingfirst

Celebrating our Ashland military families. Thank you for your service. #ashlandSOAR #welovebeingfirst

Love celebrating each student for their Star of the Week! They LOVED Friday Star Day. Their classmates pick 5 describing words and The Star gets to take it home, hang it up, and smile! 😃 #AshlandSOAR #welovebeingfirst

We are ready for our telling time quiz! This class loves kahoot! #welovebeingfirst #ashlandSOAR

Adding 3 numbers is fun when you can BUMP! #welovebeingfirst #AshlandSOAR

Spelling practice before it got HOT!! #AshlandSOAR #welovebeingfirst

These first graders were amazed at themselves- reading, listening, and TAKING NOTES TO SHARE on desert habitats using myon!#welovebeingfirst #ashlandSOAR

Still making learning fun with first name acrostic poems on this beautiful morning (before I sign out after 33 years in PWC... ❤️) #AshlandSOAR #welovebeingfirst

Puzzlemania Day in first grade!! Learned some strategies on kindles with some US symbols and habitat puzzles then jumped in with "hands on" this afternoon!! #welovebeingfirst #AshlandSOAR

TOGETᕼEᖇ ᗯE ᔕOᗩᖇ ᕼIGᕼEᖇ! TᕼᗩᑎK YOᑌ ᗩᔕᕼᒪᗩᑎᗪ ᑭTO ᖴOᖇ Oᑌᖇ ᖇETIᖇEᗰEᑎT GIᖴT!#ᗩᔕᕼᒪᗩᑎᗪᔕOᗩᖇ

Thank you to our business and community partners for their generous donations of school supplies. These important supplies will be used by Elementary and Middle school students to ensure their success in the upcoming school year...thanks to SPARK Foundation

Subbing with 2nd graders really “Floated my Boat” today!!! Christopher Columbus would be so proud! #ashlandsoar Linda Poole