2019 Gingerbread stem project is underway. They have been researching and designing today. I forgot to take pictures of my 2nd block.

Gingerbread stem project day two. Amazing job so far! One more class today.

Starting our new year with a vocabulary pre-assessment. Ready to hit the ground running!

Cody doing what he does best!

We are taking sensory words and descriptive words from our mentor text and creating a visualization of Luke’s route in the book Among the Hidden. It’s harder than they thought!

I’m seriously impressed with Mrs. Bookout! She has figured out how to build strong engagement. They are doing a scavenger hunt! What an amazing teacher. Thank you Stacey Bookout!! #rcisdjoy #digitaldawgs

Building Strong hearts and minds in thespirit of innovation means creating a fail forward environment in which we are constantly growing, creating, and innovating. #SummersStrong

Today we used our 6th grade learning pod while we worked on a choice board for our story we have been reading.

Learning to annotate!

Shout out to my 1st block of kids. They are my biggest virtual/ face-to-face class, and they were killing it today on Quizlet live. I’m so thankful for their patience as I have been figuring out what works best for all of us. #summersstrong

So much fun assessing students knowledge on POV. They has no clue it was an assessment, they thought it was just a creative writing assignment!

She works so hard. I am so proud of her.

Such a great way to start off our 12 days of Christmas!

So proud of my kids! They have worked hard all semester!

We are using our text to Glenn for information on how to wrap a present.

Congrats to Nathaniel Cody Holt for being named the recipient of the #ISTE Making IT Happen award chosen by #TCEA. The Chrome Squad and #C4L program Royse City ISD developed has served as a great example for many schools to follow. Thanks for sharing your wisdom! youtube.com/watch?v=gk6QBE…

One of my favorite writing activities we do all year long, blackout poetry. They are using a page from the book we are reading, Refugee by Alan Gratz. I can’t wait to see the final products.

One of my sweet students brought me this present today. Each rock represents a novel that we read in class. She told me the symbolism for each thing she painted. It makes my teacher heart smile. She knows how much I love teaching the symbolism of our books. 😊

A quick room transformation, so we can finish our novel. These kids have begged everyday to read, “Just one more chapter?” My goal every year is to instill a love for reading. Once again, Alan Gratz and his books have helped me achieve this goal!

STAAR Story Scramble, students were given a cut up paired passage, and had to read and unscramble each story. The students were challenged and had a lot of fun