Our favorite day for Words Their Way is partner sorting and spelling day!!! So proud of their teamwork. 😊

Making our thinking about area models visible in Grade 4! #numbertalks

We did it! Our crew is so proud of their writing about reading. #litessays

Interpreting characters, theme, and lifting lines in our One Pager Book Club Challenge! Love their creativity 😊

Making Grade 4 memories with an awesome crew, while visiting our state capitol!

Our favorite time of year is exploring fractions using number talks, real world examples, and just right problems!

Look in, look up, look out! Our crew found their word to help make 4th Grade our best year yet!

Heading into our long weekend with grateful hearts 😊💕😊

Our crew’s first visit with our high school football 🏈 leader!! We will be cheering 📣 for our Bucs tonight! Let’s Go Bucs!!! 👏🏽

Our readers are so excited to read our new library additions this year!! Thank you Grand Haven Schools Foundation! Our readers are going to be busy, busy!

Our young authors using story arcs to build intensity in the scenes of their realistic fiction stories!!

Celebrating our Notice and Note learning with a fun flashlight reading day!

We adore our story time with Grandpa Gundy! All smiles!!

Our mathematicians write and solve their own multi digit addition and subtraction stories!

Feelin’ alive after our visit with Science Alive today! 😂💕😂

🎾Congratulations to our Boys Tennis Academic All-State Achievement!🎾#StudentAthlete

Personal connection and relationships are a gateway to engagement in learning. Download this tool for ideas about how to foster open conversation: bit.ly/2SfNL44

The 1st day of school often comes with the age-old question: "What did you do this summer?", but every student may not have something they want to share. Here are 5 alternative questions that will help students connect at the start of the school year. 🌟

For new teachers starting tomorrow two pieces of advice, get your behaviour right from the start and try to work on questioning to help drive understanding.