Thank you Gratitude Generation for another fun activity! @montgomeryin3rd and I loved making Gratitude Lanterns today! #engage109 #wal109

These boys took their “handshake” to extreme levels! The class loved coming up with fun greetings today! #StartWithHello #engage109 #wal109

Our Narrative Writing Celebration is in full effect! We’re sharing our published stories with our buddies in Christina Frank and practicing how to give specific compliments. #engage109 #wal109

Hard at work on our kindness rocks with our friends in @montgomeryin3rd ! #engage109 #wal109 #gratitude Gratitude Generation

I love thinking about the journey these rocks will take and the people they’ll reach! #spreadkindness #engage109 #wal109 @montgomeryin3rd Gratitude Generation

We loved kicking off our Information Reading unit with a nonfiction read around! Hopefully I hooked some readers with the obscure topics I chose. #engage109 #wal109 #readingtolearn

We loved celebrating our buddies in Christina Frank today and listening to their Small Moment Stories! Way to go, buddies! #engage109 #wal109

Loved this Gratitude Generation activity about being grateful for friendship! I would want to answer this ad!! #engage109 #wal109 #FriendshipGoals

What better way to kick off our thankfulness this week than by helping our students GLOW! #grateful #wal109 #engage109 Gratitude Generation @montgomeryin3rd

These 3rd graders are practicing gratitude and making big plans for a January service project! Thanks Gratitude Generation for helping us teach our students the importance of giving back to others! @montgomeryin3rd #engage109 #wal109

So sweet to read the thoughtful notes that CCSD21 Field School students wrote to the PTO! #ccsd21 #fieldfalcons

We are so GRATEFUL for all the donations we collected in our Winter Gear Collection Drive! Our students worked hard to plan and execute this service project through the support of the Gratitude Generation and their #GLOW curriculum! @montgomeryin3rd

The Walden 3rd Grade Wax Museum is open!!! #wal109 #engage109 @montgomeryin3rd Jennifer Russell @JennyKossCastro

Surprise!!! There’s no better way to honor Mr. V and all that he has done for our school then with a surprise assembly! #wal109 #engage109

Accountability partners are important! We loved checking in with our buddies in Christina Frank about our school-wide reading WIG and making bookmarks! #wal109 #engage109

It’s Wacky Wednesday for our students today!! It’s so fun posting daily Seesaw videos to greet our students and welcome them to a new day of #elearning! I can’t wait to see their responses! #engage109 #wal109 @montgomeryin3rd Jennifer Russell @JennyKossCastro

It’s a beautiful day and the 3rd Grade Team is ready to meet and greet our students! #engage109 #wal109 Jennifer Russell @montgomeryin3rd

It's the first day of remote learning in 3rd grade! How cool is it to watch these learners work hard at home! #engage109 #wal109

Thank you Officer Maldonado from the Deerfield Police for teaching our 3rd graders how you gather evidence and solve crimes! What a great way to celebrate the end of our Mystery Reading Unit! #engage109 #wal109 @montgomeryin3rd Jennifer Russell

For the first time ever, there will be a special live broadcast of the Inauguration made especially for students and families. You can tune in live at 10am ET on #InaugurationDay. To learn more, go to bideninaugural.org/youth. I’ll see you there!