On Friday afternoons, Mrs. Damora comes into our class to practice mindfulness. Today, we learned a few new breathing exercises! What a great way to end our week!🧘🏼‍♀️🙏🏻☺️ Belleville Special Services Department

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Today we started building our life-size Gingerbread house. Students followed directions to build the frame with PVC pipes & tomorrow we will begin the decorations! 🏠🎄@S5_Belleville Belleville Special Services Department

Congrats to my paraprofessional Lisa, @S5_Belleville’s educational services professional of the year! Her dedication, patience, & passion is truly unmatched! My class would not function without her! This award is so well deserved! WE LOVE YOU Kaelis7 🤍

Our gingerbread house is fully decorated and open for visitors! During ELA centers today, students worked on their sight word puzzles inside the house! Mrs. Cascarano stopped by for a visit, too! @S5_Belleville School 5 Teachers Belleville Special Services Department

This afternoon we decorated Gingerbread houses & had our weekly mindfulness visit from Mrs. Damora! We learned the “tree pose,” and practiced breathing techniques while balancing on one foot! #AFridayWellSpent🧘🏼‍♀️🤍@S5_Belleville Belleville Special Services Department

We had such a fun day today!! My little crew did a great job singing at the holiday concert & then we got a surprise visit from…. SANTA! 🎶🎄🎅🏼 @S5_Belleville

Today we finished up our MLK Jr. activities from Friday! Students shared what they did yesterday, and we discussed different ways to honor MLK, even when we’re not at school!

Yesterday, my students (with the help of our wonderful para, Ms. X) surprised me and Ms. Lisa with a beautiful birthday celebration! Love our little classroom fam 🥰 🥳 🤍

Students tried to use 100 cups to build a tower on the 100th day of school! We had so much fun! #80daysleft 🥳

Happy Valentine’s Day from my sweethearts 💗💗

We had a great day yesterday celebrating Dr. Seuss’ birthday with so many guest readers. Thank you to the parents, firefighter Dave Belleville NJ Fire, and town council member Nelson Barrera for reading to our class! 📚 We loved having you all!

Students from @S5_Belleville had a great time on Friday with the high school coaches during their monthly athletic mentoring session! Thank you for this great opportunity! Caleb Rhodes BELLEVILLEATHLETICS @BellevilleSuper

We had a busy, busy week leading up to Spring Break!! Yesterday, we dyed eggs and had so much fun! Love my little crew 🤍🤍🤍 @S5_Belleville Belleville Special Services Department

And today we celebrated our Liam, who has come so far since he started with me 2 years ago. His determination & empathy for others is unmatched! A perfect birthday party for one of the sweetest souls 🎂🤍#OurClassroomFamily @S5_Belleville Belleville Special Services Department

Awww!!! This is what it’s all about! I hope Nate had the best birthday 🤍🤍🤍

Some preparations with my students for the big event! Come watch as me and Mrs. Cascarano pie Mr. Puglia Stephen Puglia at @S5_Belleville 🥧🥧The event will take place tomorrow, April 28th at 1:45! Spread the word!! Belleville Special Services Department @BellevilleSuper Diana Kelleher

We had so much fun watching Mr. Puglia get pied in the face to raise money for Autism! Thanks for being a great sport and thanks to everyone who donated to a great cause! 🧩💛💙 Stephen Puglia Belleville Special Services Department @S5_Belleville

Thank you Belleville NJ Fire department for keeping us cool on this hot day! The students had so much fun getting sprayed with the fire hose! George Del Grande 🚒👨🏻‍🚒

During today’s CBI trip to 7-11, students wrote down 3 items they want to purchase & the prices! Back at school, they added them up to know how much money they need to bring when we go back to shop next week! Stephen Puglia Belleville Special Services Department Caleb Rhodes