Don’t forget cougars! You can count on me and I can count on you! So happy to be apart of Mark Twain School! Hope you all enjoy our video :) wevideo.com/view/1711353026 #CougarCountry #63success EastMaine63 Howard Sussman Ellian Eydis

First days of Kindergarten complete! So excited to welcome 23 new cougars to Mark Twain School! #CougarCountry #63online #63success Hetal Shah Howard Sussman Ellian Eydis

Today we started writing small groups! How fun it was to see the stories they told about their families. Students worked hard to create real drawings and labels. #cougarcountry #63success #63online Mark Twain School EastMaine63

During science this week, kindergartners are researching germs! Thanks to Seesaw students and parents can show the discoveries these scientists are making! #CougarCountry #63success #63online Mark Twain School EastMaine63

Kindergarteners have been learning to use their math vocabulary when explaining what makes something exactly the same or not exactly the same! Mark Twain School EastMaine63 #63success #CougarCountry

Today our super writers learned that when they are done, they have just begun! Students revised their writing from yesterday by adding more drawings and words. This super writer revised his writing to teach us how to make pancakes! Mark Twain School EastMaine63 #63online

These Kindergarten writers have been working hard on writing books about a topic they know a lot about! Today we got to publish our stories to Seesaw #63Online #CougarCountry Mark Twain School EastMaine63

Shhhh... readers hard at work! These kindergarten readers learned what private reading looks like and sounds like in reading workshop today! #CougarCountry #63success Howard Sussman Ellian Eydis EastMaine63

Happy Fall Festival! We loved playing Bingo with the Mark Twain Cougars! #CougarCountry #63success Howard Sussman Ellian Eydis

Our snap words are helping these kindergartners read the exact words in their books! They have been on the hunt to find them in their books! #CougarCountry #63success Howard Sussman Ellian Eydis Maine East HS

These Super Readers used their pointing power to make sure the words they read match what they say! We practiced with familiar songs and poems as well as with our books! #CougarCountry #63success Howard Sussman Ellian Eydis EastMaine63

To review our math vocabulary on positions, students played Simon says in their breakout rooms today! #cougarcountry #63Online Howard Sussman Ellian Eydis EastMaine63

These authors were so excited to use Seesaw to publish their true stories! We have learned so much about how to write powerful stories and it’s amazing to see them using these strategies in their own pieces! #CougarCountry #63online Howard Sussman Ellian Eydis EastMaine63

First blended small group! These boys worked hard to review, find, and read snap words in their books! #blendedlearning #CougarCountry Howard Sussman Ellian Eydis EastMaine63

We are working hard to achieve their writing goals! We worked together to write sentences that start with a capital letter, have finger spaces, and punctuation on the end! We love when our sentences have our snap words in them too! Howard Sussman Ellian Eydis EastMaine63

We have been learning how to make and tell number bond stories! #CougarCountry #63Blended Howard Sussman Ellian Eydis EastMaine63

Celebrating our unity award winners this month! Congratulations to all the Mark Twain School cougars who live by our school motto “Together We Can”! #CougarCountry #63success Howard Sussman Ellian Eydis

Room 106 had so much fun celebrating “Coloring Day”. There is so much we can do with just a box of crayons! Love to see how creative they all are. #CougarCountry #63Online Mark Twain School EastMaine63

These avid readers have been learning about so many different nonfiction topics! Today we explored topics that interest us to become experts. #CougarCountry #63online Howard Sussman Ellian Eydis EastMaine63

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