Today's CREW/ Responsive Classroom session w/ @ezearl2 blew my mind!🤯 So much enthusiasm & vulnerability for our kids. I am excited to be a "farmer of intimacy!" Thank you to JayReutter and Lauren Gentene for investing in this incredible programming! Mason Middle School

In the world of education, we call this #flexibleseating.

These shoes are enjoying a spirited game of Rock/Paper/Scissors Hula Hoop. #CometGames #MasonMomentum Mason Middle School

Mindfulness Corner in full force on this Monday! #MindfulMondays

When the student engagement is so good that 10 mins of independent reading turns into 20 🤓📚 #MasonMomentum

Had a blast @ my first MMS XC Meet! These kids smoked it!!🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️ #MasonMomentum

Best morning EVER!! Student engagement 💯 during our Picture Book Review of Reading Foundations concepts (swipe to see skills covered). Students started showing each other the pictures and adding "voices" without me even prompting! 😍 Teenagers are the coolest. #MasonMoment

Had a blast at our first #MECCReadingChallenge VIP Event! Thanks to the #MasonSchoolsFoundation for hosting us, and congratulations to MECC for crushing your goal and reading 24,000 books! Melissa Bly

💗 That feeling when... 💗 Your kindergarten Pen Pal sends you a letter and a Valentine. We ❤️ our MECC Pen Pals, and thanks to a grant from MSF , we can't wait to meet them this spring! #CometConnection #MasonMoment #MasonMomentum

My wonderful 8th graders have become pen pals with the 🐧,🦩, 🦒, & 🦦 classes at MECC. Displayed here are some sample letters they've crafted for their young friends. Thanks to a generous grant from MSF, we will meet these kiddos soon! #MasonMoment Melissa Bly

Last Thursday ranks in my top 5 teaching moments from my career. Thanks to MSF my 8th graders got to spend the day @ MECC with their KG pen pals reading, playing on the playground, & snacking. BEST DAY EVER! 💚 Tracey Carson Mason Middle School Melissa Bly Elizabeth Weddle

"You have the resilience of the human spirit inside you." "There is something you can do every day to be kinder, to be better." -- Dr. Renata Frydman Her family fled Europe when a neighbor hurled a rock at her tiny baby carriage. Today we heard her story. #neverforget

#CometCon23 was amazing! If you zoom in, you may see the doc (Jonathan Cooper) and I twinning 😁😁

Recess is even more fun in K when you have Gibson with you! #masonmoments Melissa Bly #shinelikesable #4paws4ability

Such a cute, simple, and quiet way to demonstrate student voice and student choice. #FanFavorites Thanks, Mrs. Paine! #LearningWalks

Totally want to take this class and low-key wishing I could be a student in the Art of Storytelling elective! Aaron West Mason Middle School #LearningWalks

One of my favorite, under-utilized strategies! Review important literary elements, signposts, and analysis skills using children's books. The research supports it; the students love it. Thanks for the assist, Berenstain Bears, Pete the Cat, Rainbow Fish, Slothee, and Hiccup! 😁

Recipe for a great Writing Workshop: ✅️ coffeehouse jazz music ✅️ dim lighting ✅️ Writer's Notebooks ✅️ engaging prompt (swipe) Wednesday Writing Workshop is a success!