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What’s better than a book tasting of new books for our classroom library!?! NOTHING! Nothing is better then new books! Ss had a blast previewing them and got to chose one of their favorites to take home and read over the weekend!! ⁦Ellis Explorers⁩

4th grade authors shared their informational nonfiction books about planets with their 1st grade buddies in Aimee Beckwith class! 4th graders also had the opportunity to complement their peers on a job well done! Ellis Explorers

Today sure was a treat for these 4th graders! They got to learn all about multiple meaning words (specifically there, their, and they’re) from our principal ⁦Laura Gazda⁩ while using ⁦NoRedInk⁩! Thank you Mrs. Gazda! ⁦Ellis Explorers⁩

4th grade SOL boot camp happened today! Just a friendly game of tic-tac-toe while reviewing VA Geography! A fun time was had by all! Ellis Explorers Alicia Schrank Ms. Wann

A big thank you goes out to Mrs. Strahan for coming to classroom to teach us about the scientific process. We experimented to see what types of liquids make polymer water beads grow the largest. Next we will showcase our findings on our science fair boards! Ellis Explorers

Thank you to Aimee Beckwith class for inviting us to your class’ author’s celebration! We had the pleasure of listening to some awesome opinion writings about the best pets to own and the best lunches to eat! Excellent work 1st grade and Mrs. Beckwith!! Ellis Explorers

Today we celebrated these first year teachers at our Finale Rally! The things they have been able to accomplish with our Explorers this year are remarkable! Thank you to the mentors for guiding and encouraging these novice teachers all year! Ellis Explorers

Get a puppy they said! It’ll be fun they said! They were RIGHT! Love this boy to pieces already! 💙🐶

Beyond grateful and excited that EVERY Explorer will have a fabulous backpack at Open House on 8/19 thanks to Gainesville United Methodist Church. We have the best community partners! PWCS Ellis Explorers @McGlone1stgrade

I Survived 22 is coming out on 9/6! To celebrate, I'm giving away 8 signed copies from this box of author copies that arrived today. RT to enter, winners announced 9/1. Can't wait to get this into your readers hands!!!! ❤️🚂Scholastic

Now that we have learned how our classroom library is organized and the procedure for checking out books, today, we dug into the baskets to create a wish list of books we can’t wait to read for our 40 Book Challenge! Ellis Explorers

Signed Copy of The Commonsense Guide to Your Classroom Library #giveaway #win kingsumo.com/g/updvka/signe…

Learning how to annotate our thinking while reading our high interest article of the week from Newsela. This one was a perfect tie in to our Solar System unit! Ellis Explorers

Telling jokes from our joke book collection helps us pass the time while waiting for our buses! Want to know what joke had this friend ROTFL?? What did the leopard say after eating his owner? Man, that hit the “spot!” 🤣 Ellis Explorers

Today was our author’s celebration! These Ss have worked so hard on their personal narratives. They celebrated by reading their classmates stories, left compliments and read to their buddies in Ms. Wann’s class! Thanks Maddie Hanlin for your support though the process!

Thank you to Becky Lucas for teaching an amazing VA Studies inquiry lesson to my class today. Ss noticed and wondered while looking at a map that was drawn by Christopher Newport! We learned so much!!! Ellis Explorers

Celebrating the successful completion of their 1st quarter goal to read 10 books for our class’ 40 Books in 4th Grade Challenge! @donalynbook the ideas you wrote about in the The Book Whisperer have been a game changer in my classroom! Ellis Explorers

Today’s 4th grade SOL boot camp featured the fan and pick Kagan structure which resulted in increased engagement and dare I say FUN! ⁦Ellis Explorers⁩ ⁦Aimee Chadwick⁩