April Morrison

Ace Enrichment Highlights - Ss made sailboats out of random materials during STEM week. The boats had to float and sail. @RISgreatness @robinsonisd

ACE Enrichment Highlights - Ss made windmills out of recycled materials during STEM week. Their windmill had to turn and raise a Lego figure in a capsule. @RISgreatness @robinsonisd

ACE Enrichment Highlights - Ss made straw rockets & Mars landing gear the week we learned about the Perseverance Rover at the Perot Museum. Their astronaut (ping pong ball) had to survive the landing.@RISgreatness @robinsonisd

Book Tasting Day for 4th grade! Ss read the first chapter of a few books on their table in our "diner," doodled something from the book on the tablecloth, wrote a review for their favorite, and wrote the title on a dish for the next class to see. @robinsonisd @RISgreatness

Ecosystem fun! Students created the temperate forest on one side of the room and the boreal forest on the other. They researched animals, plants, and their adaptations, then got to work. @RISgreatness @robinsonisd

We were excited to get a visit from "Flash" today! Collin shared his baby tortoise with us, & we were able to ask him about the special adaptations & characteristics of a tortoise. He went straight for the "grass" & "log" in our ecosystem project! @RISgreatness @robinsonisd

We had a JIGSAW DAY following the science STAAR last week! Thank you, Robinson Education Foundation, for the grant that provided the science and social studies themed puzzles for our classroom, and thank you, Mrs. Ruggeri for the use of the library! @RISgreatness @robinson_ef

Students became Navajo code talkers today! They decoded 3 messages from the actual Navajo Code used in WW2! If they completed the mission, they were given a badge & a salute! @RISgreatness @robinsonisd

Students are discovering how light reacts with different mediums using flashlights, white light lasers, prisms, & magnifying 🔎. They interacted with some interesting things around the room. @RISGreatness #Robinsonisd

My class played Journey Down the Silk Road today. The kids loved it!!! They were trading spices, jewels, and animals during their journey. Holly and Lara put the whole game together. Thank you!! @RISgreatness

What an awesome game! My class played Journey Down the Silk Road today. Kids had to trade jewels, spices, and animals as they traveled. They had so much fun! Thank you Holly and Lara for putting it all together.

5th grade teachers cheering on the Rockets!!! @robinsonisd @RISgreatness

Team Amistad spreading the love throughout #robinsonisd! ❤️ @risgreatness

We finished off a fun week in Social Studies with The Amazing Race activity. Students had to answer their map questions correctly to advance in the race. Those who finished the race earned a 1 million dollar bill! @RISgreatness #RobinsonISD

Connecting with students around the world about holidays and traditions this time of year through penpalschools.com. A big thanks to our wonderful librarian for helping with this! #RobinsonISD

12 Days of Christmas Reenactment #RobinsonISD

We are proud to partner with @MadeByDyslexia Their incredible free content will be launching August 1st in @Flipgrid! #FlipgridLIVE 💚 #FlipgridForAll

Ss made text to text & text to world THEME connections using Jamboard today. Love it when we can connect ELA & SS (Number the Stars, COVID-19, Berlin Airlift, & women in WW2). @robinsonisd @RISgreatness

Love the poems my students created this week! They wrote about what is going on in their lives right now and turned it into a poem. @robinsonisd @RISgreatness

Students of History on TpT has a great WWl power point with 3D images! I used 4 images to give Ss a preview of our WWl unit. We used the images to generate questions and introduce vocabulary. @RISgreatness #risdteachertakeoff #robinsonisd