Jordan Small

Our first graders are learning about fire safety from the experts themselves, Loudoun County Fire Fighters!

Our first grade scientists are beginning to investigate apples!

Today at Camp Read-A-Lot, we built our own campfires and enjoyed a good book next to them 📚

Our first graders had the BeST time exploring the Udvar Hazy Center on their field trip yesterday!

We are officially ‘2nd Graders In-Training!’

How many ways can you make $1?

Thank you to Mrs. El Khatib for the newest addition to our classroom library and for teaching us all a little more about the Muslim holiday of Ramadan this morning!

Our writers published their persuasive writing today and we’re so excited to see if our letters are convincing enough!

Our first graders all picked a local animal to research so they could find ways to protect it. Today, they shared their hard work with classmates! #PBL

We’re using reader’s theater to improve our reading fluency and expression in first grade!

We’re learning about the Irish holiday of St. Patrick’s Day in first grade today 🍀

Thank you to Mrs. Canter for teaching us all about the Bulgarian holiday of Baba Marta today! We all made our very own Martenitsa bracelets to promote happiness as spring comes.

Our first graders are diving into nonfiction books together and learning how to research using Pebble Go!

We collaborated, communicated and created while building our gingerbread houses today. Students were given a list of requirements to complete this fun, holiday STEM challenge!

Today, our first graders learned more about Hanukkah from one of our wonderful parents, Mrs. Fitzsimmons. We had a blast playing dreidel together!

Thank you to our wonderful IFT, Mrs. Foti, for helping us improve our addition skills while coding Bee Bots!

Our first graders are collaborating and communicating during our cup stacking challenge this morning. We love community building on Monday mornings! #The5Cs

So thankful that I get to work with such a great group of kids this year!

Today’s teamwork challenge: How many adjectives can your team come up with?

We’re playing math games and working together to improve our number sense skills.