Ms. Bertels ESL Class

@MsPowellsOwls @gerrybrooksprin AGAIN!!! You did it at Elevate in Murfreesboro last year too. You are a natural photographer!!

I was able to play photographer for Jack Hartman and @gerrybrooksprin at Elevate Phoenix! Some of the nicest people out there!! 🥰❤️

Gardening club moving soil, pulling weeds, watering and checking on the pollinator garden. Getting ready for planting. @SmyrnaElem_TN

We presented our fable research project today in 2nd grade ESL. They did so great researching, writing, collaborating and presenting the fable story board with their partner. @SmyrnaElem_TN

Building our own town maps in kindergarten today to wrap up our unit on maps and globes. 🙂@SmyrnaElem_TN

Playing “Tetris” to help us learn and remember the vocabulary word “peices”! #ESLRocks! @SmyrnaElem_TN

First grade ESL students simply love reading, especially when it’s science books. @SmyrnaElem_TN

Kinder ESL learners exploring some community maps. Looking for map symbols, predicting what they mean and telling each other how to find a certain point on the map. 🩵@SmyrnaElem_TN

2nd grade friends working on creating timelines. #SES&ESLROCKS @SmyrnaElem_TN

Kindergarten friends reading Christmas books and pretending to be Mrs. Bertels. I have no doubt that they will grow up to be the best teachers around. #ESLrocks @SmyrnaElem_TN

Gardening club stayed inside this meeting to make pots for holiday gifts. @SmyrnaElem_TN

Second grade ESL friends working on nonstandard measurement today. Collaboration and discussions for days. @SmyrnaElem_TN

@bowenKSES @SmyrnaElem_TN Love this!!!

Today we co created anchor charts for reading to get ready to write our own weather books and started to planning with our groups to build a shelter to keep people and animals safe from the weather

Apple tasting and using our thinking maps to help us finish our sentences. We love learning through apples!! ESL experiences are the best!! @SmyrnaElem_TN

@BWilliamsESL @RFe_RCS Love it!!!

We love using Thinking Maps to organize our thinking! Today, first graders used a circle map to record details, from their text, that supported the main idea. #iteachesl #LanguageLearning @RFe_RCS

Thank you TDOT Pollinator habitat program for sending seeds for our pollinator gardens. @myTDOT @SmyrnaElem_TN

When we’re learning about plants, we take our learning outside and end up hunting for roots. @SmyrnaElem_TN 1st grade ESL rocks

Gardening club picking weeds and trying to see if we can get some onion and garlic to take root. @SmyrnaElem_TN

@jamie_preK @SmyrnaElem_TN @roark_stephanie The best!!!! We are so blessed.

@SmyrnaElem_TN has a rockstar in VPK & they know it! Thanks Ms. Stephanie for meeting kids where they are and pushing them as far as they can go! Your room is always a joy! @roark_stephanie

When playing “school”, she teaches UFLI to her imaginary class. 😊@SmyrnaElem_TN

@bowenKSES @SmyrnaElem_TN 🤣so big

@BertelsMs @SmyrnaElem_TN It’s the big pigtails for me. And love this

Kindergarten language learners making words, substituting sounds and rocking a weather sort discussion. 🫶🏻@SmyrnaElem_TN