Hidden Forest Library

One of my 5th grade Battle of the Books teams named themselves "Turnage the Rock Johnsons". They're going to win. 😂😂😂 @TheRock

January 27 was Holocaust Remembrance Day! Our 3rd & 4th graders are reading the incredible true story, Angel Girl, and collaborating on a beautiful class poster. @hiddenforestes @NEISDLibrary @RenettePowell @NEISD

We kicked off our school wide "Blast Off with Reading " challenge this week! Our goal is to read 238,855 pages by the end of the school year. That's the same distance in miles from the earth to the moon! @hiddenforestes @NEISDLibrary @RenettePowell @NEISD @TGs_GT

Therapy dogs and libraries go together like peanut butter and jelly! 😍😍 @hiddenforestes @NEISDLibrary @RenettePowell @NEISD

We're reading The Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt, a precious book about embracing your differences. Mrs. Hopf, one of our 1st grade teachers, lent us this beautiful quilt she made so we could have our own quilt ghost! @hiddenforestes @NEISD @NEISDLibrary @RenettePowell

It's the last week of Hispanic Heritage Month, so our Falcons are learning about alebrijes! These beautiful sculptures are made in Mexico and collected throughout the world! @hiddenforestes @NEISD @RenettePowell @NEISDLibrary

It's Fat Bear Week, so we're learning all about bears in the Forest!! 🐻🐻 @hiddenforestes @NEISD @NEISDLibrary @RenettePowell

After reading the hilarious book, Chez Bob, our 4th & 5th graders created their own restaurant advertisements in Canva! @hiddenforestes @NEISD @NEISDLibrary @RenettePowell

After reading the beautiful 2x2 book Berry Song by Michaela Goade and discussing how Alaskans use berries to make dyes to create baskets, our littles designed their own baskets! @hiddenforestes @NEISD @NEISDLibrary @renettepowell

After reading this hysterical book, our Kinder, 1st and 2nd graders played an Abacus Place Value game on Seesaw! @NEISD @NEISDLibrary @hiddenforestes @RenettePowell

Our Falcons did some beach reading this week!! @NEISD @NEISDLibrary @hiddenforestes

Our spine poetry contest is underway! @NEISDLibrary @NEISD @hiddenforestes @RenettePowell

Our 3rd, 4th & 5th graders have been researching famous women for Women's History Month! @NEISD @NEISDLibrary @hiddenforestes @RenettePowell

It was another great author visit in the Forest! Lucy Warner did not disappoint!!! @NEISDLibrary @NEISD @hiddenforestes @RenettePowell

3rd, 4th and 5th graders are reading Salt in His Shoes, the story of Michael Jordan, and then completing a fun activity with watercolors and salt! @NEISDLibrary @NEISD @hiddenforestes @RenettePowell

BEST author visit ever! Dion Leonard & Gobi were the absolute sweetest and our Falcons loved hearing their story. ♥️♥️ @findinggobi @NEISD @NEISDLibrary @hiddenforestes @RenettePowell

February is Black History Month so this week we read The Patchwork Path, Under the Quilt of Night & Miss Tizzy. Afterwards, our Falcons colored a quilt pattern to make one big paper quilt!! @NEISDLibrary @NEISD @hiddenforestes @RenettePowell

When school is closed for two days due to ice, and it's 1st grades' Colonial Times unit, you double up classes and let the crazy happen! 🤣 @NEISDLibrary @NEISD @hiddenforestes @RenettePowell

In honor of Texas Holocaust Remembrance Week, our K through 2nd graders are readung, "Speak Up, Molly Lou Mellon" and 3 through 5 are reading, "The Yellow Star." @NEISDLibrary @hiddenforestes @RenettePowell @NEISD

Our 3rd graders are completing a mini research activity about snowflakes! ❄❄ @NEISDLibrary @NEISD @hiddenforestes