Kelly Olivella

Valentine’s Day - “Love of Reading”. ❤️ 1st Grade dressed as a favorite character, paraded through kinder & pre-K, had a grade level morning meeting, and shared our character reports & favorite pages. 📖 #hubiefromtheblacklagoon #charlottesweb #iteachfirst #teachermom #stepsmia

Learning about harvesting carrots from our parent expert. 🥕 #recessgardenclub #schoolcommunity #stepsmia #iteachfirst #outdoorclassroom #winterinmiami☀️

Hmmmmm...🤔 #unevendistributionofwealth #mattheweffect

Today’s bounty: green onions, parsley, cilantro, mint, lavender, kale, tomatillos. #recessgardenclub All are welcome and encouraged to share in this beautiful outdoor space. 🌱🥬 #thankyouparents #schoolgarden #community #stepsmia #winterinmiami☀️

This week our 1st graders learned about sustainability. A big thank you to #coralgablesmuseum for an engaging learning experience! Our community of #coralgables is a great example of #sustainablecitydesign 🌴🏢🏬🌳🚌🚲🌳🏗⛲️🌴#urbandensity #walkingtour @stepsmia

@bmcphillips21 Looks familiar 😉

Love these timelines ❤️@KellyOstepsmia

Our garden had a serious growth spurt over winter break. What a difference two weeks makes! 🌱🍎🥬 #recessgardenclub #stepsmia #iteachfirst #winterinmiami☀️

Our beautiful courtyard looks so peaceful at night. The students return in a few short days! #backtoreality #stepsmia #readyfor2019 #almost #iteachfirst ⛪️✨🌴

Our garden is growing! 🌱🍅🥦 #recessgardenclub #getyourhandsdirty #timetoweed #firstgrade #stepsmia 🐯 @ St. Thomas Episcopal Parish (Coral Gables) instagram.com/p/Bq8hMpVh-aj/…

So proud of my Matias and all of the first graders @stepsmia for working hard to prep and plant our community garden this week. 🌱🥦🍅🥕🥒🌻 #recessgardenclub #thankyouparents #firstgrade… instagram.com/p/BqQwdfDBYZm/…

First day of Read to Self. My Ss loved getting cozy w/ our class pets & pillows.🐻🦊They read independently for 5 min and could’ve kept going! 👏🏼 #proudteacher #daily5 #lovetoread☺️📚 #thankyoukinderteachers #flexibleseating #responsiveclassroom #iteachfirst @thedailycafe

Tomorrow is the big day! 📚#letsdothis #iteachfirst #stepsmia #flexibleseating #responsiveclassroom

Got my laminator working overtime this weekend. 🙌🏼#lastminutechanges #laminateallthethings #iteachfirst #getitdone @ScotchProducts

Soaking up some sunshine in the courtyard while we learn and reflect on our teaching practice. 💙🐯💛 #responsiveclassroom #stepsmia #sharedexperience @responsiveclass @stepsmia

The countdown has begun! Class lists will be posted tomorrow. The kids arrive in a week! #crunchtime #stepsmia #iteachfirst #lotstodo 🐯⛪️ @stepsmia

A dream come true! 😍 I can’t wait to dive into our brand new #guidedreading library from @Scholastic 📚Thank you @stepsmia ! Sooooooo many amazing texts! #iteach1st #readersareleaders #happyteacher #daily5cafe

Starting to put together our read-aloud library for the first week. 👏🏼📚🐯 #daily5cafe #responsiveclassroom #readingwritingworkshop #readaloudsandroutines #iteach1st

Enjoying a cafe with The Cafe ☕️📖 #naptime #boysday #raremomentofpeace #1bookaweek #reflectandrefine #literacyinstruction #iteachfirst @thedailycafe

PD book of the week. My goal is to read one a week for the rest of the summer 😎🏝#startingtoday #ivebeencarryingitforaweek #daily5cafe #kidskeepmebusy #iteachfirst @thedailycafe

I stopped by our school garden today too. There are still delicious veggies thriving among the weeds. 🌱🍅🌶I’m thinking about starting a #recessgardenclub this year with my 1st graders. 🤔… instagram.com/p/BlMG3a9HXtX/…