Daniella Groh

Fishing for blends🎣 Students loved fishing for a mystery word to read! They cheered each other on as each fisher got their chance to reel one in🐟 #phonics #firstgrade #readinginstruction

St. Patrick’s Day STEAM Challenge 🍀 Studets worked together to make a plan and design a styrofoam leprechaun hat. 🎩 During his visit he shrunk them down to fit his head! @S5_Belleville #steamchallenge #stemchallenge #stpatricksday

Pirate Day in first grade! 🏴‍☠️ Students learned all about RR controlled vowels ar, er, ir, or, and ur!⛵️Students had a blast using their spy glasses to hunt for hidden doubloons around or “ship,” reading pirate stories and creating pirate hats! @S5_Belleville #firstgrade #phonics

Glued Sounds 🤝 First graders create d words with -nk and -ng glued sounds. Students built the words in parts with letters then wrote out and marked up the whole word. 🔡 Hands on learning at its best!🏅 #firstgrade #handsonlearning #phonics

Gifted and Talented students @S5_Belleville collaborated to create their own winter Olympic sport! 🧊⛸️ Students organized rules, objectives, and standards for their sport then presented to the group! ❄️🏂 #giftedandtalented @Nicole_Shanklin

Academic Olympics Closing Ceremony! 🏒 Students showed commitment, academic excellence, and excitement while competing in their academic olympic events. PreK won third 🥉First grade won 🥈Kindergarten won first🥇 Congratulations bulldogs! @S5_Belleville @belleville_ps #olympics

Great start to Read Across America! 🇺🇸Thank you @Dr_Alfonso17 for your visit! My students loved your bilingual book and took the message of kindness with them the rest of the day! 📚

3rd & 4th grade students at a blast at the Essex County Gifted and Talented STEAM Ahead competition. 🦺 Students collaborated with other districts to create a water tower. The collaboration and creativity was incredible to see!💡@belleville_ps @Nicole_Shanklin #giftedandtalented

Today, Belleville hosted the Essex County Gifted and Talented STEAM Ahead competition for select 3rd & 4th grade students. There was amazing creativity and collaboration. Thanks to all participating districts! @belleville_ps @Dr_Alfonso17 @S10_Belleville

🏎️ RACE Writing 🏁 Students researched animals and wrote about why they are interesting using their RACE Writing ! 🚗 So proud of these young writers! 📝 #firstgrade #firstgradewriting

Celebrate Read Across America Week with us March 2–6! Join the fun and dress up each day to show your love of reading! 🫶🏻📚 @belleville_ps @Dr_Alfonso17

Happy 100th day of school! We celebrated in math by making necklaces and 100 days glasses 😎 I am so proud of my students and all the hard work they have put into learning this year! 👏👏👏 @S5_Belleville #firstgrade #100daysofschool

Let the games begin! 🥇🥈🥉 Today begins the School 5 Academic Olympics! Students will complete activities in math, ELA, social studies, science, and specials showing their sportsmanship and academic excellence! 🤝 Go Bulldogs! @S5_Belleville

Let the games begin! 🏅 School 5's Academic Olympics, hosted by Ms. Groh, is designed to challenge students in math, reading, science, social studies, & special area activities. 🏅Winner will be announced Feb. 23 at closing ceremonies! Go Bulldogs! @Ms_DGroh @S5_Belleville

After reading Tally O’Malley, first graders tried collecting data for their own survey question! 📝 Students had a blast working as mathematicians. 🧐They surveyed the class, constructed a tally chart, and showed their findings in a bar graph! 📊 #firstgrade #firstgrademath

First Grade Book Club is in full swing! 📖 Starting off with Junie B. Jones, a first grade classic! 👧 Students had a blast in their book clubs diving into chapter books and building a love of reading📚 #firstgrade #firstgradereading #bookclub

Informational Writing 📝 Students researched animals they were interested in and were able to choose from a writing menu of how they would like to present their research. 🦔🦊🐻Thank you to @ePerri904 for welcoming my first grade writers! ✏️ #firstgrade #firstgradewriting

Essex County Gifted and Talented Problem Solving Competition Forensics Tournament -Interprive Reading - Gifted and Talented Recognition

🚧 Caution, construction in progress! 🦺 First grade used their creativity, problem solving, and number skills to build a playground! 🏗️A budget of $20 allowed students to “purchase” playground equipment and create a dream playground! 🛝 #firstgrade #firstgrademath

Adding 3️⃣ numbers! We are building a deep understanding of addition through hands on learning activities! Our first grade mathematicians used cubed to represent each addend in the addition equation. 🟧🟧+🟨+🟦🟦🟦=6 #firstgrade #firstgrademath