Sydney Thornell, Ed.D.

Dr. Sydney Thornell 🎉❤️👩‍🎓🤍 @UHouston #GoCoogs

Writers are celebrating and sharing their informational writing today! #TeamAwesome wrote books about the American Revolution 📝🇺🇸 #OurAllenLegacy #FISDMadetoShine @allenelem

#TeamAwesome showed off their hard work on their Inquiry Projects! Ss synthesized what they learned in their nonfiction reading & presented their learning to peers 🗣 #OurAllenLegacy #FISDMadetoShine

5th graders had the BEST morning assisting kindergarten at the @allenelem Book Fair Preview 📚 #TeamAwesome #OurAllenLegacy

5th graders enjoyed visiting “Starbooks Cafe” to explore the 2022-2023 Texas Bluebonnet Books 📚💚 #OurAllenLegacy #TeamAwesome #FISDMadetoShine

@BreaKJones3 @juliewricketts @holbrooks46 @mooreka84 @hockey_mom07 Absolutely!!

@juliewricketts @ThornellsClass @holbrooks46 @mooreka84 @hockey_mom07 Oh my gosh! Can I please come visit?!?

Want to see just how magical reading workshop can be?! Stop by @ThornellsClass any day, any time! I love how her kids always fall in love with books! #FISDliteracy @BreaKJones3 @holbrooks46 @mooreka84 @hockey_mom07

#TeamAwesome has noticed what they do well as readers & are doing it even better today! 5th graders… ✅ pay close attention to details ✅ make mental movies of what they read ✅ notice changes in characters emotions #FISDmadetoshine #OurAllenLegacy @allenelem

When you want to recognize when students are doing something correctly, try saying “I notice” instead of “I like.”

Excited to explore this resource and implement “Researcher’s Workshop” with #TeamAwesome this year! My favorite section so far… collaboration! #FISDLearns #OurAllenLegacy #FISDMadeToShine @allenelem

5th grade partnerships are STRONG!💪🏼 Students practiced giving feedback in a kind voice & keeping the conversation going for the entirety of the share #FISDMadeToShine #OurAllenLegacy #TeamAwesome @allenelem

5th graders @allenelem are recommending books to each other and creating reviews on a class @padlet. What a great way to get students interested in more books! @ThornellsClass #OurAllenLegacy #FISDmadetoshine #FISDliteracy

What a ✨magical✨week in 5th grade! Students visited @AllenLibrarian, selected their “just right” texts, read independently, and established classroom systems & partnerships to enhance their reading lives 📚🤍 @allenelem #FISDmadetoahine #OurAllenLegacy #TeamAwesome

Loved having classes back in the Allen Library today!❤️ @allenelem @AllenLibrarian

@allenelem 5th graders collaborated, debated, and ultimately agreed on 4 classroom expectations (with explanation) that will help them all to achieve their hopes & dreams for the year ✨ #FISDmadetoshine #OurAllenLegacy #TeamAwesome

Goal setting has begun in @ThornellsClass, and I can’t wait to watch as her 5th graders make progress towards all their hopes and dreams this year! @allenelem #OurAllenLegacy #FISDmadetoshine

5th graders read about Waterhouse Hawkins and his dreams of sharing the image of 🦕🦖 with the world. Then, they determined their own hopes & dreams for the year and set both academic and social goals to get them there #OurAllenLegacy #TeamAwesome @allenelem

5th graders met with our DLC @MrMcDaniel13 to review Chromebook expectations and procedures. #OurAllenLegacy #FISDMadeToShine #TeamAwesome @allenelem @ClarkinFifth @MsBell5thGrade @5thGradeMason @lyon_dina @ThornellsClass

A team that SHINES 💛✨ #FISDmadetoshine #OurAllenLegacy #TeamAwesome @allenelem

First day back! #TeamAwesome @allenelem #OurAllenLegacy #getyourlearnonAES @ClarkinFifth @MsBell5thGrade @5thGradeMason @ThornellsClass @lyon_dina