"I can keep my place better when I use a pointer!"

Use an array to help me solve a multiplication problem? No problem.

Thanks to our parents, we got about a gazillion new books to read.

"Operator, how is my fluency when I read aloud?"

"I'll read your sentence, and you write it down. If you need to fix anything, I'll let you know. Then we can switch."

St. Joe's extra lunch: Grandparents PTO to the rescue!

The first snow.

If only we had something to do at recess....

Watching our friends and alumni from Roosevelt Middle School when the band, orchestra and chorus came with holiday cheer.

Fifth graders helping second graders.

Oh, yes - first graders learn how to code in Mrs. Pitarresi's library.

Teaching my bear all the things you can do with a number grid.

It doesn't matter if it is Bob or Not Bob -- I can read!

Having fun learning about long vowel patterns.

The PTO's Caring and Sharing Committee delivered a CRV-load of presents to be distributed to local families who need them.

Second graders show off their decoding, phrasing, and fluency skills by reading me a story. I love my job!

Calculating how many Washington School Show T-shirts have been sold so far.

Revising our realistic fiction stories (setting, characters, dialog)

Let's map some words. We'll break the words into sounds (phonemes) so I will know the sounds that make up words (each sound gets a box -- not each letter).

Third graders build distinctive shapes and designs for their gingerbread houses. They describe their creations so that when the first graders visit the next day they will be able to find one unique home from among 24 others.

