Katherine Mondock

🇺🇸 First graders are showing their gratitude this Veterans Day by writing thank-you letters to those who have served. ❤️💙 #VeteransDay #ThankYouVeterans @CommerceElem @WalledLkSchools

Thank you Mr. West for visiting Room 10! We loved One Word for Kids by Jon Gordon ❤️😊 @WalledLkSchools @CommerceElem

Teachers spend so much money to make their classrooms feel welcoming and like a second home. If you are looking to help support a teacher this year, please consider a donation to my classroom! 😊❤️ Materials List: amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/PF… Book List: amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1U…

First graders worked to create fact families. They brought their house to the project manager (teacher) for final approval. If denied, they had to discuss with their team. If approved, they were given access to materials to construct their house! 🏠 @CommerceElem @WalledLkSchools

Celebrating Earth Day at the garden! 🌎🌱 First Graders learned about compost and got their own seeds to take home and plant! 🌷🌻🪻 @CommerceElem @WalledLkSchools

Nonfiction readers using everything they know as information writers to sketchnote topics and teach others what they are learning about! 📚✏️🗒️ @CommerceElem @WalledLkSchools

It was a phenomenal 100th day of school! 💯👵🏼👴🏼 @CommerceElem @WalledLkSchools

Readers becoming teachers! Sharing our knowledge about topics we have been researching in our text sets 📚 @WalledLkSchools @CommerceElem

Word Detectives are always on the case! They are always using everything they know to read and write words 🔎 @CommerceElem @WalledLkSchools

Small moment writers celebrating their hard work with a yummy treat and their class family 📝❤️ @CommerceElem @WalledLkSchools

Mathematicians practicing the ‘Count On’ strategy by playing ‘Roll & Total’ ➕🎲 @CommerceElem @WalledLkSchools

We met our fiddler crabs this week in science! 🦀 We can’t wait to observe them and learn about structures and their functions! 🔎 @CommerceElem @WalledLkSchools

Reading partners working together to find words they know in a SNAP before reading a text. @CommerceElem @WalledLkSchools

First graders practicing their good reading habits with a partner 😊📚 @CommerceElem @WalledLkSchools

Mathematicians playing “Rock, Paper, Scissors’ and recording their results in a tally chart 🪨🗒️✂️ @CommerceElem @WalledLkSchools

Mathematicians playing ‘Bunny Hop’ to prepare them for adding and subtracting to 20 🐰😊 @CommerceElem @WalledLkSchools

Mathematicians practiced making a good estimate and then used various strategies to count collections of counters @CommerceElem @WalledLkSchools

Mathematicians exploring pattern-block templates from their math tool kits! 🔻🔸▪️@CommerceElem @WalledLkSchools

Mathematicians playing ‘Penny Dice’ to practice counting objects and comparing quantities @CommerceElem @WalledLkSchools

Teachers spend so much money to make their classrooms feel welcoming and like a second home to their students. If you are looking to help support a teacher this year, please consider a donation to my classroom! 😊❤️ amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1U…