teacher, avid reader and lifelong learner
New Jersey, USA
Joined April 2015
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Kindergarten & 5th gr reading buddies’ colorful autumn display brightens the hallway with words of kindness & cheerful jack o’lanterns. @mbernal_DrB @fernbrooknj
“Words of Wisdom”. Display created by last year’s outgoing 5th graders offering SEL Tips to incoming 3rd, 4th & 5th graders who share this hallway. @mbernal_DrB @fernbrooknj
Gr5 Students Designed Math Games! In awe of the creativity & level of detail my students invested in the math games they created. (Please zoom in to fully appreciate the care taken on each piece.) @fernbrooknj @mbernal_DrB
5th grade students honored the recent Lunar New Year holiday by reading nonfiction texts about related customs & traditions, drawing Dragons, and learning to write a traditional greeting. Sharing diverse cultural customs is so important! @mbernal_DrB @fernbrooknj
Encouraging others to practice kindness with a colorful collage created by my fantastic 5th graders! Zoom in to see the 42 individually decorated pieces. @mbernal_DrB @fernbrooknj
Dino Man visited Fernbrook today! Such an entertaining and informative assembly! Thank you PTO for making this possible! @mbernal_DrB @fernbrooknj
Wrapping up another with this awesome team! Have a wonderful summer!
@fernbrooknj @mbernal_DrB
Welcoming Spring with a buddy activity! We read “I Am a Bee”(McDonald) and helped our gr1 buddies to create paper bees for the student-designed Spring-themed bulletin board display. Sharing great books made buddy time even more fun! @mbernal_DrB @fernbrooknj
Who built the most effective Leprechaun Trap??!! Helping our grade 1 buddies in Mrs. Rubin’s class to design & build their clever traps! @fernbrooknj @mbernal_DrB
Jan.30 National Draw a Dino Day! 1st & 5th gr buddies enjoyed sharing a variety of Dinosaur drawing videos from @ArtforKidsHub. Fun, creative, social interaction! #SEL @mbernal_DrB
Chinese New Year Jan. 22, 2023. Creative Gr5 students read about the Chinese / Lunar New Year customs and traditions, then drew wonderful illustrations with captions. @mbernal_DrB @fernbrooknj @KatherineTThorn
Student-led bulletin board group brightened the hallway w/ a wintry mitten tree full of colorful mittens! Buddies in gr1 & gr3 created the mittens. Holiday greetings in many languages carefully researched by gr5 Ss for this display. @mbernal_DrB
5th gr students formed a FB News bulletin board committee. Board’s layout was designed by students, is kept updated with current events, positive messages, menu, and more! “Ugly Sweater” & dreidel coordinate grid designs add to the Dec. display. @mbernal_DrB
Writing Celebration. 5th gr students read their classmates’ narrative stories & provided positive feedback on the accompanying Compliments Page for each story they read. @fernbrooknj
#TCRWP Saturday Reunion virtual workshops today!! So many excellent speakers with relevant take-aways to use in my classroom. @fernbrooknj
Launching the 5th gr Tiny House Engineering unit by building tiny chairs. Creative students adhered to size & materials constraints. 1/2” grid paper is shown in photos. Extra storage was thoughtfully included in two of these chairs. @fernbrooknj @KatherineTThorn
End-of-School-Year Peak: being invited to attend the RHS graduation and getting to cheer for our fabulous former students! 🎉 “once a Falcon, always a Falcon!” @fernbrooknj @mbernal_DrB @MrsBalaban4 @DawnMelody2
