Mrs. Gruwell

I am a 1st grade teacher at Deer Ridge Elementary. I am passionate about growing young minds and I love watching them grow during the year!

[Mrs. Gruwell @DRESGruwellJess]

Thank you https://t.co/BviJ1TFbrd for providing free anti-racist teaching seminars! Learned so much in just an hour.

[Mrs. Gruwell @DRESGruwellJess]

What a sweet surprise! Thank you Trents for stopping by! So blessed. #imgoingtogocrynow

[Mrs. Gruwell @DRESGruwellJess]

We had some other schools represented too! #collegeday

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College Day today!! Purdue was very popular in our class

[Mrs. Gruwell @DRESGruwellJess]

These ladies have been reading books to each other, Griff, and I for the last half hour.💖

[Mrs. Gruwell @DRESGruwellJess]

Had a great time doing cosmic kids yoga-minecraft during Zoom today. It was always a favorite brain break!

[Mrs. Gruwell @DRESGruwellJess]

Showing kindness! ❤

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Using a candle to look at the inside the chick eggs, watching "Recess Queen," joke time, and a pillow fight! Who knew we could have this much fun!

[Mrs. Gruwell @DRESGruwellJess]

Look at these beautiful kindness rocks my friends made for their kindness challenge today!

[Mrs. Gruwell @DRESGruwellJess]

Griff and I went on a Nature Scavenger Hunt for one of our challenges today. 2 year olds dont have long attention spans, so we only found a stump! Who all has gone on the scavenger hunt today? Post a picture in the comments!

[Mrs. Gruwell @DRESGruwellJess]

We had science with Mrs. Stanczak today. We discussed living things and their life cycles. First we saw eggs in an incubator. Then, live chicks. Next, she showed us a praying mantis egg sac and what an adult will look like. We will watch the eggs over the next few weeks!

[Mrs. Gruwell @DRESGruwellJess]

Filling our postal workers "bucket" to show kindness! How have you filled a bucket today? #howfullisyourbucket #bucketfiller

[Mrs. Gruwell @DRESGruwellJess]

Clean room contest and a special appearance made by Spiderman were our highlights from our afternoon meeting. Not going to lie, got a little teary saying goodbye at the end of the whole group meet. I sure miss these kids!

[Mrs. Gruwell @DRESGruwellJess]

@katesharer Thank you! Had to stay close to the windows so I could hear Griff's monitor, but it was really nice to be out of the house.😁

[Mrs. Gruwell @DRESGruwellJess]

Not a bad spot for my "office" today and my office partner seems to be a little unmotivated 🤣.

[Mrs. Gruwell @DRESGruwellJess]

Enjoyed listening to my friend read Mermaid Stories from Around the World during our morning meeting.

[Mrs. Gruwell @DRESGruwellJess]

Zoom STEAM Challenge Part 2: Be like the characters in "Going Places" and use creative thinking and resilient problem solving to build vehicles.

[Mrs. Gruwell @DRESGruwellJess]

Zoom STEAM Challenge Part 1: Be like the characters in "Going Places" and use creative thinking and resilient problem solving to build vehicles. Some of us had the same ideas!

[Mrs. Gruwell @DRESGruwellJess]

Our afternoon meeting was full of FUN! The class got to share their creative thinking by turning the number "2" into an animal, building community by playing Would You Rather, and finished up with a friendly game of Go Fish! #goodcitizenship

[Mrs. Gruwell @DRESGruwellJess]

Connecting, communicating, and collaborating with each other to play Pokemon during Recess time on Zoom. ❤