Betsy Hailey 🦔

1st Grade Teacher ♥️ Leader of Tiny Hedgehogs 🦔

[Betsy Hailey 🦔 @HaileyHedgehogs]

Library days are our favorite days! Thank you, @martyharpermcg for getting us SO excited about reading! 🌳 🐎 📚 #leavealegacy #wearemckinney @Kimwestmal

[Betsy Hailey 🦔 @HaileyHedgehogs]

First grade has had an amazing first week! We ended with our first Community Circle! These sweet hedgehogs loved discussing kindness with their classroom family! It made my teacher heart so happy! 💕 @Kimwestmal #characterstrong

[Katie Johnston @JohnstonJaguars]

First Grade is excited for a new year! ✨ 💖 @HaileyHedgehogs @Kimwestmal

[Betsy Hailey 🦔 @HaileyHedgehogs]

In our chicken era! 🫶🏻First grade is ready for our newest classmates and life cycle unit! 🐓🤍🥚

[Betsy Hailey 🦔 @HaileyHedgehogs]

@mcneil1stgrade @mrserinjules WOOHOOO!!!! I am SO proud!!! 💕💕💕

[Betsy Hailey 🦔 @HaileyHedgehogs]

Always a fun day in first with @JohnstonJaguars and all our friends on our fabulous field trip! We learned more about force and mass! Thankful for all our volunteers! @McGowenES

[Michelle Caballero @mcaballero29]

Absolutely love to see such amazing learning going on @McGowenES!

[Michelle Caballero @mcaballero29]

So proud of our awesome @JohnstonJaguars for sharing her greatness among peers! #numbertalks
#mymisd @McGowenES @slsovereign

[Michelle Caballero @mcaballero29]

Love that these amazing teachers are putting themselves out there and trying a NASOT strategy! Thank you allowing us time to take a peek at greatness and taking a chance to try something new! #TeamMckinney @HaileyHedgehogs @katiejohnston @McGowenES

[Betsy Hailey 🦔 @HaileyHedgehogs]

So excited to hear about Number Talks with Katie Johnston! I love how she uses strategies and vocabulary to facilitate meaningful discussions and further classroom relationships among he mathematicians! #misdblaze #everystudenteveryday @McGowenES @Kimwestmal

[Michelle Caballero @mcaballero29]

We had a great time in 1st grade as they did the NASOT strategy of Reciprocal Teaching during a great science lesson today! #mymisd
#misdlearns #everystudenteveryday
@McGowenES

[Betsy Hailey 🦔 @HaileyHedgehogs]

Chick or Treat!!! #teammcgowen #teammckinney

[Betsy Hailey 🦔 @HaileyHedgehogs]

Happy Hatch Day, First Grade! 🐣 We loved watching you hatch today, Sunshine! ☀️ 🐣 @Kimwestmal @McGowenES #wearemckinney

[Betsy Hailey 🦔 @HaileyHedgehogs]

Let’s goooo Hailey Hedgehogs! We had such a fun time at the Fun Run! We love @McGowenES #wearemckinney 🏃‍♂️ 🏃‍♀️🩵

[Betsy Hailey 🦔 @HaileyHedgehogs]

@SSanchezMISD YES! 🩷

[Betsy Hailey 🦔 @HaileyHedgehogs]

We loved learning about cooling and heating this week! It’s so fun to see our little scientist’s minds at work! What happens when we add heat to chocolate chips? 🍫 @McGowenES #mymisd #everystudenteveryday #wearemckinney

[Betsy Hailey 🦔 @HaileyHedgehogs]

Last week was publishing day! We love ringing our author bell to celebrate! Way to go hedgies! @mcgowenES 🎶 Ding, ding, ding, that’s the author bell ring! I just published everything! 🎶 #mymisd #everystudenteveryday grows! 🌱 ❤️ 🦔

[Betsy Hailey 🦔 @HaileyHedgehogs]

Firsties love building our classroom community! We love our classroom family! Hedgies discussed how we are always ready to bring our kindness hands everywhere we go! @mcgowenes #everystudenteveryday GROWS #mymisd
(Credit and thanks for the amazing idea, @missbennett_1!)

[Betsy Hailey 🦔 @HaileyHedgehogs]

@missbennett_1 GORGEOUS! Oh my word, I love this so much! What blest firsties!!💕💕

[Betsy Hailey 🦔 @HaileyHedgehogs]

Bonjour! Quilliam and Quilla have loved every minute of Paris and can't wait to write about it in our class pet journal for the #haileyhedgehogs @McGowenES! What an adventure they have had! They have learned so much!🇫🇷❤️🤍💙🦔 Au revoir! #mymisd #youbelonginmisd #misdliveskind