Jay Billy

Father, Educator, Author, Speaker - Proud Principal at Bear Tavern Elementary School #LeadWithCulture #HATS #BearTavernPride

[Tim Rasinski @TimRasinski1]

WORD LADDER WEDNESDAY!
Here’s one more Word Ladder for Halloween! "Trick or Treat!"

Daily Word Ladders are an effective, engaging, and inexpensive supplement to any school phonics, spelling, or vocabulary program.

[Tim Rasinski @TimRasinski1]

MONDAY MORPHOLOGY
BOOO! Just in time for Halloween, this week’s Morphology/Word Root Resource focuses on the word root PHOB = FEAR. Morphology/Word Root instruction is an effective way to build vocabulary & improve comprehension, & stimulate students’ interest in words.

[Jay Billy @JayBilly2]

Decorated Trunks for Trunk or Treat and amazing fun at Oktoberfest @BearTavernES #beartavernpride

[Jay Billy @JayBilly2]

Wait! What.

So true!

[Donna Maccaroni @DonnaMaccaroni]

To any educator who has heard the many ways students say “Can You Please Repeat That?”this short post is for you: https://t.co/M6HDLCrnHh enjoy! @MonteSyrie @GlennGRobbins @ScottRRocco @DrDebbieSilver @mhayes611 @NJAMLE @AMLE @HelpATeacher @teachergoals @WeAreTeachers

[Beth Hoffman @Dr_BethHoffman]

Fantastic night @BearTavernES for Trunk or Treat! Great job to @bear_pto !! #beartavernpride

[Tim Rasinski @TimRasinski1]

FLUENCY FRIDAY!
For this Fluency Friday, I'm sharing some Halloween poetry by 2 of my favorite children’s poets – Kenn Nesbitt & David L Harrison. Enjoy!
Rehearsing & performing poetry is one of the best ways to develop fluency – in an authentic, scienced-based, and artful way.

[Jay Billy @JayBilly2]

@BearTavernES Celebrating the strength, courage, hope and resilience of our #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth survivors and those still fighting. #beartavernpride @HVRSD

[Tim Rasinski @TimRasinski1]

MORPHOLOGY MONDAY!
Saturday October 24 is United Nations Day! Thus, this week’s Morphology/Word Root Resource focuses on the word roots NAT/NATUR = born/birth. Morphology/Word Root instruction is an effective way to build vocabulary and improve comprehension.

[USA Wrestling @USAWrestling]

@FloWrestling MFS 61 kg Gold – Benjamin Davino 🇺🇸 dec. Iukhan Dokturbek Uulu 🇰🇬, 4-1 #WrestleLasVegas

[Iowa State Men’s Wrestling @CycloneWR]

Day ✌️ of men’s freestyle at the U23 World Championships! Merrill is still alive for a bronze medal.

Needs to win twice today to bring home a medal.

🇺🇸 Coby Merrill (125 KG)
⏰ 12:30 p.m. (CT)
📺 @FloWrestling
💻 https://t.co/UstqxAdsVt

🌪️🚨🌪️

[Liz Machado @lizmachado68]

Practicing Fundations’ Double Rule and Multiplication tables with a friendly game of Blooket - loads of fun while learning! #beartavernpride

[Mindy @mmilavsky]

@NJPSA @HVRSD Congratulations to Patricia Riley!! Visionary Principal #mercercounty 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[Liz Machado @lizmachado68]

Discovering the Distributive Property with a little help from Franken Berry Cereal. Who thought monster math could be this much fun? #beartavernpride

[Liz Machado @lizmachado68]

A furry hug from Nico this morning reminded us of how important it is to pause, smile and be present. 🐾💙🤍#beartavernpride #Nicotheschoolbasedtherapydog

[Jay Billy @JayBilly2]

Mrs. Riley @HVRSD #VisionaryPrincipal @NJPSA

[Jay Billy @JayBilly2]

@CattaniTony sharing his leadership journey @NJPSA #njpsaconf2026

[Mindy @mmilavsky]

@NJPSA @CattaniTony doing what Tony does. Inspiring us to believe.@WeAreNPA

[Jay Billy @JayBilly2]

Good morning @NJPSA #njpsaconf2026

[Rich Czyz @RACzyz]

Problem or Situation? https://t.co/RLTyVHupzw #4OCF

@MuziLearningLab @PrincipalKG @jaybilly2 @bethhouf @LeeAraoz @bbray27 @GlennR1809 @TaraMartinEDU @AJBianco @BGRicca @dbc_inc @burgessdave @steinbrinklaura @wenders88 @letsquitteachin @techamys @coachthomastech @Dailystem

[Betsy Finnegan @EAFinnegan]

Motivation and accountability reading in book clubs. #BearTavernPride 📚 @missbobbioneill