Our painted lady butterflies officially completed their life cycle today, and we got to set them free!! 🦋 Some of them still wanted to hang around 🤣 We had so much fun observing them over the past few weeks! #wearewayne@GCEgators
I am still honored that my colleagues considered me deserving of Teacher of the Year for my school. 🐊🤍 Each year I learn more about what it means to be a great teacher, and while I still have so much more to know, I am happy that I have this chance to to grow! 🌱 #WeAreWayne 💜
Field trip to the ZOO yesterday!!! We had so much fun exploring and connecting to the learning we’ve been doing in science. Thank you @IndianapolisZoo for having us!!! ❤️🐾 #wearewayne
This week we finished up one of my absolute FAVORITE things we do all year - our novel study on The One and Only Ivan! We loved meeting all the characters and discovering @kaaauthor’s amazing storytelling. I was so amazed at their connections and thoughtful responses!! ❤️🦍🐕🐘
My students have worked SO hard for the past two weeks researching and creating a model of a biome. They were so excited yesterday to share their work with other classes!! I am so proud of them and loved seeing their smiles as they presented their creations😊 #wearewayne
During this month’s school wide pop-up, we learned about Veteran’s Day and spent time writing some thoughtful letters to veterans! #wearewayne@PrincipalGCE@GCEgators
I’m so glad we got to have this planning time yesterday!! Unit 3 is going to be full of amazing learning 🤩 SO thankful for the support and guidance of @1KCross and @MrsBosleyGCE !!!❤️
A great day spent planning out unit 3 of reading! Today we zoomed in on how we could help students build background knowledge for upcoming themes. #wearewayne@GCEgators
We’ve been working hard on the VC/CV syllable pattern this week. Today we practiced reading words with that pattern using decodables and highlighted the VC/CV words!
Welcome to OUTER SPACE!!!! We are starting a unit all about space today for our last three weeks of school. We have already learned so much! Did you know Mars has 2 moons??!! #wearewayne@GCEgators@PrincipalGCE
Make this make sense… over 1 million public school students in Indiana… somehow, the money to support them cannot be found BUT they WERE able to find money to line their own pockets… HUH? 🤔
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Time and time again Indiana has shown that it does NOT care about its over 1 million public school students. Everything I have seen about the impending downfall of public education is right in front of us. How much more does Indiana have to do before we believe them?
Teachers! I'm giving away a signed, personalized class set of the new paperback edition of #wishtree, which includes a letter from me, discussion questions, and more. ❤️🌳
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The Power of Encouragement station at GCE family night was so much fun!!! Thank you @TCMIndy for bringing some kindness & positivity to this rainy Wednesday 😊❤️ #wearewayne@GCEgators@PrincipalGCE