Mrs. Magallanes’ Class

Katie Magallanes - 2nd-BIL @ Odom Elementary. A product of AISD, serving AISD’s little learners :)

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two column notes for research —> prewriting graphic organizer —> rough draft. not pictured: her idea web that inspired the research🥰 explicit instruction on how to move through the writing process through modeling & tons of practice has been so magical this year!

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starting our day with a triple whammy: identifying 3-D shapes based on attributes; developing our fine motor skills; creating anchor charts we can use for the rest of the week.

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kiddos practiced a new pre-reading comprehension strategy today! they were SO excited to then jump into text and find information that answered their pre-reading questions!

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we worked together to identify story elements & construct a plot diagram for a fiction story today - hitting the W, C, O, and R in WICOR today ! #avid

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sometimes it feels like the odds are stacked against us and that the work we do is a drop in the big political bucket. but your kids notice and they are thankful for every minute you show up for them. brb crying! thanks for the reminder sweet girl - i am thankful for YOU!

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today i’m grateful for students who beg to practice revising sentences. delighted that this is truly the highlight of their day😂

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how adorable are these place value robots my pollitos made today?? today’s wins during this activity: 100% did it independently; we used our anchors of support without prompting (‼️); we had FUN🤩

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last week we had so much fun enjoying our @KONAICE 🍧

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we love using our 1:1 manipulative kits to represent numbers using base ten blocks!

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very thankful to everyone who helped fund my flex seating project and helped give me tools to help kids learn agency, self control, and eliminate the requirement to sit perfectly still & straight in a desk and dedicate all their brain power to learning!

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someone doesn’t want me to go back to school in a few weeks🤔

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omg we made it! i was not allowed to hold them back so third grade here we come! i’ve had the best 2 years with this crew and they’ve grown so much i can’t believe it! my babies! pls remember me when you’re rich and famous😭❤️

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ice cream sundae & movie celebration because we blew our map growth out of the water!

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catch me in my feelings big time next week about sending these pollitos to third grade…two truly beautiful and special years! when i tell you it was a comedy central special DAILY i mean it😵‍💫 wouldn’t change a thing (except maybe a pandemic🤫)

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@OdomEagles you’re sure i can’t have a third year with him?🤔

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@shockproofbeats i told my PE teacher i had asthma and couldn’t run (no asthma issues since toddlerhood) and when i got a B in PE my mom was concerned and scheduled a meeting w/ teacher…exposing my lies in 4k. worse: my mother is a pediatrician

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we are obsessed with using @PlayBlooket to practice skills in math! who ever said students were unengaged 2 weeks before summer🥰🤪

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ya es viernes y el cuerpo lo sabe🕺🏻💃🏼

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we are so proud of our 5th grade @OdomEagles who are taking their STAAR tests next week! we were excited to make posters to help encourage them!

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soaked up the sun on this glorious thursday with these giggly pollitos (soooo many fart jokes🙄)❤️❤️❤️