Melanie Hernandez

First Grade Teacher at DeZavala Elementary

[Melanie Hernandez @MsHernandezDZ]

1st grade writing in action! We’ve been learning about frontier explorers and learned about Sacagawea today! @DeZavalaSMCISD

[Melanie Hernandez @MsHernandezDZ]

📝She was very proud of her writing and how she filled up the whole page! We were retelling the events that happened in our fairy tale today. ✨@DeZavalaSMCISD

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🎄We did a Christmas book exchange! Every kid went home with a new book so they can read over the break! @DeZavalaSMCISD

[Melanie Hernandez @MsHernandezDZ]

We are loving our fall math stations! @DeZavalaSMCISD

[Melanie Hernandez @MsHernandezDZ]

My costume this year is a repeat but it came highly suggested by my class this year. They LOVED when we were reading all the Kevin Henkes books and loved the character Lilly just as much as I did when I was little 🩷

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🔍We went on a noun hunt around our classroom looking for nouns and proper nouns! @DeZavalaSMCISD

[Melanie Hernandez @MsHernandezDZ]

Our Red Ribbon Week door is complete! @DeZavalaSMCISD

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Practicing reading our long /a/ sound with our magic e🪄@DeZavalaSMCISD

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1st Grade’s body systems are on display in our hallway! They are so proud of their work! They loved collaborating with each other to showcase their learning! @DeZavalaSMCISD

[Melanie Hernandez @MsHernandezDZ]

We retold our @Amplify fables this morning using puppets! @DeZavalaSMCISD

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📝1st Grade writing in action! She retold our fable today using our Beginning, Middle, and End Plot graphic organizer! @DeZavalaSMCISD @SMCISD_AVID

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#ALLINRattlers

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We had so much fun at Field Day today! @DeZavalaSMCISD

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✨We published our class book! We completed the editing process and mailed our book off a few weeks ago. The students were so proud of all the hard work they put into making our book! @DeZavalaSMCISD

[Melanie Hernandez @MsHernandezDZ]

🪇We are ready for Cinco de Mayo! We got to listen to a Mariachi performance this morning as well! @DeZavalaSMCISD

[Melanie Hernandez @MsHernandezDZ]

Yesterday in Social Studies we learned about how the way people communicate and technology have changed over time. ☎️ We made rotary phones and practiced using them! @DeZavalaSMCISD

[Melanie Hernandez @MsHernandezDZ]

We’ve been drafting and editing our writing in preparation for our class book! Next step is to write our final copies! @DeZavalaSMCISD

[Melanie Hernandez @MsHernandezDZ]

Today we started the Writing Process for our class book. Our book theme is “If I were the principal…” These are the things that my 1st grade class would do if they were the principal. @DeZavalaSMCISD

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1st grade is learning to tell time to the hour and half hour. We made pizza clocks with the times they will be delivered on pizzas 🍕 @DeZavalaSMCISD

[Melanie Hernandez @MsHernandezDZ]

Kinder and 1st Grade loved career day! We had fun learning about different careers from people in our community! @DeZavalaSMCISD @MsCruzsClass