Kelsey Barbour

3rd Grade Teacher at Wendell Creative Arts & Science Magnet Elementary School. @NCState Alum. Passionate about student leadership & creativity.

[Fran Haley @fahaley]

It’s beginning to look a lot like ... fostering kindness and affirmations. @WES_Barbour ‘s students wrote them to each other on strips of paper for filling in ornaments. The power of words - all faces are aglow! #WhosGotItBetterThanWES #WendellLitHappens

[Kelsey Barbour @WES_Barbour]

Students had to write a story today based on these randomly chosen characters, setting and mood. I wonder what @WESPrincipalJZ and @WendellESDrama could be so mad about at Carowinds?

[Kelsey Barbour @WES_Barbour]

@JKochKHSCD I’m so hoping they win! I’m spreading the word. I ran into Naomi today - looove her new haircut!

[Kelsey Barbour @WES_Barbour]

Students wrote a poem using parts of speech about an amphibian/reptile of their choosing. Then, they typed them and had the opportunity to explore the features of Google Docs. They had fun discovering many of the features! #WhosGotItBetterThanWES

[Kelsey Barbour @WES_Barbour]

Do it (please)! 🎶

[Kelsey Barbour @WES_Barbour]

@ChrisTuttell forgot to tag you in this 😊

[Kelsey Barbour @WES_Barbour]

❤️📚 If you care about childhood literacy READ THIS! 📚❤️ Twitter certainly does not have the character limit for this post. @RaleighsReaders #childhoodliteracy #childrenslit #literacy https://t.co/uHo6sFFrl0

[Kelsey Barbour @WES_Barbour]

The Kindness Club picked a teacher who has shown them kindness and wrote them a letter of gratitude. Not a single kid had trouble thinking of a teacher - they thought of one right away and got to work! They were bummed they had to pick just one! #WhosGotItBetterThanWES

[Kelsey Barbour @WES_Barbour]

We are dissecting two step word problems like champs! Math talk is so incredibly helpful with loaded problems like these. I will forever be grateful for your help @kedmiston4! #WhosGotItBetterThanWES #MathTalk #StudentDiscourse

[Kelsey Barbour @WES_Barbour]

@fahaley

[Danny Steele @SteeleThoughts]

If teachers aren’t joyful about teaching… there is zero chance the students will be joyful about learning.

[Kelsey Barbour @WES_Barbour]

❤️📚 If you care about childhood literacy READ THIS! 📚❤️ Twitter certainly does not have the character limit for this post. @RaleighsReaders #childhoodliteracy #childrenslit #literacy https://t.co/uHo6sFFrl0

[Kelsey Barbour @WES_Barbour]

We’ve got a finished product @fahaley! I had her play around with the image feature and she caught on very quickly. I’m excited for the final pieces to come 😊 #WhosGotItBetterThanWES #WendellLitHappens

[Megan Kornegay @MrsMeg_K]

When it’s a rainy day and you’ve got a 3rd grade walking field trip planned, the @WendellNC and @WendellMayor comes to you! @WendellMagnetES @wcpssmagnets #WhosGotItBetterThanWES

[Kelsey Barbour @WES_Barbour]

My students were hanging onto @fahaley’s every word. She was reading them the informational writing piece on Harry Potter that she crafted. Students have been writing their own informational pieces about topics they are experts on! 😊 #WhosGotItBetterThanWES #WendellLitHappens

[Fran Haley @fahaley]

Profound takeaway from staff meeting.
(Thanks, @WESPrincipalJZ )
#truth

[Kelsey Barbour @WES_Barbour]

WELL deserved! You are the best @wesjackson3rd 😃

[Dwayne Reed @TeachMrReed]

Normalize apologizing to children.

[Kelsey Barbour @WES_Barbour]

I was talking to my students about our upcoming field trip and tried to explain to them what the inside of the @WendellNC Town Hall looked like. This was the result 😂

[Kelsey Barbour @WES_Barbour]

@JKochKHSCD I just saw the first couple seconds of “I Like Big Books” at Digital Portfolio training. I’m very curious to see the rest! 😂