Ali Elfessi

5th Grade Teacher | Aldrin Elementary ✨✨✨

[Ali Elfessi @AliElfessiD54]

@JonGordon11 Thank you for the inspiration last week! The students are excited to live out their word this year 🤩

[Jon Gordon @JonGordon11]

One Word for Kids!

[Ali Elfessi @AliElfessiD54]

We LOVE sharing our hard work!! 🥳

[Ali Elfessi @AliElfessiD54]

Such a fun way to end the year! What a lovely portrait of me from my first grade friend 🥰

[Ali Elfessi @AliElfessiD54]

Great performance tonight by the Aldrin Band! Loved being able to support our students and see all of their hard work pay off! 🎺🎼@EaglesAldrin #WeAre54 #peakmoments

[Ali Elfessi @AliElfessiD54]

Thank you to all of you for the great celebration! The kids had a BLAST and talked about it all afternoon! 🥳

[Ali Elfessi @AliElfessiD54]

This week we read a super engaging article about crazy animal adaptations recommended by @JSiniteanD54! We worked in groups to respond to what we read and headed outside to give Glows ⭐️and Grows 📈to our classmates’ responses. #WeAre54 @EaglesAldrin

[Ali Elfessi @AliElfessiD54]

Fun team building activity today focusing on communication. Students were given a picture & had to explain to their partner how to draw the object without using certain words that were off limits. We learned to be clear, specific, & the importance of listening carefully! #WeAre54

[Ali Elfessi @AliElfessiD54]

And we’re back for the 2022-2023 school year!!! We’ve had a great first few days getting to know each other and creating class agreements together. Can’t wait for a great year ahead! 🌟✏️#whoyouweremadetobe @EaglesAldrin

[Ali Elfessi @AliElfessiD54]

THANK YOU to the Dirksen staff for for the wonderful surprise and to my favorite Dirksen staff member...My MOM for the extra flowers and note on my car! Made my day!! 💜#54DotDay #ThankYou

[School District 54 @D54schools]

Today, D54 Superintendent DuRoss announced all students would start the school year remotely, due to the rising numbers of COVID-19 cases and our commitment to keeping our students and staff safe. Visit https://t.co/XYSYOrEaja for more information.

[Ali Elfessi @AliElfessiD54]

@Mr_Niepomnik_PE @vdibernardo10 It’s awesome!! She’s an amazing player and an even better person! ⚽️💚💛

[Ali Elfessi @AliElfessiD54]

LOVED this idea from Mrs. Leja! Students read an article on NewsELA about a quarantine trend called “porchraits” and then took their own with their families to post on our 5th Grade Padlet! It turned out so cute and was a great memory for the kids! 🥰📸 https://t.co/4HCiwIQQEk…

[Ali Elfessi @AliElfessiD54]

Virtual Science lesson task day! Students had fun finding household items and explaining why they were either mixtures or solutions. So fun!! 🧪🧬#54StepsUp #ILSchoolsStepUp #BetterTogether

[Ali Elfessi @AliElfessiD54]

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[Ali Elfessi @AliElfessiD54]

We miss you, Aldrin Eagles!!! See if you recognize anyone in our video! ☺️📝🦅#D54StepsUp #ILSchoolsStepUp #BetterTogether

https://t.co/7egQ21CXcK

[Ali Elfessi @AliElfessiD54]

@ParrelloPuzzle Love the lunch idea!!

[Ali Elfessi @AliElfessiD54]

Virtual Learning Day 6:
Hosted our first #GoogleMeet with the class. My 💜 is so happy. #54StepsUp #ILteachersstepup #BetterTogether

[Ali Elfessi @AliElfessiD54]

@Mr_Niepomnik_PE Thanks!! Yes, I just signed up with Google. It wasn’t working great for us though so I’m going to look into it further.

[Ali Elfessi @AliElfessiD54]

Virtual Learning Day 3:
Host a “Virtual Spring Fling” via Zoom. Couldn’t get everyone logged on, but we’ll try again. It was great to see some student faces- we miss them!! #54StepsUp #ILSchoolsStepUp #BetterTogether

[Ali Elfessi @AliElfessiD54]

Virtual Learning Day 2:
1. Ask parents to send you pictures of their students working from home.
2. Post said pictures of students smiling, focusing, and working hard!!!
📘📝💯
#54StepsUp #ILSchoolsStepUp #EaglesAldrin #BetterTogether