Bailey Madison

Boy Mom. Wife. Runner. Big hair. Serbian Princess. Hippie. Lover of Books. Elementary Reading Specialist. MA Reading & Literacy. 📚🐛 ♥️

[Bailey Madison @baileyonfire]

What a special morning for our Leopards! We had the wonderful @bobbyblount22 come join us. He read AND sang with our Leopards and reminded them the importance of reading every day🖤💛 🐆 @NISD @NISDLewis @nisdelemelar @NISDElemCI

[Bailey Madison @baileyonfire]

Listening to @wbny speak this morning set my heart on fire ❤️‍🔥 and reminded me why I LOVE the work I do. Reading is the best gift we can give a child 🐛📚 @NISD @NISDLewis @nisdelemelar @NISDElemCI

[Bailey Madison @baileyonfire]

5th graders showing off their ”Reading is Thinking” by jotting down thoughts on sticky notes during independent reading. Their sticky notes drive conversation and their thoughts get added to the information pile 🤓 These leopards have GREAT wonderings! @nisdelemelar @NISDLewis

[Bailey Madison @baileyonfire]

Tapping out sounds & blending them together in Mrs Sandovals 1st Grade class is so much that you forget to put the lid on your dry erase marker first! 😂🫶🏽📚🐛 @nisdelemelar @NISDLewis @NISD #illuminatethefuture

[Bailey Madison @baileyonfire]

My 🍏 came today @NISD_grants So very proud to have been awarded the Dollar General Literacy Foundation Grant! This project will do amazing things for our @NISDLewis Leopards 🐾 @NISD #illuminatethefuture #phonicsplayground

[Bailey Madison @baileyonfire]

5th Graders in Mrs Harts class are enjoying “reading by the pool” on their floats this afternoon 😎☀️🌊 @nisdelemelar @NISD @NISDLewis

[Bailey Madison @baileyonfire]

@NISDLewis had a blast kicking off #ReadAcrossAmericaWeek with school wide buddy reading yesterday 📚🐛 @nisdelemelar @NISD

[Bailey Madison @baileyonfire]

Our amazing Principal Ms. Merrell shared an inspiring story “The Coffee Bean” by @damonwest with 3-5th grade classrooms today! What great conversations, Be the coffee bean 🫘 @NISD @nisdelemelar @NISDLewis

[Bailey Madison @baileyonfire]

New month, new bulletin! Celebrating Black History Month 🤎 @nisdelemelar @NISD @NISDLewis

[Bailey Madison @baileyonfire]

3rd graders @NISDLewis felt inspired after reading “The Word Collector” by @peterhreynolds and are on a mission to collect their own words and boost their vocabulary! 🤓 @nisdelemelar @NISD

[Bailey Madison @baileyonfire]

Mrs. Coleto’s Kinder sweeties working on encoding skills using Valentine themed orthographic mapping mat, wow! 🥰 What a great teachable moment when they discovered the digraph “sh.” 🤓 @nisdelemelar @NISDLewis @NISD

[Bailey Madison @baileyonfire]

@LeapFrog has thee worst customer service, so disappointing because we once loved their toys.

[Bailey Madison @baileyonfire]

There’s no cuter experience in life than your toddler getting his first pair of eye glasses 🥹

[Bailey Madison @baileyonfire]

Caught 1st grade playing “Guess the Book” with their teacher! My monthly themed board has been a HIT, they are excited for Decembers books 📚 @nisdelemelar @NISDElemCI @NISD @NISDLewis

[Bailey Madison @baileyonfire]

3rd Grade Synthesis Sundaes! Each scoop represented our readers thoughts before, during, and after reading 🤓🍨@NISDLewis @nisdelemelar @NISD #readingcommunity

[Bailey Madison @baileyonfire]

Today we were able to celebrate our little Leopards who completed their Math Challenge OR read 1,500 minutes this summer! WOW! Thank you @bahamabucks at Alamo Ranch for making this possible. @NISD @NISDLewis @nisdelemelar

[Bailey Madison @baileyonfire]

Happiness is hearing little leopards passing by and buzzing about the books! Excited for the monthly themes coming 📚🐛 #JoyofReading @NISDLewis @nisdelemelar @NISD

[Bailey Madison @baileyonfire]

3rd a grade Teacher Mrs. Butler has a beautiful visual displayed for our Notice & Note strategies! Students were excited to move the arrow to the days focus strategy 🤓 @nisdelemelar @NISD @NISDLewis #noticeandnote

[Bailey Madison @baileyonfire]

Happy First Day Everyone!

Kinder is rockin’ with Pete the Cat and his new school shoes 😎@nisdelemelar @NISD @NISDLewis

[Bailey Madison @baileyonfire]

@MrSchuReads @studiocastillo @VeronicaJArt You made it!!! Do you need candles? A swimsuit with a Beaver on it? Brisket sandwich? The options are endless 🤣