Kayla O’Brien

Teacher and learner. Book connoisseur. Lover of all things Star Wars. 3rd grade teacher at Belle Grove ES. 🐶💙🐾 #bettertogether #belonggrowsucceed

[Kayla O’Brien @BGES3rdGrade]

Esta clase es nuestra familia 🩵 This class is our family. #belonggrowsucceed #aacpsawesome

[Kayla O’Brien @BGES3rdGrade]

Consensus mats in math today to solve multi-step word problems 💪🏼💙 @BGESOL @BelleGroveAACPS @AACountySchools @AACPS_CI #belonggrowsucceed #revealmath

[Kayla O’Brien @BGES3rdGrade]

These two finished our iReady challenge STRONG! They had the highest amount of iReady lessons completed in March and half of April. Who will be the next winners?! 💪🏼📝💻💙 @BelleGroveAACPS @AACountySchools @AACPS_CI #belonggrowsucceed

[Kayla O’Brien @BGES3rdGrade]

Sometimes we just need to enjoy some spring sunshine while working in math groups on multiplication patterns. Change of scenery, still hard working kiddos 🫶🐾☀️💙 @BGESOL @BelleGroveAACPS @AACPS_PK5Math @AACountySchools #belonggrowsucceed #revealmath

[Kayla O’Brien @BGES3rdGrade]

Making some core memories with these egggggggselent 3rd graders today. ☀️🐣💗 @BelleGroveAACPS @BGESOL @AACountySchools #belonggrowsucceed

[Kayla O’Brien @BGES3rdGrade]

Beautiful day for a field trip to Baltimore Museum of Industry. The students learned some history of oyster canning, machinery, and even got to explore being engineers by making marble roller coasters. 🦪🎢🥫@BelleGroveAACPS @BGESOL @AACountySchools #belonggrowsucceed

[Kayla O’Brien @BGES3rdGrade]

Loving Multiplication Bump to solve division equations using related multiplication facts 🫶💙@BelleGroveAACPS @BGESOL @AACountySchools #revealmath #aacpsawesome #belonggrowsucceed

[Kayla O’Brien @BGES3rdGrade]

Lots of hard work today in 3rd grade practicing comparing fractions using number lines @BelleGroveAACPS @BGESOL @AACountySchools @AACPS_PK5Math #belonggrowsucceed

[Kayla O’Brien @BGES3rdGrade]

Today the third graders explored water contamination hosted by the Maryland Agricultural Education Foundation and their mobile science lab 💧���👩‍🔬@MdAgDept @BelleGroveAACPS @AACountySchools #belonggrowsucceed

[Kayla O’Brien @BGES3rdGrade]

Third graders wrote an informative essay on life as an astronaut living and working in outer space. All I can say is…these kids are out of this world!! 🤩☄️🪐🧑‍🚀 @BelleGroveAACPS @AACountySchools #amplifyCKLA #belonggrowsucceed

[Kayla O’Brien @BGES3rdGrade]

If someone asked what joy looks like…🥰 Cafè Cultura is one of my favorite events at @BelleGroveAACPS thanks to @BGESOL ..and it was extra magical today! 🪄 💕🐾💌💙 #belonggrowsucceed @AACountySchools

[Kayla O’Brien @BGES3rdGrade]

Some kiddos using our @Sphero Indi-Robot Cars on our PBIS Club Day! The cars build creativity, and also productive struggle and critical thinking. #PBIS #belonggrowsucceed @BelleGroveAACPS @AACountySchools

[Kayla O’Brien @BGES3rdGrade]

Congrats to this kiddo for winning the “guessing jar” of the month! She guessed the correct number of legos in a bag of legos 🥰 @AACountySchools @BelleGroveAACPS #belonggrowsucceed

[Kayla O’Brien @BGES3rdGrade]

Definitely practiced some productive struggle today, but proud and thankful for these learners for their flexibility and ability to make me smile even on virtual learning days! 🥰 @BelleGroveAACPS @AACountySchools #belonggrowsucceed

[Kayla O’Brien @BGES3rdGrade]

Our new (temporary) class pets! Students are learning about the life cycle of a Darkling Beetle, so we are mealworm explorers until they go through their metamorphosis! 🤓🪲🪱 @BelleGroveAACPS @AACountySchools @AACPS_Science @AACPS_CI @BGESOL #belongggrowsucceed

[Kayla O’Brien @BGES3rdGrade]

Ornament night at @BelleGroveAACPS is always a noteworthy event and so fun seeing the community come together. 🎄❄️💙 @BGESOL @AACountySchools #belonggrowsucceed

[Kayla O’Brien @BGES3rdGrade]

A quick, cold but fun brain break ❄️🥰☃️ Happy Friday! #belonggrowsucceed #happyfriday #thanksBob @AACountySchools @BGESOL @BelleGroveAACPS @Bob_Mosier @JustinWeather

[Kayla O’Brien @BGES3rdGrade]

Creating static today was electrifying ⚡️🎈🤪 #belonggrowsucceed @BelleGroveAACPS @AACountySchools @AACPS_K5Science

[Kayla O’Brien @BGES3rdGrade]

A successful readers theater! It was so fun to see students engaging in literacy in this way! 🦁🎭💙 @BelleGroveAACPS @AACountySchools #CKLAAmplify

[Kayla O’Brien @BGES3rdGrade]

Couldn’t be prouder to be a Belle Grove Bulldog!! Tonight we celebrated our first Multicultural Night with dancing, food, and fun! So fun to see everyone learning and connecting. 🫶🏼🇸🇻🌎🇧🇷✨🇮🇹 #belonggrowsucceed @BelleGroveAACPS @BGESOL @AACountySchools

[Kayla O’Brien @BGES3rdGrade]

Building strong relationships is the foundation to meaningful learning. 🥰��🏼‍🫲🏽💙 Love these Bulldogs!! #belonggrowsucceed #aacpsawesome @BelleGroveAACPS @BelleGroveAACPS @BGESOL