Esther Thompson

Second Grade Teacher at KCSD96

[Esther Thompson @ethomp711]

Best. Mystery Reader. Ever!
Thank you @jonseyjaguar for being our surprise guest today. We thoroughly enjoyed your reading, singing, and ukelele playing with #mamadontallow.
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[Esther Thompson @ethomp711]

We had so much fun playing verb charades for #cmcubcountdown today. Can you guess the verb?

Btw, this teacher misses her kids so much! How cute are these faces?
#inspire96 #iteachsecond https://t.co/JM3EPxrYb3

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Celebrating #cmcubcountdown by reading with one of my favorite people. #usa🇺🇸 #germany🇩🇪 #reading #iteachsecond #inspire96 https://t.co/TdA6fPEOmO

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Millie and I enjoyed celebrating Outside Day for the #cmcubcountdown. So thankful for the gorgeous weather. #inspire96 #alaskankleekai https://t.co/wmkdwJH1fO

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We had our most popular student-led class yesterday. Students enjoyed learning how to make slime from a peer. #inspire96 #studentledclass #secondgrade #slime

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Practicing giving and following directions using cardinal and intermediate directional points with #Kagan #matchmine structure. #secondgrade #socialstudies #inspire96

[Esther Thompson @ethomp711]

Building with cardboard was the focus of our student-led class today. Students enjoyed learning how to build castles and islands from a peer. #studentledclass #secondgrade #inspire96 #makers

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In our student-led drawing class today, students learned how to draw a ninja from a classmate. #inspire96 #drawing #studentledclass #secondgrade

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Practicing fractions with Quiz-Quiz-Trade. #cooperativelearning #Kagan #inspire96

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We had our fourth student-led class during indoor recess. Students learned a dance routine from a peer. #inspire96 #studentledclass #secondgrade #dance https://t.co/gXpdTWhkLD

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We had our third student-led class yesterday during recess. Students learned how to make origami boats from a peer. @CMCubs96 #inspire96 #Origami #studentledclass #secondgrade

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We had our second student-led class today. Students learned how to draw a bird from a peer. #2ndgrade #studentledclass #inspire96 #drawing

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I gave my 2nd graders the opportunity to teach their own classes and they ran with it. Here’s a group learning to make a ship out of cardboard and construction paper from a peer. #inspire96 #STEM #studentledclass #2ndgrade #makersgonnamake

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Our class is donating 26 pajamas to the @PajamaProgram. As a grade level, we are donating 51 in all. We love being change makers! #ScholasticBookClubs #changemakers #secondgrade #inspire96 #booksandpajamas @CMCubs96

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Second graders learning to code with #HourOfCode. #inspire96 @CMCubs96

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Entrepreneurs combined their literacy and math skills with their knowledge gained in Social Studies to make a business plan and to create products and advertisements. Businesses were open for 1 day only at our classroom marketplace. #inspire96 #Entrepreneur

[Esther Thompson @ethomp711]

My 2nd graders researched and identified character traits of important people. These girls learned about @RUBYBRIDGES1960 and wrote about how she is a brave person. Thanks for being someone my students can look up to. #inspire96

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A shoutout to @ninofalvarez for being a positive role model and influence on our 2nd graders. This student was eager to show Mr. Alvarez his growth on MAP. #inspire96 #goalsetting @CMCubs96

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Learning how to differentiate instruction within our math lessons from @alexisheather @CMCubs96 #kcsd96 #staffsharefair