I am so honored to be inducted into the Amherst Athletic Hall of Fame along side my husband, Ryan! We are proud to be raising our kids in our hometown & educating students in our community, both in the classroom & on the field, to help them reach their goals! Go Comets!💚☄️💛
What a season
@ladycometsvball
! This year will be one you remember forever! I am so proud to be a Comet and so proud of each of you, especially in the way you represented our school district, community, and playing as a TEAM!💚☄️💛
Rowan is 5! He was so excited to go to school today because Mrs. Haley was going to give him a birthday crown! Thanks
@prekrocks123
for always putting a smile on our little man’s face!
@LittleCometsPS
💙5️⃣🎉
Check out that smile on my little man’s face! It was the best surprise seeing his amazing teacher at his basketball game this morning! We adore you, Mrs. Schneider!🏀💚☄️💛
It was desk pet application day! Students were SO excited to fill out an application to adopt a desk pet. They get to take care of them all year and earn rewards by showing positive behaviors. The big adoption day is Wednesday! Which pet will they get?!🦁🐢🐻🦕🐬🦔🦩🐯🦦
I try to go w/ my husband to see his athletes in the spring. I was able to make it to a game w/ him that some of my students played in! I loved seeing them outside of the classroom & participating in something that they love. Building relationships is what it’s all about!
Rowan is absolutely loving safety town this week! Thank you
@amherstpolice
, Officer Lamb,
@SRO_Bowers
, and the rest of the staff for making this week so special for the kids! Ro had a blast at the fire station today with the
@AmherstFireDept
! He can’t wait for tomorrow!❤️🚒🚔🚑🧯
So many people asked me about the little ones wearing “Team Rua” shirts. I said those are my kids!! I loved seeing them at the basketball game tonight! Thanks for the love!💜
We loved having
@SteeleSoftball
in today to read to the kids and answer all of their questions! We were lucky enough to have one of our student’s big sister in our classroom, and she was super excited about it! Good luck the rest of this season ladies!🥎💚☄️💛
Our principal, Mr. Teppner, stopped in today, and we couldn’t let him leave without a round of Plinko! “Candy for Everyone” was a great way to head into break!🍭💚☄️💛
Rowan had the most amazing year in 1st grade! He truly looked forward to walking into his classroom every single day. We adore you, Mrs. Schneider!! We can’t thank you enough for loving our little man when he was with you. He really felt loved every day in your classroom!💚☄️💛
State testing is complete! I am so proud of how hard they worked and how they put forth their best effort. We celebrated with popsicles and had to get outside to enjoy the beautiful weather!💚☄️💛
Ro graduated from
@LittleCometsPS
this morning! We all absolutely adore Mrs. Haley and all that she did for our little man this year! Kindergarten- here we come!🎓💚☄️💛
We loved having
@BreannaCarden
in during Comet Hour to teach a
@UFLiteracy
lesson! I loved seeing how she motivated and engaged students during the lesson. Thanks for joining us and helping us learn today, Mrs. Carden!💚☄️💛
We are so honored to be members of this elite group along side the infamous Lacey Reichert! Thank you for all that you’ve taught me and being an incredible friend!💚☄️💛
Congratulations to The Rua’s on being inducted into the Amherst Athletic Hall of Fame!
@Mrs_Rua
was an All Ohio VB player and All Conference basketball player, while
@T3Warhawks_Rua
was a standout on the diamond for the Comets, Lake Erie College and the Texas Rangers!
Rowan had an amazing kindergarten year! He truly loved coming to school every day, and looked forward to the amazing lessons Mrs. Leimbach created for her class. We adore you,
@KdgRules
!! We can’t thank you enough for loving our little man when he was with you!💚☄️💛
As the new coach of our 8th grade girls volleyball team, I would love to see some familiar faces at the volleyball camp June 3rd-6th!🏐💚☄️💛
Girls and boys in grades 1-9 are invited to attend. Here is the registration link or you can use the QR code:
What better way to review some tough vocabulary words for tomorrow’s test than with a review activity with a partner? They are continuing to build and expand their vocabulary by understanding the meaning of the root words.💚☄️💛
We dove into a new novel today. Every student got their own copy of Number the Stars! They have been so interested in the background history of WWII and the Holocaust.💚☄️💛
These 2 did a great job of showing their School Pride SuperPower! I am proud to say that they both take pride in their work, make our classroom a place that everyone feels welcomed & loved, & ensure that our school is a place for everyone to take pride in their learning!💚☄️💛
These two have done a fabulous job of showing their SuperPower of School Pride! I’m am so proud of both of you for leading by example to help build a great school community.💚☄️💛
We loved having our assistant principal, Mrs. Williams, in for a visit today! We couldn’t let her leave without a quick round of Plinko since students did a fantastic job of showing PBIS behavior!💚☄️💛
On our last full day together,
@Kalch3
and I couldn’t let our amazing kids head off to summer break tomorrow without some fun minute to win it games! It was the perfect way to spend the afternoon filled with lots of smiles, laughs, and fun!💚☄️💛
Thanks for spending the morning with us
@edtechsears
! We appreciate the time and effort that went into making this project a success and fun for all of us! A perfect way to kick off Thanksgiving week.🎈💚☄️💛
.
@PowersPTO
the building looks awesome! Thanks for having us during family night at the
@Scholastic
Book Fair. My kids are so excited to read their new books before bedtime tonight!💚☄️💛
We read the book, “The Word Collector”, and it helped students learn that the words we speak can be very powerful. Students chose a quote & drew a picture to represent the meaning of the quote. Always remember, we are responsible for our words and the impact they can have!💚☄️💛
Kindness always matters. Congratulations to these FOUR students on showing their kindness SuperPower during the first month of school! I am so proud of you!💚☄️💛
We had to get 1 final picture in front of the school that they went to for 4 years. What a fun and amazing year it was with this group of kids! I will miss seeing their smiling faces every day, but I know they will rock 4th grade! Have fun, stay safe, and enjoy summer!!💚☄️💛
Post-it notes make everything more fun! We are enjoying the start of our novel study for this quarter,& have been using Post-its during partner work. This novel really allows for paired texts that engage all readers. I’m excited to see how much they learn over the next few weeks!
These two are always finding ways to show their SuperPower of Kindness! I’m am so proud of how generous, caring, considerate, and helpful you are to everyone around you. Continue to lead by example and always be kind!💚☄️💛
The whole 3rd grade class has made it to the Amherst Cinema for our end of the year field trip! Rua kids and
@Kalch3
are ready with their popcorn and drinks!🍿🎥💚☄️💛
We had an awesome day! Thanks for having us
@NordPrincipal
&
@Nord_MrDoehr
! Your soon to be 4th graders had the best visit w/ the kindness crew & current 4th graders! They can’t wait for August🤩. Also, a huge thank you to
@PowersPTO
for the super cute class of 2032 shirts!💚☄️💛
We read Balloons Over Broadway & learned about how puppeteer, Tony Sarg, created the balloons for the traditional Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Students designed and created a balloon to be puppeteers in our own parade on Monday! Stay tuned for the video of our parade!🎈💚☄️💛
We went to Amherst Sandstone Village today for our first field trip of the year. It was a blast! Students got to see so much of our history firsthand, and made so many connections to our learning over the first quarter of school. I loved spending the day there with them!💚☄️💛
Mr. Teppner gave his last words of wisdom to a few third grade classes during extra recess today. I love how they all came together one last time!Thanks to all of the staff, families, & students for a great school year! I hope everyone has a safe and awesome summer!☀️💚☄️💛
We loved having Ms. Bruck back on the 3rd grade floor! It was a perfect way to end our very festive day. “The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear!”🎵❤️🎄🎅🏻
We celebrated Chinese New Year this afternoon with some amazing food donated from 2 of our students’ restaurants, Golden Crown & QinFen! Thank you so much for your kindness and generosity in making this happen for the kids! Also, thank you to
@Bruck3rd
for organizing this!🥢❤️🥠
.
@Literacyw_Livy
taught us some awesome ideas during our Unit 4 LETRS training on Friday, & we had to try it today! We counted the sounds in our spelling words, dictated the words, & scooped the syllables. We had great discussions on the different syllable types & long vowels!💚
It was everyone’s favorite day- desk pet reveal day! Students got to choose their pet to keep at Camp Rua. As students show PBIS behaviors, they can earn different rewards and surprises!🪼💚☄️💛
It’s February, which means it’s Black History Month! Today, we began each class period with our first group of presenters for their Black History Month Project. I love that they are educating each other on some amazing individuals throughout this month!💚☄️💛
Fun Friday is always a crowd favorite! Today students got desk pet sucker surprises for showing positive behavior, played Quizlet Live to help study for a quiz, and enjoyed recess bags with friends to end the day! Happy kiddos heading into the weekend💚☄️💛
Students work hard all week to earn desk pet rewards, of their choice, on Fridays. Some students filled out the application on Friday and today, proudly ‘adopted’ another pet to add to their habitat for displaying positive Comet Impact behaviors!🦁💚☄️💛
Students got to play their game boards with Mrs. Boggs’s first graders today! We loved spending part of our morning with this fabulous group. Thanks for coming up Boggs kids!💚☄️💛
Tune Tuesday is always a crowd favorite! We use the songs as a close reading activity to help students identify the theme and the author’s purpose, practice making inferences, drawing conclusions, and making connections. Today’s song was “Shake It Off” by Taylor Swift🎶
Students dove into our first author study today while we had a “working” snack. Is there a better feeling than hearing the class cheer when you tell them it’s time for our first novel?! I love fostering that love for reading!📚💚☄️💛
“Kindness is spreading sunshine into other people’s lives regardless of the weather.” I am so proud of these 5 for showing their Kindness SuperPower! Continue to lead by example, spread love, and be the reason someone else smiles.💚☄️💛
Students have been learning about the plot of story, and now they are going to apply it to a story of their own. Yesterday, students began brainstorming ideas for their pet monster stories! They will write a story using plot about a pet monster. They were so excited to share!💚
Reading centers this week included identifying point of view, reviewing possessive nouns, partner fluency/comprehension practice to reveal the hidden picture, and summary writing! Check out these awesome hard workers.🤩💚☄️💛
What a beautiful surprise this morning from
@Kalch3
&
@MrsCall3rd
! All of my kids were in purple shirts with “My teacher is in the Hall of Fame!” on the front and “Team Rua” on the back🥹. I am feeling the love! Thank you to my amazing coworkers, who are even better friends!!💚💛
Check out this fun Athletic Hall of Fame surprise for
@Mrs_Rua
! She will be inducted into The Hall of Fame this weekend, which is a great honor 💚💛 Congratulations, Mrs. Rua!
@Kalch3
,
@MrsCall3rd
,
@SteeleComets
I got to spend Valentine’s Day with 24 of my 26 sweet students! I love the classroom family this crew has created and the friendships they’ve developed. “What a wonderful way to live, when there’s kindness to find, and people to love, and so much goodness to give.”❤️
Both of my classes were absolute rock stars today! We reviewed good reading strategies and they wrote a 4 paragraph essay on how amazing polar bears are by focusing on their survival and the danger that impacts them. I am so proud!💚☄️💛
We reviewed addition strategies to help with fact fluency, which will later help students when they get to more complex and challenging problems. We ended our lesson by completing practice problems on
@IXLLearning
.💚☄️💛
Paragraph writing is coming along! Students worked with a partner to pull information from their source to create a topic sentence, find 3 supporting details, and finish with a concluding sentence. I love watching how much their writing transforms throughout the year!✏️💚☄️💛
We kept our hard work momentum going with a LETRS decodable text activity. Students highlighted skill words, read the highlighted words, and read the whole passage using their highlighted copy!💚☄️💛
I have loved every minute of working with you and sharing our awesome kiddos
@Bruck3rd
!! You are so loved and will be so missed!! Enjoy every minute of retirement!💚☄️💛
Today was the last official day for this amazing educator! Amherst's students have been so lucky to have you
@Bruck3rd
, as have your colleagues!
Retirement looks good 👀 on you! Enjoy EVERY well deserved minute! ❤️
We read the book, “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore”. We had a great discussion about how books change our lives & how we make connections with quotes in all types of stories. Students chose an inspirational quote to interpret & created a drawing to represent it!
I missed all 26 of these sweet faces! We started out our day with a crowd favorite activity. Students did a free write about winter break and were able to stand on their chairs to share!✏️💚☄️💛
Super Bowl rotations this morning and recess bags/friend time this afternoon!🏈🥳 Google Canvas was a popular choice to draw and create with friends✍️🎨 It definitely was a fun Friday!💚☄️💛
Students got to spend their hard earned comet cash at the February Comet Cash Store today! We even had two of our own wonderful moms helping all of our 3rd grade shoppers! Thank you to the moms, all of the other volunteers, and
@PowersPTO
for another terrific shopping day!💚☄️💛
I am a little late in posting about our wonderful field trip to the mayor’s office on Friday with
@Kalch3
and
@MrsCall3rd
, but it was such a great day! We loved visiting with Mayor Costilow & appreciate all the time he took to make us feel welcome. Thanks for having us!💚☄️💛
Our class headed down to Mrs. Schneider’s class to help them assemble their gingerbread houses before they decorate next week! Students had some time to work together to solve a crossword puzzle & get to know each other. Both classes had a blast! Thanks, Mrs. Schneider!🎄💚☄️💛
Anything is POPSICLE when you try your best! I couldn’t be more proud of our kids’ effort and hard work on the Ohio State reading AIR test this week. We celebrated trying our best and being done with the state reading portion with popsicles on this gorgeous day!💚☄️💛
First rotation of ELA centers went awesome today! Students worked on paragraph writing, identifying figurative language, making words plural by following the rules, and partner reading about Ewold the Elf before answering questions to color the mystery picture!💚☄️💛
Students have been working hard at finding the main idea & 3 supporting details in a passage, which has led us into paragraph writing. They are now able to organize & structure a paragraph. I can’t wait to dive into our multi-paragraph informational essay unit next week!📝💚☄️💛
1 of our third graders started her day off by dropping off some goods to our Second Harvest donation box! Our Community Support Drive is still going on this week. Our focus is pasta & canned meats if you are able to donate. Will we be able to pull off the win against Nord & AJH?
We got to “shop” at the most incredible farmers market today! A huge thank you to
@nord_pto
for spoiling us this week! We appreciate all that you do for our staff and students!❤️🍓🥦🍌🥒
Thank you so much to all of the parent chaperones that were able to come with us! We loved having you. Also, a big thank you to all of the volunteers at the Amherst Historical Society for making today such an incredible experience. We are proud to be members of this community!💚
We are wishing you a Merry Christmas from 3rd grade!
@Bruck3rd
was amazing in leading our students in our Christmas sing-along!🎶
@Sra_WilliamsK12
check out how awesome they were on the Spanish part!❤️🎅🏻🎄💚
We have been learning how to use the RACE writing strategy. Today, we practiced writing a RACE response to questions by using different colors to represent each part of the RACE strategy. I love seeing how hard these kiddos are working to become better writers!💚☄️💛📝