Crosby Elementary

Ms. Clark had a super engaging book tasting experience with first graders during Library class! At Starbooks, they got to "taste" books related to community helpers that are later going to be used in their research projects. La Sra. Clark tuvo una experiencia de degustación de libros súper atractiva con los alumnos de primer grado durante la clase de Biblioteca. En Starbooks, pudieron "probar" libros relacionados con los trabajadores de la comunidad, que luego utilizarán en sus proyectos de investigación.

Crosby 2nd Graders had fun in STEM creating name puzzles for Evo Ozobot to follow. #CrosBees

📚Families of Kindergarteners! 🚨 Make-up Session Alert! 🚨 Our winter Parent Engagement Literacy Session has been rescheduled for Tuesday, April 8th! 🎉 This session, "Words, Words, Words," will focus on building early literacy skills and helping young learners develop a strong foundation in reading. ✨ Perks: Enjoy a fun and informative evening with food, activities, and childcare provided! We can’t wait to see you there for a night of learning and fun! 📖✨

Mrs. Juarez and Ms. Brady's class learned about Hurricane Katrina. Students planned, designed, and built a prototype to protect New Orleans from rising water. #CrosBees

Families of 1st-3rd graders! 🚨 The event is TOMORROW! 🚨 Join us for our Parent Engagement Literacy Session on Tuesday, March 11th! 🎉 This session, "Comprehension," will focus on strategies to help your child understand and engage with what they read. 🔍 Unlock the Power of Reading Comprehension! Reading comprehension goes beyond recognizing words; it's about understanding and thinking critically about what you read. Our goal is to help students develop strong reading skills that boost their learning and love for books. By using fun strategies like asking questions and summarizing, families will become confident readers who can explore different stories and ideas. Join us as we guide families while enriching their lives through the joy of reading! ✨ Perks: Enjoy a fun and informative evening with food, activities, and childcare provided!

Students in Ms. Moore's and Ms. Serrano's Class came together to have a baby shower for our wonderful Speech Path, Ms. Lauren. We played Baby Bingo, had a special snack, and showered Ms. Lauren with baby gifts. #CrosBees

Mrs. Peceniak's Kindergarten Class is working hard on their phonemic awareness and phonics skills! They are learning how to recognize and produce rhyming words while they collaborate on group projects! #CrosBees #Collaboration

Mrs. Letsinger's class celebrating Read Across America enjoying Dr. Seuss books and activities. Students enjoyed finding and writing rhyming words. They made fun hats and wrote silly sentences. #CrosBees

Students in Mrs. Pecoraro's and Ms. Rivera's classes built shapes using mini marshmallows and toothpicks to go along with our math unit on shapes! #CrosBees

📚Families of 1st-3rd graders! In just ONE week! Join us for our next Parent Engagement Literacy Session on Tuesday, March 11th! 🎉 🔍 Unlock the Power of Reading Comprehension! Reading comprehension goes beyond recognizing words; it's about understanding and thinking critically about what you read. Our goal is to help students develop strong reading skills that boost their learning and love for books. By using fun strategies like asking questions and summarizing, families will become confident readers who can explore different stories and ideas. Join us as we guide families while enriching their lives through the joy of reading! 🔍¡Libera el poder de la comprensión lectora! La comprensión lectora va más allá del reconocimiento de palabras; se trata de entender y pensar de forma crítica sobre lo que se lee. Nuestro objetivo es ayudar a los alumnos a desarrollar habilidades de lectura sólidas que impulsen su aprendizaje y su amor por los libros. Mediante el uso de estrategias divertidas como hacer preguntas y resumir, las familias se convertirán en lectores seguros que pueden explorar diferentes historias e ideas. Únete a nosotros para guiar a las familias y enriquecer sus vidas con el placer de la lectura.

The third-grade students of Ms. Woodman and Ms. Pinilla have had a fantastic time in Science during their unit on Weather and Climate! They had a blast creating tornadoes in bottles, learning about engineering, and solving challenges with limited materials. One of the highlights was planning, designing, and building a solution to prevent flooding in New Orleans caused by Hurricane Katrina. It’s been an exciting and educational experience for all of them! ¡Los alumnos de tercer grado de Ms. Woodman y Ms. Pinilla han tenido un gran tiempo en Ciencias durante su unidad sobre Tiempo y Clima! Se divirtieron mucho creando tornados en botellas, aprendiendo sobre ingeniería y resolviendo desafíos con pocos materiales. Uno de los momentos más destacados fue planificar, diseñar y construir una solución para prevenir la inundación en la ciudad de Nueva Orleans causada por el huracán Katrina. ¡Ha sido una experiencia emocionante y educativa para todos ellos!

Ms. Differding's class has been very busy! Students worked collaboratively to create a group poster of things we can do in different seasons. Then each group presented their work to their classmates. The class explored defining and non-defining attributes of shapes. Partners worked together to create different shapes with straws. #CrosBees #HarvardPOG #Collaboration

STARS students in Ms. Serrano's class, read two stories from Unique Learning System, "All Around the Sun" and "African Safari". Students completed adaptive reading and writing activities while using their communication devices to answer comprehension questions. Students also completed worksheets matching the planets! It was a fun filled week :)

Students in Mr. VanFleet's class have been working on asking and answering questions from a text. In groups, they have been working collaboratively to structure their questions using Costa's Levels of Thinking, as they rotate to complete their posters. #CrosBees

📚✈️ ¡1st Grade DUAL is Ready for #UnViajeGenial! Nuestros estudiantes de Ms. Pérez & Sr. Sanabria han empacado sus maletas 🧳 y están listos para un viaje increíble en la lectura con "Un Viaje Genial" de Sol Silvestre. 🌍📖 ✨ ¡Gracias al Sr. Beesley por esta genial idea! 🚀 📚✈️ ¡1er Grado DUAL está listo para #UnViajeGenial! Our students in Ms. Pérez & Sr. Sanabria’s class packed their suitcases 🧳 and are ready for an amazing reading journey with "Un Viaje Genial" by Sol Silvestre. 🌍📖 ✨ Special thanks to Mr. Beesley for this great idea! 🚀

📚 Families of 1st-3rd graders! Coming in 2 weeks! Join us for our next Parent Engagement Literacy Session on Tuesday, March 11th! 🎉 This session, "Comprehension," will focus on strategies to help your child understand and engage with what they read. ✨ Perks: Enjoy a fun and informative evening with food, activities, and childcare provided! 📌 Sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe_UJqapCKggZJ3ifsY2ANAAWZPCH0GFjrUGG2yHsAtdo-aLw/viewform Mark your calendars—we can't wait to see you there for a night of learning and fun! 📖✨

📚✨ Read Across America Week is Next Week! ✨📚 Get ready to celebrate the joy of reading with a fun-filled week of dress-up days! 🎉

Ms. Pecoraro’s and Ms. Rivera's students have been working hard in science class by reading a weather graph, practicing oracy in pairs, and writing sentences about their observations. Los estudiantes de la Sra. Pecoraro y la Sra. Rivera han estado trabajando arduamente en la clase de ciencias leyendo un gráfico del clima, practicando la oralidad en parejas y escribiendo oraciones sobre sus observaciones.

Students in Mrs. Pecoraro's and Ms. Rivera's class enjoyed celebrating the 100th day of school! They built with 100 blocks, created 100 day glasses, made 100 day crowns, built with 100 cups and painted 100 dots! For Valentine's day, they created special gifts for their families!

📸 Smile, tomorrow is Picture Day! 🌸 Spring Picture Day is tomorrow, February 20th! Make sure your child comes to school ready to shine with their best smile. 😊✨ No pre-order necessary—proofs will be sent home for you to view before purchasing. We can't wait to see those bright smiles!