The implementation of the IXL program is in full swing in Mrs. Ashley's fourth grade classes. Jerome W. , Chakabuta D., and Jayceon J. are the leaders on their grade level. These students have answered the most IXL questions. #TransformersStrongerTogether
1 day ago, Spencer-Westlawn Elementary School
IXL Leading Students

Conjunction What's Your Function! After a week of learning about coordinating and subordinating conjunctions, students in Mrs. Griffin's class enjoyed competing in a game of Conjunction Junction on IXL. #TransformersStrongerTogether

2 days ago, Spencer-Westlawn Elementary School
Conjunctions with Ms. Griffin
Conjunctions with Ms. Griffin
Conjunctions with Ms. Griffin
Conjunctions with Ms. Griffin
Conjunctions with Ms. Griffin
Conjunctions with Ms. Griffin
Conjunctions with Ms. Griffin
Conjunctions with Ms. Griffin
Conjunctions with Ms. Griffin
During Walk to Intervention with Ms. Givens, the students put word puzzles together, then practiced by writing and pronouncing the words. The activity mimicked musical chairs, they went from puzzle to puzzle. #TransformersStrongerTogether
2 days ago, Spencer-Westlawn Elementary School
Puzzles with Ms. Givens
Puzzles with Ms. Givens
Puzzles with Ms. Givens
Puzzles with Ms. Givens
Puzzles with Ms. Givens
Puzzles with Ms. Givens
Puzzles with Ms. Givens
Coach Haynes and Ms. Mayo are doing a wonderful job in the Physical Education Department. They are helping to foster the physical fitness and social well-being of the students here at Spencer-Westlawn Elementary School. #TransformersStrongerTogether
2 days ago, Spencer-Westlawn Elementary School
P.E. with Coach Haynes and Ms. Mayo
P.E. with Coach Haynes and Ms. Mayo
P.E. with Coach Haynes and Ms. Mayo
P.E. with Coach Haynes and Ms. Mayo
P.E. with Coach Haynes and Ms. Mayo
P.E. with Coach Haynes and Ms. Mayo
P.E. with Coach Haynes and Ms. Mayo
P.E. with Coach Haynes and Ms. Mayo
P.E. with Coach Haynes and Ms. Mayo
P.E. with Coach Haynes and Ms. Mayo

First graders begin working on patterns in the sky in the STEM lab with Mrs. Knowles. The students drew the sunrise in the east and the sunset in the west. #TransformersStrongerTogether

2 days ago, Spencer-Westlawn Elementary School
Directions with Ms. Knowles
Directions with Ms. Knowles
Directions with Ms. Knowles
Directions with Ms. Knowles
Directions with Ms. Knowles
Directions with Ms. Knowles
Directions with Ms. Knowles
#TransformersStrongerTogether
4 days ago, Spencer-Westlawn Elementary School
August Employee of the Month Mr. Grier Shepperd
Ms. Withers' Walk-to-Intervention group is working hard on mastering their high-frequency words! This week, the students focused on the word "their" and practiced using it correctly in sentences. After completion of sentence writing, Ms. Withers checked each sentence for grammar and gave feedback, and the students did an amazing job!
7 days ago, Spencer-Westlawn Elementary School
Ms. Withers High Frequency Words
Ms. Withers High Frequency Words
Ms. Withers High Frequency Words
Ms. Withers High Frequency Words
Ms. Withers High Frequency Words
Ms. Withers High Frequency Words
Ms. Colston's fifth-graders prepare for their major assessment through numerous explicit vocabulary lessons and open-ended question practice. Students use a vocabulary card pop game to determine which word fits best in the sentence. Ms. Colston later gives timed practice questions in a Schoology assignment for students to type their responses. This prep will surely lead to reading success! #TransformersStrongerTogether
7 days ago, Spencer-Westlawn Elementary School
Ms. Colston's reading prep
Ms. Colston's reading prep
Ms. Colston's reading prep
Ms. Colston's reading prep
Ms. Colston's reading prep
Ms. Colston's reading prep
Ms. Colston's reading prep
Ms. Colston's reading prep
Ms. Colston's reading prep
Ms. Colston's reading prep
Ms. Demming's Social Studies lesson on continents and oceans consisted of her students making Balloon Globes. The students were engaged and learning an important third-grade standard. #TransformersStrongerTogether
8 days ago, Spencer-Westlawn Elementary School
Balloon Globes with Ms. Demming
Balloon Globes with Ms. Demming
Balloon Globes with Ms. Demming
Balloon Globes with Ms. Demming
Balloon Globes with Ms. Demming
Balloon Globes with Ms. Demming
Balloon Globes with Ms. Demming
Balloon Globes with Ms. Demming
Balloon Globes with Ms. Demming
Balloon Globes with Ms. Demming
Mrs. Ashley works daily to incorporate strategies that help improve her students' reading fluency. Her students are practicing the Me-We Reading Strategy before center time. # TransformersStrongerTogether
9 days ago, Spencer-Westlawn Elementary School
Mrs. Ashley's students Me-We reading strategy
Mrs. Ashley's students Me-We reading strategy
Mrs. Ashley's students Me-We reading strategy
#TransformersStrongerTogether
9 days ago, Spencer-Westlawn Elementary School
Teacher Spotlight Ashley Hatcher
Employee Spotlight Erin Knowles
Prove it! Ms. Young's class was given a math word problem with an answer. They had to work with a partner to prove it as the correct answer or the wrong answer. This is called "Prove it" posters. They then explained what strategy they used to get the correct answer. #TransformersStrongerTogether
14 days ago, Spencer-Westlawn Elementary School
Ms. Young Prove It
Ms. Young Prove It
Ms. Young Prove It
Ms. Young Prove It
Ms. Young Prove It
Ms. Young Prove It
Ms. Hatcher has her students engaged in the writing process. Students were equipped with graphic organizers that aided in their completion of their opinion mode writing. #TransformersStrongerTogether
14 days ago, Spencer-Westlawn Elementary School
Ms. Hatcher Opinion Writing
Ms. Hatcher Opinion Writing
Ms. Hatcher Opinion Writing
Ms. Hatcher Opinion Writing

Ms. Colston is conducting a small group reading lesson with her students. She is using Science of Reading strategies to help build reading comprehension with her students. #TransformersStrongerTogether

21 days ago, Spencer-Westlawn Elementary School
Ms. Colston's small group reading lesson
Ms. Colston's small group reading lesson
Ms. Colston's small group reading lesson
Ms. Colston's small group reading lesson
Ms. Colston's small group reading lesson
Ms. Colston's small group reading lesson
Ms. Colston's small group reading lesson
Ms. Colston's small group reading lesson
Ms. Colston's small group reading lesson
As a culminating activity for this week's Open Court selection, "Damon and Pythias", Mrs. Withers had her students engaged in a character trait activity to deepen their understanding. Each student chose a character from the selection and wrote traits that described them. #TransformersStrongerTogether
28 days ago, Spencer-Westlawn Elementary School
Ms. Withers class character traits activity
Ms. Hatcher's third-grade class is using manipulatives to represent arrays . This hands-on approach to learning multiplication will develop their understanding of the skill. #TransformersStrongerTogether
28 days ago, Spencer-Westlawn Elementary School
Mrs. Hatcher's class working on arrays
Mrs. Hatcher's class working on arrays
Mrs. Hatcher's class working on arrays
Mrs. Hatcher's class working on arrays

Mrs. Harper's class is learning about 2D and 3D shapes. As a hands-on approach to learning about their concept, students created 3-D models using toothpicks and marshmallows. #Transformers:StrongerTogether

about 1 month ago, Spencer-Westlawn Elementary School
Mrs. Harper's class learning about 2D and 3D shapes
Mrs. Harper's class learning about 2D and 3D shapes
Mrs. Harper's class learning about 2D and 3D shapes
Mrs. Harper's class learning about 2D and 3D shapes
Mrs. Harper's class learning about 2D and 3D shapes
Mrs. Harper's class learning about 2D and 3D shapes
Mrs. Harris has her students actively engaged in math small group. The focus of the lesson is understanding place value. #Transformers: StrongerTogether
about 1 month ago, Spencer-Westlawn Elementary School
Mrs. Harris in small group
Mrs. Harris in small group
Mrs. Harris in small group
Mrs. Harris in small group

Third- graders in STEM Lab are continuing their investigations of the weather with Mrs. Knowles. This week, they took average temperatures from last fall and graphed them. They used bar and line graphs to display the collected data.  #Transformers:StrongerTogether

about 1 month ago, Spencer-Westlawn Elementary School
Graphing Data from last fall in Mobile
Graphing Data from last fall in Mobile
Graphing Data from last fall in Mobile
Graphing Data from last fall in Mobile
Graphing Data from last fall in Mobile
Graphing Data from last fall in Mobile
Scholars in Ms. Young's class are sorting and counting a variety of manipulatives to develop their foundational numeracy skills. #Transformers: StrongerTogether
about 1 month ago, Spencer-Westlawn Elementary School
Counting and Sorting
Counting and Sorting
Counting and Sorting
Counting and Sorting
Counting and Sorting
Counting and Sorting