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
3 months ago, Spencer-Westlawn Elementary School
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
3 months ago, Spencer-Westlawn Elementary School
#TransformersStrongerTogether
3 months ago, Spencer-Westlawn Elementary School
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
3 months ago, Spencer-Westlawn Elementary School
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
3 months ago, Spencer-Westlawn Elementary School
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
4 months ago, Spencer-Westlawn Elementary School
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
4 months ago, Spencer-Westlawn Elementary School
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
4 months ago, Spencer-Westlawn Elementary School
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
4 months ago, Spencer-Westlawn Elementary School
Mrs. Harris has her students actively engaged in math small group. The focus of the lesson is understanding place value. #Transformers: StrongerTogether
4 months ago, Spencer-Westlawn Elementary School
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
4 months ago, Spencer-Westlawn Elementary School
Scholars in Ms. Young's class are sorting and counting a variety of manipulatives to develop their foundational numeracy skills. #Transformers: StrongerTogether
4 months ago, Spencer-Westlawn Elementary School
Check out our amazing students in action in the STEM Lab with Mrs. Knowles. Second-grade students are learning and discovering things about the properties of matter. Third-grade students are using thermometers to read the temperature in Fahrenheit and Celsius. The temperature is HOT, HOT, HOT! The leaders of our building, the fifth-graders, are learning about physical changes. Transformers:StrongerTogether
4 months ago, Spencer-Westlawn Elementary School
Stem Lab is off to a great start with Mrs. Knowles! Third, fourth, and fifth-graders started by signing safety contracts. They then moved on to team-building exercises, where they had to communicate and work through a task within a given time frame. These transformers are on their way to becoming scientists and great communicators. #Transformers:StrongerTogether
5 months ago, Spencer-Westlawn Elementary School
Registration for Monday, August 11, 2025, is NOW closed. Registration will resume on Tuesday, August 12, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. -10:00 a.m.
5 months ago, Spencer-Westlawn Elementary School
August Lunch and Breakfast Menu. ******** Note: Menu is subject to change. ********
5 months ago, Spencer-Westlawn Elementary School
Hello parents,
Below you will find a supply list for Pre- K-5th grades for the 2025-2026 school year. MCPSS will provide clear bookbags for ALL students.
5 months ago, Spencer-Westlawn Elementary School
A culminating activity for numeracy camp was the completion of Fun Zone. This is a blueprint of an arcade style mall. Students had to plan, budget, write checks while working on several skills, including various ways to multiply using mental math strategies. #mathematicians #Elevate:SoaringtoNewHeights
6 months ago, Spencer-Westlawn Elementary School
Happy trails cowboys and cowgirls! Our goal was to "Saddle Up for Success", and we did just that! On the last day of camp students enjoyed a breakout room with Ms. Steele and Ms. Ellis, a STEM activity with Mrs. Knowles, a read-aloud station hosted by Ms. Andrews, a jump station with Coach Haynes, a nacho station with Ms. Neale and Ms. Demming, and a cupcake station with Mrs. Miles. A special thank you goes out to Mrs. Jada Cooper (site director), teachers, staff, students, and parents that made this summer camp successful. #bootsontheground, #cowgirl #cowboy #saddleupforsuccess #Elevate:SoaringtoNewHeights
6 months ago, Spencer-Westlawn Elementary School
Giddy-Up Horsey! Mrs. Renee Webb-Young from Young's Family Ranch came to Spencer-Westlawn Elementary School. Mrs. Young presented interesting facts and details about horses. The students got a chance to feed and pet the horses. After horseplaying students enjoyed a delatable Kona Ice snowcone. #saddleupforsuccess #giddyup #Elevate:SoaringtoNewHeights
6 months ago, Spencer-Westlawn Elementary School
