I have been a second grade inclusion teacher for four years. I looped with my third graders one year and taught fourth. This is my tenth year teaching third grade. Before then, I spent two years tutoring for a well known tutoring company. I love a challenge including new standards or anything to do with technology. Anything that I can do to better prepare my students is my number one goal.
I believe in teaching with current events and real life experiences. I love a friendly competition, and my students thrive off of it. I believe an open discussion will only lead to higher levels of thinking. As long as my students are learning, we will keep talking! Did I mention that I LOVE Classroom Book A Day read alouds? It's my favorite time of the day to foster the love of reading!
Teacher of the Year 2020 - 2021 District Literacy Teacher of the Year 2021- 2022
University of West Florida, BA in Elementary Ed/ESOL and starting next year I plan on starting my masters in educational leadership. A long term goal would be to work with curriculum planning or writing!
Born in Ohio, raised in Florida. Love to quilt, scrapbook and spend time with my two girls! My girls are ten years apart, so I feel like I am starting all over with a newborn!
PreK, Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Adult Education, Homeschool, Staff, Not Grade Specific
English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Applied Math, Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Fractions, Geometry, Graphing, Measurement, Other (Math), Science, Anatomy, Archaeology, Astronomy, Basic Principles, Biology, Earth Sciences, Environment, Physics, Other (Science), Social Studies, Government, Native Americans, U.S. History, European History, World History, World Languages, Arts & Music, Art History, Visual Arts, Graphic Arts, Music, Physical Education, ESL-EFL-ELL, Career and Technical Education, Health, ELA Test Prep, Math Test Prep, Canadian History, Geography, Other (Social Studies), Other (ELA), Life Skills, For All Subjects, Literature, Classroom Management, Business, Character Education, Word Problems, General Science, Physical Science, Cooking, Short Stories, Writing, Asian Studies, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Poetry, Mental Math, Halloween, Winter, The New Year, Valentine's Day, Presidents' Day, Black History Month, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Spring, Place Value, Earth Day, Summer, Informational Text, Handwriting, Test Preparation, End of Year, Engineering, Phonics, Women's History Month, Classroom Community, Hispanic Heritage Month, Social Emotional Learning