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Carol Stream, Illinois, United States
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I am a former teacher. I taught for five years in various positions: K - 8 general music, preschool, and first grade. I am currently working as a children's services library assistant. I create and facilitate music programming, STEAM programming, book discussions (3rd - 5th graders), and storytime programming. I work with children birth - 5th grade. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Preview of Music Note Alphabet

Music Note Alphabet

Fun music note letters for a music class word wall! There are two sets of letters: One set of colorful large music note letters One set of small grey, black and white music note letters Music Word Wall Letters by Nicole Lawton is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License.
Preview of Tune in For a Great Year Bulletin Board Pack

Tune in For a Great Year Bulletin Board Pack

MP3 Player bulletin board
Preview of Bathroom Sign Out Sheet

Bathroom Sign Out Sheet

As a specials teacher, I always like to keep track of bathroom use during my class. This upload includes two bathroom sign out sheets: *The first two bathroom sign out pages have more space to write and are intended for primary grades *The last two bathroom sign out pages are intended for 4th-8th grade.
Preview of Rock Around the Clock: Clock Decorating Kit

Rock Around the Clock: Clock Decorating Kit

Numbers to spice up your classroom clock! These numbers are great for music classrooms or classrooms with a music/rock theme. You will have several different choices of numbers to choose from: 1. Drums and Guitars in rainbow colors 2. Drums and Guitars in black and white 3. Drums in black and white 4. Guitars in black and white 5. Drums and Guitars in black and white with rainbow numbers 6. Drums in rainbow colors 7. Guitars in rainbow colors This download also comes with 4 different sets of
Preview of D.R.U.M. Award & Bulletin Board Pack

D.R.U.M. Award & Bulletin Board Pack

D.R.U.M. stands for Demonstrating Respect and Understanding in Music This pack includes: *An updated version of my D.R.U.M. award tickets *A printable bulletin board display for D.R.U.M.tickets in color and in black & white *A printable class certificate for a whole class D.R.U.M. Award
Preview of D.R.U.M. Awards!

D.R.U.M. Awards!

D.R.U.M. stands for "Demonstrating Respect and Understanding in Music." I use these tickets with my music classes. I have a bucket for each grade level (k-8). When a student receives a ticket in class, they fill out their ticket and place it in their grade level bucket. At the end of the week, I pick a ticket out of each grade level bucket. The winners get to chose a song they would like to sing or get to pick their choice of instrument first. The winning tickets along with the remaining tick
Preview of Monthly Family Reading Logs

Monthly Family Reading Logs

These monthly reading logs are a great way to involve families outside of school. The purpose of these logs is to encourage daily reading at home. After the caregiver and child have had the shared reading experience, the caregiver will fill out the book title and the child will color in the face that corresponds with how they liked the book. Contains: - August through June Reading logs
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Experience

I am a former teacher. I taught for five years in various positions: K - 8 general music, preschool, and first grade. I am currently working as a children's services library assistant. I create and facilitate music programming, STEAM programming, book discussions (3rd - 5th graders), and storytime programming. I work with children birth - 5th grade. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Teaching style

Play, play, play! I believe in the power of play. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Awards & shining teacher moments

* 2004 Golden Apple Scholar of Illinois * 2012 Chicago Foundation for Education Coach Grant Winner-- for study group on "Environmental Leadership: Going Green in the Classroom" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

My own education history

* Bachelors in Elementary Education and a Music Minor from Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois * Currently pursuing an MLIS degree with a specialization in Youth Services from Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Additional biographical information

* When I'm not working at the library or attending graduate school classes, I enjoy creating resources for my husband who teaches K-6 general music! * My three favorite things: Harry Potter, unicorns, and tea * Currently reading: Regarding the Fountain by Kate Klise