I am in my ninth year of teaching. For my first two years I taught K-5 Science. It was a wonderful experience and established my love for teaching the subject. I taught first grade for 6 years. I have been a second grade teacher since last year. It was definitely different than what I was used to, but I have fallen in love with the grade and age group. As a result of our adoption of a new reading and math series I began my journey to develop manipulative centers that students can practice their skills individually or cooperatively. Sadly, we will be adopting a new series after next year, but all of you can benefit! I have recently been trained in DBQs and I'm trying to align 1-3 curricula content into DBQ style writing lessons. It is very text based and the students are always very engaged! Lesson plans and packs to arrive this summer!