My heart belongs to 4th Grade! I have also taught 3rd Grade and Special Needs students from Kindergarten through 4th Grade.
Kids need to be engaged in their learning. My classroom tends to be a bit noisy!
Honors: County Teacher of the Year 2014 - 2015 District Teacher of the Year 2014 - 2015 School Teacher of the Year 2014 - 2015 Board of Education Special Recognition Award (2008) Commendation Awards, County Board of Chosen Freeholders (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006) Patriotic Service Citations, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006) Who's Who Among America's Teachers (2004 - 2005) Governor's Teacher Recognition Award (1990) Grant Award, Home Depot (2007) Grant Award: Foundation for Excellence (2003)
BS in Education, Certificates in: Elementary Education, Special Education, Nursery School Education
Yet to be added
Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, Homeschool, Staff, Not Grade Specific
English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Applied Math, Basic Operations, Fractions, Geometry, Graphing, Measurement, Numbers, Science, Archaeology, Biology, Earth Sciences, Social Studies - History, Elections - Voting, Government, Native Americans, U.S. History, Arts & Music, Computer Science - Technology, Special Education, Other (Specialty), Geography, Other (ELA), Religion, Critical Thinking, For All Subject Areas, Classroom Management, Economics , Character Education, Study Skills, General Science, Writing, Oral Communication, Reading Strategies, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Mental Math, Halloween, Speech Therapy, Winter, The New Year, Valentine's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents' Day, Black History Month, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Spring, Place Value, For All Subjects, Summer, Handwriting, For Administrators, End of Year, Women's History Month, Classroom Community