Eric LoStorto
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Sarasota, Florida, United States
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I have been teaching in Sarasota County for 9 years. I teach at a Title 1 school with a majority of ESOL students. I have taught all subjects for 4th and 5th graders, been a 4/5 split teacher, but my passion is math. I started to write poems in Science and Math to help students remember concepts. That has morphed into short stories like "Rounding Rescue" that teach a Math skills and a LA skill. I have more ideas for books and a few more stories are complete.
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Water Cycle Poem in ActivStudio or Word Document
To use with Smartboards or other interactive whiteboard: "This flipchart can be used with Smartboard software or any interactive whiteboard as well when you download ActivInspire (it’s free). See below for directions.
The preview page is not the first page of the poem. The water cycle comes full "circle" in the poem.
The Water Cycle is a poem that I wrote. I have placed the poem in an illustrated flipchart and it is also in a word document (just poem). On the flipchart, the difficult vcoabu
3rd - 5th
Earth Sciences, Poetry, Science
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Experience
I have been teaching in Sarasota County for 9 years. I teach at a Title 1 school with a majority of ESOL students. I have taught all subjects for 4th and 5th graders, been a 4/5 split teacher, but my passion is math. I started to write poems in Science and Math to help students remember concepts. That has morphed into short stories like "Rounding Rescue" that teach a Math skills and a LA skill. I have more ideas for books and a few more stories are complete.
Teaching style
Whatever it takes! There is a fine line between having fun and loosing control. I try to walk that line, so the kids are having fun and learning. I am not there yet, but trying to master that idea. I realized early on that kids don't care what you know until they know you care. I have also found that many students are just not confident in math. That is the theme of "Rounding Rescue". I try to instill that confidence in students.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Tuttle Elementary Teacher of the Year - 2009-2010
My own education history
Masters of Arts in Teaching
Additional biographical information
I am happily married to my teacher wife, Heather. We have two beautiful and energetic girls. I get many of my ideas as I sit at the dance studio waiting for my daughters.
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