I am in my 12th year of teaching 4th grade. Currently I am piloting an integrated language arts/social studies class. I have also taught 9 years of kindergarten, 2 years of 5th grade, and 1 year of middle school special education.
Do your elementary students struggle with state testing overwhelm? Are they tuning out when it comes to boring test prep packets? Grab this bundle of refreshing but effective activities that will keep your students motivated and involved all while reviewing critical skills, essay writing skills & test taking strategies for those upcoming state assessments! Included in this bundle of hands-on activities is the following: FLIPBOOK: Students will create a flipbook that will help review key test tak
Need a quick, comprehensive, and ready to implement STATE Identification unit for your 4th or 5th grade students? Look no further! I’ve chunked the 50 states into 4 separate regions (NE, SE, MW, and SW/W) with a spiral approach to both introduce and review a manageable set of states each week. I’ve created several study sheets and practice resources for the focus region each week. Each section has a SELF GRADED Google Form to assess growth each week. In addition, in order to provide rigor and
Bring the concept of sectionalism in the United States prior to the Civil War to life with this 18 character script Reader’s Theater! Students will see, hear, and participate in conversations woven with strong facts and characteristics about the North, South, and West sections of our country following the War of 1812. Issues of slavery, industry, westward expansion, tariffs, and transportation development are addressed throughout the script in an engaging and connected way! In addition, a compre
Students can choose from NINE creative, project based learning activities to both demonstrate and differentiate their level of understanding regarding the Revolutionary War! All 9 activities are high interest, multi-modality projects that include step by step directions and/or the necessary materials to complete. Students will research, write poetry, reflect, design, paint, brainstorm, construct, draw, and so much more! Each project is given a point value and students will select activities th
I created this set of 8 ½ X 11 inch posters to display for my students. I wanted them to have a visual reference for eliminating those “tired” words in their creative writing. Full of “sparkle” words such as boisterous, appalling, and colossal…..this set of cute tee-rific words is sure to help your students, too! Hang them on a piece of clothesline to make your own “laundry line”. Very cute! Included: *10 color posters featuring a common word and 6 richer choices on brightly colored tee-shi
3rd - 6th
Creative Writing, Vocabulary
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Experience
I am in my 12th year of teaching 4th grade. Currently I am piloting an integrated language arts/social studies class. I have also taught 9 years of kindergarten, 2 years of 5th grade, and 1 year of middle school special education.
Teaching style
I love to teach using themes! I am constantly trying to connect my language arts skills with topics relevant to the other subject areas. I feel students learn so much more if they can see how events are related to each other. I find myself creating a lot of my own materials because commercial products for the intermediate grades are still fairly divided among subjects. That's okay, though. I'm finding that my custom-made activities are the ones the students are most successful with!
Awards & shining teacher moments
Accomplished rating in OTES system;
Highly Effective value added teacher;
Unit leader position in 2 different grade levels;
Cooperative teacher to several student teachers
Recipient of Franklin B. Walter Outstanding Education Award 2015
Accepted to write curriculum for Ohio as America Project
Selected to present at OAASFEP State Conference (Connecting Ohio's New Learning Standards
My own education history
Bachelor of Arts in Education: Muskingum College;
Masters of Arts in Teaching & Curriculum: Miami University
Additional biographical information
I enjoy helping my husband run outdoor science educational trips to the western and southern states during the summer months.
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