iReady Kindergarten ELA read aloud story - The Art Lesson Critical VocabularyProper NounsSyllablesCircle Maps - Character Traits Cause and EffectSequence of EventsQuestion and AnswerWriting
iReady Kindergarten ELA read aloud story - Stone Soup Critical VocabularyRhyming WordsCircle Maps - Character Traits Cause and EffectSequence of EventsQuestion and AnswerWriting
iReady Kindergarten ELA read aloud story - Jamaica's Blue Marker Unfamiliar wordscircle mapsVenn DiagramCause and EffectSequence of EventsQuestion and AnswerWritingOpinion Writing
iReady Trackers for grades K-5 - Alignment to Magnetic Reading, Ready TN, Magnetic Foundations - Trackers for iReady digital platform - 100% + passed lessons - Trackers for lesson quizzes, assessments, and language lessons To promote o wnership and accountability: students can see their own data, take greater responsibility for their education and are more likely to stay focused on meeting goals. Student trackers motivate and engage: provides immediate feedback and a sense of accomplishment, w
10 stories to start the year establishing both classroom culture and the routines. The stories help students discover what it means to be part of a classroom community and how they can make it a fun place, explore hopes and dreams, how to be polite and treat others with respect, and why it's important to be proud of themselves and who they are, and a chance to project their own feelings onto characters in order to make sense of how they are feeling.
Curriculum alignment - FishTank Unit 1 anchor charts to support with target tasks. Use during instruction to focus student thinking towards writing target tasks. Use during discourse and record student responses.
20 years in education - 3 years of curriculum writing, 6 years in administration.
Currently an AP for Kindergarten!
Teaching style
Hands-on activities…students learning through exploration and when there are clear connections. Making sure students aren't taught in isolation is important - everything connects.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Nominated for Science Teacher of the Year; Math Text-book Committee member; Math Curriculum Writer; Reading presenter; Eco Club - Mayor's Grant, Agriculture in the Classroom, Everglades Champion School
My own education history
North Florida, UT Knoxville, Tusculum, NOVA, WGU
Additional biographical information
I teach because it is my heart and my soul.
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