Tim Yoder
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Lawrenceville, Georgia, United States
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Six years ago I retired after spending 43 years in public school classrooms. In my career I taught grades four through eight, and most recently I taught middle school math and science .
I also spent seven years as an adjunct professor for Brenau University in Gainesville, GA. I taught the following classes to preservice teachers in the School of Education: Classroom Management, Teaching Math, and Teaching Science.
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Identifying and Proofreading Homophones on Signs
Homophones can be tricky, even for professional sign-makers and creators of messages on a restaurant or school marquee. This resource includes three slide shows, each of which has 20 pictures of signs containing homophones. Half of the signs are spelled correctly, and half of them have the wrong spelling of a homophone on them. The student’s first task for each sign is to identify the homophones. The next task is to determine if each homophone is spelled correctly, and if it is not, to come u
4th - 8th, Adult Education
English Language Arts, Spelling
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Experience
Six years ago I retired after spending 43 years in public school classrooms. In my career I taught grades four through eight, and most recently I taught middle school math and science .
I also spent seven years as an adjunct professor for Brenau University in Gainesville, GA. I taught the following classes to preservice teachers in the School of Education: Classroom Management, Teaching Math, and Teaching Science.
Teaching style
My goal was to make my lessons come alive through whatever means possible so that all of my students were actively engaged as they strived to reach their highest potential.
Awards & shining teacher moments
--1987 Teacher of the Year - Academy Central School, Tulsa, OK
--1999 Teacher of the Year - Simonton Elementary School,
Lawrenceville, GA
--1999 Teacher of the Year Finalist - Gwinnett County Public Schools,
Gwinnett County, GA
--2003 Achieved National Board Certification
--2005 Teacher of the Year - McConnell Middle School, Loganville, GA
--Presented at the National Science Teachers Association national conference in Atlanta, GA
My own education history
--Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education
--Master's Degree in School Administration
--Educational Specialist's Degree in Middle Grades Math and Science
Additional biographical information
My beautiful wife Sherri and I have been very happily married for 37 years. We have three children: Rebekah (who is a third grade teacher ), Rachel (who is a registered nurse working in an emergency room), and Andrew (who is a computer software engineer.)
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