This year our class is a happy mix with 26 fifth grades. Even though they are all at diiferent levels, they are enthusiastic to learn and work together.
Position:
Teacher
My Philosophy:
I believe that students learn by doing. We read to learn to read, we talk and do math together to learn how to do math and we write to learn to write. The walls are covered with bookshelves and books...they are the focus of the instruction but the focus of the classroom is the students.
Personal Information:
About Me:
This is my sixth year teaching and the sixth year at the same elementary school...in the same grade. I absolutely love it - every day is a new learning experience for my students and myself.
College and Degrees:
UNLV - 2004 - BS Elementary Ed
UNLV - 2009 - M.ed Curriculum & Instruction, Children's and Young Adult Literature.
Activities:
Co-sponsor for Oceanographer's Club
Favorite Books:
A Wrinkle in Time - Madeline L'engle
Tuck Everlasting - Natalie Babbit
Favorite Quotes:
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."
-Aristotle