I am starting my 10th year of certified teaching, but close to my 13th year overall. I was a Pre-K teacher for for 2 1/2 years, kindergarten teacher for 4 years, SSTEAM (Science, Social Studies, Technology, Engineering, Music and Art) teacher for Pre-K through 2nd for 1 year, 3rd grade Math, Science, and Social studies for 2 years, and will be continuing in my third year as a 4th Grade Science & Social Studies teacher and Robotics Coach! In high school I had to opportunity to be involved in a student teaching program where I was able to go out for the last couple hours of school and student teach in our districts elementary and middle schools. I spent my junior year student teaching kindergarten and my senior year student teaching middle school band with my former band director.
I love teaching by using hand-on activities in small group centers. Most of our day is spent in small groups either working with manipulatives, experimenting, journals or assessments. I believe assessments can be done in a fun way that does not give away to the kids the fact that you are assessing.
Teacher of the Year 2020 - 2021
Bachelors of Science in Early Childhood Education from Texas Tech University 2012. Wreck 'Em Tech! Perot STEM Teacher Institute Member for the 20219 - 2020 school year.
I have the cutest little dachshund at home named after John Lennon! I love, love, LOVE to do science experiments in the classroom with my kids and seeing the lights turn on and concepts come together from other things we've talked about in class. I can't wait to see all of the amazing things my former and current students do!
PreK, Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool, Staff, Not Grade Specific
English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Reading, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Algebra, Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Geometry, Graphing, Measurement, Numbers, Other (Math), Science, Astronomy, Earth Sciences, Environment, Physics, Other (Science), Social Studies, U.S. History, Arts & Music, Health, Other (Specialty), Geography, Other (Social Studies), Other (ELA), Life Skills, For All Subjects, Classroom Management, Word Problems, General Science, Writing, Reading Strategies, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Autumn, Mental Math, Halloween, Winter, Valentine's Day, Black History Month, St. Patrick's Day, Spring, Place Value, Products For TpT Sellers, Earth Day, For All Subjects, Summer, Phonics