| "A teacher is a compass that activates the magnets of curiosity, knowledge, and wisdom in his pupils." Ever Garrison |
By Second Grade Survivor :) 
By Second Grade Survivor :) 
By Second Grade Survivor :) 
By Second Grade Survivor :) 
By Second Grade Survivor :) 
By Second Grade Survivor :) 
By Second Grade Survivor :) 
By Second Grade Survivor :) 
By Second Grade Survivor :) 
By Second Grade Survivor :) 
By Second Grade Survivor :) 
By Second Grade Survivor :) 
By Second Grade Survivor :) 
By Second Grade Survivor :) 
By Second Grade Survivor :) 
By Second Grade Survivor :) 
By Second Grade Survivor :) 
By Second Grade Survivor :) 
By Second Grade Survivor :) 
By Second Grade Survivor :) I spent four years teaching and learning in second grade, followed by about a year and a half teaching high school Spanish, and then I returned to the elementary building at my district to teach content and tech skills in the computer lab. After that, I taught 3rd grade ELA for three years. I am now happy to be teaching and learning in fifth grade ELA for the past five years. :) Whew!
interactive, showing rather than telling, modeling explicitly and then giving students guided practice before sending them off to work independently
Earned the "student teacher of the year award" while student teaching at Grove City College in 2006
B.S. in Elementary Education, Spanish, and Secondary Education from Grove City College in Grove City, PA M. Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction from Gannon University in Erie, PA
I reside in western Pennsylvania with my husband, my high school daughter, my 11-year-old son, my 9-year-old daughter, and a small zoo of pets. I love kids, photography, reading, Spanish, and designing my own materials to use while I teach.
PreK, Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Homeschool, Not Grade Specific
English Language Arts, Writing-Expository, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Fractions, Graphing, Numbers, Science, Biology, World Languages, Spanish, Arts & Music, Special Education, Other (Specialty), ELA Test Prep, Other (ELA), Gifted and Talented, Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Classroom Management, Character Education, General Science, Short Stories, Writing, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Poetry, Speech Therapy, Winter, Valentine's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Spring, For All Subjects, Informational Text, Test Preparation, End of Year, Close Reading
