I have been a classroom teacher for 20 years, teaching grades 2 through 5. I have spent most of my years in the upper grades, and consider that my expertise. I am Nationally Board Certified, a master teacher, and have my Masters in Education. I blog about my teaching adventures and classroom ideas at Teaching in Room 6
I believe my role in the class should be to impart new knowledge, and the students should be doing everything else. I train my students to be as self-sufficient as possible so that they gain the most out of my class. My motto is, if I am the only one working, I am the only learning...so let's let the kids work and learn!
National Board Certification, 2006 and 2016
BA in Elementary Education Masters in Education
I am a wife, mother, and avid TV watcher ;)
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, Homeschool, Not Grade Specific
English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Applied Math, Basic Operations, Fractions, Geometry, Graphing, Measurement, Order of Operations, Science, Anatomy, Basic Principles, Biology, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Social Studies - History, Government, Native Americans, Arts & Music, Visual Arts, Computer Science - Technology, Other (Specialty), ELA Test Prep, Math Test Prep, Other (Social Studies - History), Other (ELA), For All Subject Areas, Literature, Classroom Management, Character Education, Study Skills, General Science, Physical Science, Writing, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Poetry, Autumn, Decimals, Spring, Tools for Common Core, For All Subjects, Informational Text, Classroom Community