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, Government, Native Americans, Arts & Music, Visual Arts, Computer Science, Drama, Other (Specialty), ELA Test Prep, Math Test Prep, Other (Social Studies), Other (ELA), For All Subjects, Literature, Classroom Management, Character Education, Word Problems, Study Skills, General Science, Physical Science, Writing, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Poetry, Autumn, Decimals, Spring, Tools for Common Core, For All Subjects, Informational Text, Close Reading, Classroom Community