...My lessons foster a sense of self-efficacy, sense of community, and utilizing literacy to achieve goals. Students will build language comprehension and word recognition aligned with the Science of Reading. I bring over 28 years of teaching in public and private schools, at a variety of grade levels. (read more)
...I have used various strategies but mostly used the Writing Process Workshop developed by Lucy Calkins, author of The Teaching of Writing. Ms. Calkins is known nationally in the field of writing and reading and is the founding director of the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project at Columbia University's Teachers College. (read more)
...At the current time, I am teaching third grade in a Virginia public school. While Virginia is not a Common Core state, our Standards of Learning (SOL) are based on the Common Core, and I have done extensive research on the development and implementation of the Common Core Standards. I am a fift... (read more)