I taught middle school for 16 years and high school for one year. My subject area was Language Arts. I taught reading and writing curriculum. In my Teachers Pay Teachers store, I am focusing more on writing as that is the subject I love the most. My goal is to create engaging resources that will help students develop a love for language arts.
I always liked to have students as involved in class as possible. I would give frequent story starters, individual and group projects, and encouraged students to be comfortable sharing their work with others. We did book talks, skits, commercials and many other projects. I used direct instruction to teach the curriculum and then got the students to working on their own as quickly as possible. One of the greatest joys I had when I was teaching was to see a student who started off not liking to write suddenly start to come up with creative projects in my class.
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I started off getting a Bachelor of Arts with General Studies. After graduating, I decided I wanted to become a teacher and went back to school to get my K-8 teacher certification through a post-baccalaureate program.
In addition to creating educational resources, I have self-published several fictional novels. I love to write. I find that it is a great stress reliever! I also love to spend time with my cat, watch movies, and go for walks.
5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, Not Grade Specific
English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Grammar, Vocabulary, Specialty, Science, Social Studies, Geography, Other (ELA), For All Subjects, Short Stories, Writing, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Poetry, Halloween, Winter, The New Year, Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, For All Subjects, Informational Text, End of Year, Classroom Community