I've been teaching 26 years in an urban district in New Jersey. I have taught both monolingual and bilingual classes. Currently have been teaching kindergarten for 19 yrs. Began my teaching career in 1st grade and did one year in 2nd.
I strive to create a learning environment where students feel respected, safe, encouraged and loved. I want them to feel welcomed and to be excited to be part of our classroom community. I believe in empowering students to take ownership of their learning and to learn to persevere. My passion is to keep learning and finding best practices to meet the needs of every student that comes into my classroom. I love creating lessons that make standards clear and easy for my ELLs to understand but at the same time are engaging and rigorous.
Teacher of the Year, 2017-2018
BA in Human Ecology with a concentration in Early Childhood Education - Montclair State University. MA in Urban Education with concentration in Bilingual Education - New Jersey City University. S.I.O.P / Sheltered Instruction Teacher Trainer Certified 2017
I have always created resources for the specific needs of my students, early 2021 I finally decided to open my TPT store and share these resources hoping to help teachers with similar needs.
PreK, Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, Homeschool
English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Basic Operations, Geometry, Numbers, Science, Social Studies, ESL-EFL-ELL, Other (ELA), Religion, For All Subjects, Literature, Character Education, Writing, Reading Strategies, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Autumn, Mental Math, Easter, For All Subjects, Summer, Informational Text, Occupational Therapy, Phonics, Classroom Community