Personal History:
I was born in Newport, Vermont over a half-century ago, and grew up in Wilder, Vermont.
My parents were both teachers: my father taught 7th grade science, and my mother taught English and social studies to 5th and 6th graders. My sister became an art teacher, and is still teaching in Randolph, and my uncle is a retired teacher. I guess it's just in my genes!
I graduated from Hartford High School, class of 1973, and later met an married my husband, Richard.
I became a mom for the first time in 1990 when Emily was born, and again in 1993, with the birth of Sarah
Professional History:
I knew that I wanted to becorme a teacher after spending time in my daughter's preschool classroom,
so began the long haul to becoming a teacher in 1993. I graduated from Plymouth State College
in 2000 with my degree in Childhood Studies and a Special Education option. I taught in Sharon,VT for one year, then came to Waits River in 2001. I am currently working on my master's degree through UVM and the Vermont Math Initiative.
Hobbies and Interests:
I love horses, and have been riding for about two years. Being an older learner means that it seems to take my body a long time to learn the dressage movements, but I never have a bad day if a horse is involved. I've had a few "unscheduled" dismounts, but with a good chiropractor, I was able to keep on riding! My other big interest happens here at school in the form of the challenge course that we have on site. I have had lots of training through Project Adventure, and use those skills to help students build community and teamwork by engaging students in various activities on the ground, on the low ropes course, and finally on the high ropes course.
4th Quarter
Homework
For the Week of May 31 - June 4, 2010
6th
We are beginning our exploration of the properties of polygons
Tuesday: page 17 - 20, #1,2,3,4,26,27
Wednesday: page 17 - 18, #5,6,7
Thursday: no class...they are golfing with Mrs. Carter
7th
We will be finishing our exploration of algorithms for translations and transformations.
Tuesday: finish design and algorithms started in class
Wednesday: none (unless you owe old work)
Thursday: none
8th
We will begin our exploration into quadratic equations and functions.
Tuesday: page 527, #1-4, and 6a
Wednesday: finish #6b-e
Thursday: none
For the week of May 24, -28, 2010
6th
We will be finishing our work with fractions, and will be moving on to geometry.
Students are still using their syllabus/planner for the section on which they are working.
7th
Finish order of operations, then we'll be writing algorithms to translate, transform, reflect, and rotate a figure in a coordiate plane.
Monday: make corrections to last week's homework.
Quiz tomorrow.
Tuesday: Quiz, no homework
Wednesday: page 132, #28 - 30
Thursday: page 515 #1-4
8th and 7/8
We're finishing our work on writing algorithms to translate, transform, reflect, and rotate a figure in a coordiate plane.
Monday: page 132, #28 - 30
Tuesday: pages 516 - 519, #8 - 19 due Thursday (also using class time)
Wednesday: see Tuesday
Thursday: Finish page 520; quiz tomorrow
For the Week of May 17 - 21, 2010
6th :
Each student has their own syllabus/planner with homework that needs to be completed. A
few students are still working on percents, but most are working on operatons with fractions.
7th
Finishing Order of Operations and beginning transformations/translations using integers.
Monday: page 600, #1-12
Tuesday: none take quiz
Wednesday: p131-132, #1-10, 21-26, 31 - 38
Thursday: page 132, #28, 29, 30
8th
Finishing writing exponential equations and beginning
transformations/translations using integers.
Monday: finish page 509, quiz on Wednesday
Tuesday: none (Science NECAPS, adventure)
Wednesday: none (quiz)
Thursday:puzzle sheet
7/8
Generally the same as 7th and 8th above, but with the following changes:
Monday: same as above for both grades
Tuesday: none (morning adventure)
Wednesday: none quiz
Thursday: page 132, #28, 29, 30 both grades
