...I am an elementary education teacher, K-8, from the state of Arizona. I taught 5th grade in Arizona for 2 years and have also taught 6th and 8th grade part time. In addition to teaching, I also ran an advanced math after school tutoring camp for elementary school students with great success as well as tutored middle school students who were struggling. (read more)
...To help this happen, I developed a system of incentive and reward, where students could elevate their grades by reading outside of class. Students were responsible for taking notes per page, which included vocabulary words with clear contexts and enough information from which detailed page-summaries and analyses could be delivered on demand. The system worked beautifully. (read more)
...But writing is a cornerstone of effective communication. We want people to understand our ideas. We want people to understand how we feel. (read more)