About me |
I have been happily married (to the same guy) for over twenty-eight years, and have a terrific daughter and son-in-law. I graduated from Bowling Green State University, with a Master's Degree in Curriculum and Teaching. Teaching is not just a career, but a passion. The fact that I am working in a school that allows for the opportunity to share my faith on a daily basis, makes the position even more enjoyable. I strive to facilitate learning by engaging the children in a wealth of hands-on activities. To further enhance learning, our school has installed Smartboards in several classrooms. I am excited that such innovative technology has been added to our school, and acknowledge that such methods are more conducive to life-long learning, promoting critical thinking skills. As our world becomes more and more globally connected through technology, the importance of teaching technology becomes a critical facet in the education process. I enjoy reading, sailing, jet-skiing, snorkeling, exploring technology, and playing with my two dogs, a greyhound, Norma, and a part golden retriever, Muttley. |
Message |
The importance of having a sound Biblical philosophy of education cannot be overemphasized. In referring to the importance of developing a distinctively Christian philosophy, more Christian educators are beginning to realize that to be truly Christian, the curriculum must be Bible integrated in theory and practice. By this, the Bible is to provide more than theoretical guidance and generalization. It is to be a vital part of the content of the curriculum, and integrated with all subject matter. The Bible should be the integrating factor around which all other subject matter is correlated and arranged, and provides the criterion by which all other subject matter is judged. The most important aspect of my teaching responsibility is to help children know Jesus on a personal level, and encourage them to share their faith on a daily basis. Incorporating scripture into my daily lessons helps to accomplish this goal.
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My links |
Bible Gateway
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| Multiplication Review Games
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| Science - Simple Machines
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| Coin Combo - Practice Counting Money
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| Accelerated Reader Book List
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| InfOhio
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| Discovery Education
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| Websites for Smartboards
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| Quia - Multiplication Madness
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| It's My Life - Critical Thinking skills
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| Spacey Math
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| Quia - Multiplication Mixed Bag
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| Quia - Multiplication Facts 2, 3, 4, 5
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| Quia - Mulitiplication and Division Fact Families
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| Quia - Multiplication Facts 6, 7, 8, 9
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| Interactive Kaleidoscope
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| Jigsaw Puzzles
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| Websites for Classrooms
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| Brain Cleary - children's book author
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| Sheppard Software
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| Quia - 3rd grade Magnets Millionaire Game
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| Math Practice
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| Read Write Think
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| Dancemat typing
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| The Great Plant Escape
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| Third Grade Math Review
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| Understanding Banking
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| Mortifying Monday - Finish the Story Group Activity
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| Understanding Camouflage
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| Place Value
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| Virtual Science Labs
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| Addition & Subtraction Review Games
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| Science Splat
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| Multiplication Station
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| Skip Counting
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| Math - Even and Odd Numbers
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| Planets and the Solar System
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| Virtual Fishtank
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| Virtual Space Tour
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| Math Baseball
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| Reading Graphs
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| Saxon Math - Fractions
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| Saxon Math - Telling Time
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| Saxon - clockfaces and digital time
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| Structures of Life
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| Scott Foresman Science (our science book online enrichment)
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| Grammar Practice
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| Smartboard Activities
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| Freaky Frank's Music Machine
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| A virtual walk in the woods
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| My Pyramid
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| USA Map Puzzle
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| Kitty Quartet - Memory Game
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| Wild Safari Crossword Puzzle
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| Sound Machine
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| Sea Creature Matching Activity
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| Analog clock
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| Rate Tornado Damage
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| National Geographic Activities
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| Technology Rich Learning for Third Grade
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| Collage Machine
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| Giggle Poetry
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| Time for Kids online
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| Weather Wiz Kids
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| Yucky Science
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| Smithsonian For Kids
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| Save the Apples (Math)
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| Math Cats Multiplication
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| 4-H Virtual Forest
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| Mrs. Matson's Simple Machines
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| Batters Up Math
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| Electricity (Fourth grade science)
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| Mrs. Matson's Weather Page
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| Ask a Librarian
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| Biographies for Kids
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| Power Proofreading
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| Bill Nye the Science Guy
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| Planet Pals
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| Science Monster
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| Volcano World
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| Your Weight on Other Worlds
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| Dropple - Brain Bashers
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| Escape from Knab (Decision Making/Critical Thinking)
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| The Fruit Game (Critical Thinking)
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| Math Advantage
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| Animals of the World
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| Kids Go Wild (Animals)
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| ZoBoomaFoo (Animals)
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| Phases of the Moon
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| More About Space
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| Mysteries to Solve
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| Synonym Toast
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| Wacky Web Tales (Madlibs)
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| Grammar Gorilla
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| Alien Word Mine
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| Perimeter and Area
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| Math Mayhem
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| Addition Hidden Picture
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| Measure It
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| Willy the Watch Dog (Telling Time)
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| Create Your Own Graph
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| Seashell Rounding
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| Number Cracker (Number Patterns)
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| Line Jumper (Number Lines)
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| Interactive Base Ten Blocks
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| Bugs in the System (graphing)
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| Zoo Animal Information
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| The Human Body
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| Grammar Blast
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| Punctuation Paintball
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| What do you know quiz show!
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| Toy Theater Math
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| Subtraction Math Match
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| Sudoku - A Fun Math Puzzle
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| ABC Ya Money Counting
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| Math Man - Math Fact Practice
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| Computer Vocabulary
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| Time Travel - Practice Telling Time
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| Multiplication Match Game
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| Alpha Munchies - Typing Game
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| Super Hyper Spider Typer (Keyboarding skills)
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| Astro Adventure - Interactive Engineering for 9-11 year olds
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| Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government
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| The Thinking Fountain A to Z
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| The Solar System
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| Star Child (Space)
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| AAA Math
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| Cybrary Man - Educational Sites
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| Online Math and Grammar Games
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| To Be Fanatic (Math Practice)
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| Time For Time
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| Analog Clocks
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| Subject and Predicate Song
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| Saxon Grade Three Math Enrichment
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| Multiplication Practice
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| Slam
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| Tales from Technology
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| Possessive Noun ('s and 's) tic tac toe game
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| Possessive Noun Practice
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| Brain Bashers Wake Up the Box
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| Brainbashers - Shape Tracers -
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| Handwriting Practice
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