Hello!

I love teaching the second grade curriculum.  My favorite units are studying the people, animals and habitat of Kenya. I think studying the culture of another country in comparison with our own is such a valuable exercise for young students.   I also love teaching about endangered animals.   Who doesn’t enjoy learning all about some wild, intriguing animal, especially if one can learn how we might help them become less endangered.

I also enjoy having the second graders really learn from their reading now, rather than having to concentrate on learning to read.  We read fiction, folk tales, poetry, non-fiction and even historical fiction.  The students love to do a bit of writing in most of these genres as well.  They are so curious and excited to learn at this age.  It is such a privilege to be able to be present in all their learning, guiding them to question and stretch.