MRs. Hamrick

education

2010: Davie High School 

2012: Associate’s Degree, Surry Community College

2014: Bachelor’s Degree, Catawba College

2022: Master’s Degree, Appalachian State University 

experience

I began my teaching career in Rowan County teaching 8th grade English and Social Studies. Then, I worked in Forsyth County teaching all subjects in 4th grade. This is my 6th year teaching at William R. Davie. 

teaching philosophy

Every student is special in their own way. I believe in building relationships with students based on mutual trust, understanding, and respect. I establish high expectations for my students in the beginning and hold them accountable for their work ethic and actions. All students are capable of success based on their strengths.  

Living Organisms

• Unicellular and Multicellular organisms

• Human Body Systems

• Inherited and Acquired traits

Matter and Energy

• The water cycle

• Physical and chemical changes

• Heat transfer

Forces and Motion

• Motion / Graphing motion

• Forces, Mass, and Motion

• Gravity and Friction

Weather Conditions

• Measuring weather

• Clouds and Precipitation

• Predicting weather

• Local/global weather patterns

Ecosystems 

• Aquatic/terrestrial ecosystems

• Producers, consumers, and decomposers

• Flow of energy in an ecosystem

• How living things interact

Operations & Algebraic Thinking

• Write and interpret numerical expressions 

• Analyze patterns and relationships

Number & Operations in Base 10

• Understand the place value system 

• Perform operations with multi-digit whole numbers 

• Perform operations with decimals 

Number & Operations: Fractions

• Use equivalent fractions as a strategy to add and subtract fractions 

• Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to multiply and divide fractions 

Measurement & Data

• Convert like measurement units within a given measurement system 

• Represent and interpret data

• Understand concepts of volume 

Geometry 

• Understand the coordinate plane 

• Classify quadrilaterals

 Reading Literature

• Textual Evidence

• Theme

• Inferences

• Compare & Contrasting Characters

• Vocabulary

• Point of View

Reading Informational Text

• Main Idea & Summarizing

• Inferences

• Relationship between two events or individuals (scientifically or historically)

• Vocabulary

• Validity of Author's Reasoning

Writing

• Informational 

• Narrative

• Persuasive

Language

• Domain Specific Vocabulary

• Multiple Meaning Words in context

• Figurative Language

• Meaningful word parts (Prefixes, Suffixes, Roots, Base Words)