About Me

This is my 22nd year teaching at McGraw and my 17th year teaching 5th grade.  My bachelor’s degree is in elementary education with a teaching emphasis in mathematics and I have my highly qualified certification in science education K-12.  I have a master’s in Education and Technology leadership.   Obviously, I love integrating technology into my lessons and also anything to do with manipulating numbers.  I love all sports and most people would describe me as organized, technological, and passionate.  I love working at McGraw because of our sense of community and being able to watch my students pursue their individual passions through inquiry and collaboration with their peers.

 Fifth grade is a special year; students gain even more independence and confidence. Your child will dig deep into the topics of human migrations, the power of the sun, ecosystems, earth’ systems, human growth and development, and economics. They will also strengthen their mathematical skills by furthering their understanding of place value, addition and subtraction of decimals, multiplication and division of whole numbers and decimals, addition and subtraction of fractions and mixed numbers, multiplication and division of fractions and whole numbers, and more! We will explore a rich variety of literature, vocabulary, and various formats of writing. Students will also be immersed in daily current events and have an awareness of what is happening globally.