Welcome Families! I'm Mrs. Pitts, and I am so excited to be your teacher this year! We are going to have so much fun learning! This blog is where you can find weekly homework, updates, links to the school website, and much more. I am hoping that you check out our site frequently to see what is happening in our classroom.
A little bit about me. My name is Monica Pitts. I live in Aptos with my husband Matthew and our 3 daughters. Our twins are Madelyn and Emma. They are 13 years old and will be in 8th grade at TLCS this year. Our youngest daughter is Evelyn. She is 10 years old and will start 5th grade this year at TLCS. I went to North Park University in Chicago, Illinois, where I received my BA and Teaching Credential. I moved back to California and started my teaching career in the public school system right away. This will be my 9th year teaching at Twin Lakes, but my 20th year in the teaching profession. I enjoy doing art, sports, being outside, and spending time with my family. We love to camp and go to the beach together. You can often catch me reading a good book (Harry Potter is my favorite series) or watching my girls play in soccer games. I LOVE being a teacher. I feel so blessed to teach in our fabulous building with such a supportive staff/family.
My partner teacher and I work really closely together to make learning fun for our students and our teaching as consistent as possible. We will start the year by reading the book, "Wonder" to our classes. We are inviting you to choose, "kind" with us as one of our 4th-grade themes. We will focus on this theme throughout the year.