For Language Arts, I use a combination of whole-group instruction, learning centers, and project-based learning experiences to keep students engaged in a subject that students do not always enjoy.  

Our early readers will use Treasure Hunt Reading as an exciting way for students to “level up” their reading skills by completing tasks that earn them steps on a treasure map.  They also have the opportunity to use various reading games and activities for extra practice with decoding and sight words.

The upper elementary class will conquer Common Core Standards in both nonfiction and fiction by combining reading comprehension activities with learning how to use a computer to do research, culminating in a diorama project.

The middle and high school students will travel back in time to “hang out” with the Founding Fathers through the hit musical Hamilton by Lin Manuel Miranda.  Students will analyze and write their own versions of historical documents, including the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, and they will learn how our government works by studying the early work done by Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and many more.  Students also have the opportunity to target their learning to their specific needs through the computer program Edmentum Exact Path.