Emily
Teaching each learner in the way they learn best.
I am a Bank Street College of Education graduate with 10 years of elementary school head-teaching experience. I have also assisted, subbed, taught library in a preschool, tutored, taught after school classes, run a mini-camp for toddlers, been the story time person for 7 years at a family restaurant and play space and taken care of children since I was a young teen. My philosophy of teaching is that each learner is unique and deserves to be instructed using all of the methods that reach that...
phonics
elementary (k-6th)
elementary science
As a 3rd grade teacher I have taught environmental studies, which included recycling, worm composting, the water cycle and rainforest ecology. I also taught geology, which included testing and identifying minerals for their characteristic attributes, volcanoes, earthquakes and a mixed social studies/science unit on archaeology using dig boxes, screens and recording of data. The solar system was another unit of study I taught along with the phases of our moon. I have done planting projects and terrariums with children and continue to have an interest in biology, animals and any kind of hands-on scientific projects.
spelling
writing
vocabulary
reading
Karen L. from Brooklyn, NY
My first-grader is very fond of Emily. She has been great with him and has helped with his reading fluency, bringing library books and using other methods to patiently coach him to sound out the difficult words. She also has a fun way of explaining the concepts to solidify them in his mind. In addition, she is dependable and flexible and provides detailed assessments of his progress. I highly recommend her.