Education:

       B.S. in Ed. - Concordia Teachers College, Seward, NE - 1977

Experience:

    Zion Lutheran Christian School, Deerfield Beach, FL  1978
    Long Island Lutheran High, Brookville, NY  1978-79
    Central Lutheran School, St. Paul, MN  1980 - present

Biography:

    I attended Central Lutheran School in St. Paul from kindergarten through eighth grade. I graduated from Concordia Academy in Roseville, MN in 1973 and from Concordia Teachers College in Seward, NE in December of 1977. After teaching for a year and a half, I came back to Minnesota and Concordia College in St. Paul to receive my elementary certification. I have been at CLS ever since.
    I enjoy photography, videography, golf, traveling, singing, and the Vikings.

My greatest joy in working in a Christian school is . . .  being able to share the wonders of God's creation with children.

Note: Assignments listed below are followed as much as possible. Please check with your child for any changes.
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         assignments in red (due next class period); tests, quizzes in blue    p=page in text; wb=workbook; ws=worksheet

TUESDAY, SEPT. 7
SCHOOL BEGINS!

 

 Students should return the signed classroom management and homework policy sheet.

 

 

Thursday, Sept. 16
PT&FA "Back to School Night"
6:30 PM  room visitation
7:00 PM  program

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBJECT: RELIGION                            
TEXT:  Voyages: Exploring God’s Word (Concordia) (2001)
TIME: 4 days/week ; 40 minutes/day

MAJOR GOAL: Each child will understand the doctrine of salvation by grace through faith and express such understanding in words and actions.

MAJOR TOPICS:
God’s Word
Old Testament history
Martin Luther and the Reformation
The Life of Jesus Christ

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SUBJECT: READING                            
TEXT:  Spotlight on Literacy (McMillan, McGraw-Hill) (2000)
TIME: 5 days/week ; 35 minutes/day

MAJOR GOAL:  Each child will become a better reader through a combination of comprehension and study skills, and exposure to various types of literature.

MAJOR TOPICS:
Story comprehension (plot, setting, characters)
Critical thinking
Oral reading
Summarizing
Sequencing
Topics, main ideas, details
Vocabulary
Resource and information skills

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SUBJECT: HANDWRITING                              
TEXT:  Zaner-Bloser Handwriting (1999)
TIME: 2 days/week ; 10 minutes/day

MAJOR GOAL:  Each child will be able to write effectively so that others will be able to easily read what he/she has written.
 
MAJOR TOPICS:
Basic handwriting strokes
Shape, size, spacing, slant, alignment
Upper case and lower case letters

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SUBJECT: ENGLISH                            
TEXT:  Houghton-Mifflin English (2001)
TIME: 5 days/week ; @25 minutes/day

MAJOR GOAL:  Each child will become more proficient in writing and speaking the English language through a combination of the following skills: grammar, usage, mechanics, spelling, composition, vocabulary, reference and study, thinking, listening and speaking.

MAJOR TOPICS:
Grammar
    sentence parts, nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, prepositions,
    conjunctions, interjections
Writing
    narrative, expository, persuasive, research report, short story, letters, poetry

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SUBJECT: SPELLING                            
TEXT:  McGraw-Hill Spelling (2006)
TIME: 3 days/week ; 15 minutes/day

MAJOR GOAL:  Each child will better spell, and identify meaning of, words through a combination of phonics, structural analysis, and context.

MAJOR TOPICS:
Phonics
Vocabulary
Word structure
Dictionary skills
Proofreading

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SUBJECT: SCIENCE                    
TEXT:  Harcourt Science (2002)
TIME: 4 periods/week ; 40 minutes/period


MAJOR GOAL: Each child will learn the basic skills of science and obtain a basic understanding of the following aspects of life, earth, and physical science: living systems; systems and interactions in nature; processes that change the earth; the solar system and beyond; building blocks of matter; energy and motion

MAJOR TOPICS:
Classifying living things
Animal growth and heredity
Plants and their adaptations
Cycles in nature
Ecosystems and biomes
Protecting and preserving ecosystems
Changes to Earth’s surface
Rocks and minerals
Weather and Climate
Oceans
Earth, moon, and beyond
Sun and other stars
Matter and its properties
Atoms and elements
Forces
Motion
Forms of energy
How People Use Energy

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Note: Assignments listed below are followed as much as possible. Please check with your child for any changes.
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