About

Greetings!

I am currently a 4th grade teacher in South Florida.

I've been in education for 11 years.  When I began, in 2001, I was a multi-age (K-1) teacher.  What a great way to start off a teaching career!  Boy, did I ever dive right into differentiated instruction (long before the term was even common jargon).  Talk about meeting the needs of various learners!  I had students who couldn't recognize their name and 1st graders who where reading chapter books!  Did I mention that my first year teaching we didn't have textbooks?  We didn't have Teacher's Editions?!?  I didn't know any better :).  Phew!  So from day one, I've ben making and creating activities for my students.

Later, I moved to South Florida where I began teaching 4th grade.  Scary at first, but I didn't realize I was being offered a grade I would grow to LOVE!  I taught at this top-ranked charter school in Western Broward County for 4 years.

Then I had an itch, an itch to venture outside the classroom.  I packed up my supplies and began training teachers with a well-known writing company here in Florida.  I was a trainer for the company for two years - these two years where priceless.  I thoroughly enjoyed helping fellow teachers create lessons and achieve goals in writing with their students.

Then the itch subsided... I missed having my OWN kids, my OWN team, my OWN class.  That's where I am today.  I teach in a charter school in South Broward County with a GREAT group of teachers.  My students are AWESOME and I love what I do.

Now I'm ready to share what I do with teachers everywhere.  I look forward to learning and sharing in this new community of teachers.

Cheerfully,

Summyr Siegel