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About Me

The 2025-2026 school year will be my 11th year teaching. I received a Bachelors Degree in Theater from Illinois State University. After working at Universal Studios Creative and EMI Music in Los Angeles, I returned to Chicago where I received my Masters in Education at the University of Illinois-Chicago. 
 
After graduating, I worked at Pritzker Elementary teaching the gifted first grade class for 9 years. I also worked as the Gifted Coordinator for the school. I love teaching novels and writers' workshop as part of a balanced literacy program. This will be my second year teaching at Decatur Classical. 
 
When I am not at work I love competing in trivia nights, watching any Chicago sports team, reading, attending comedy shows and hanging out with my handsome cat, Jake. 
 

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Spelling Test - Wednesday 2/25

The list this week contains words ending with the /e/ /l/ and /sh/ /e/ /n/ sounds. The test will be on Wednesday the 25th. 
 
channel                         addition
scuttle                           vowel
generation                     rustle
autumnal                       subtraction
wobble                           travel
nation                            trial
funnel                            celebration
festival
trickle                             Bonus Words:  important, children, ceremonial
hospital

We were able to enjoy a very special guest performer for Lunar New Year. The students were enthralled by the constantly changing mask. 
To celebrate Lunar New Year, we had some special guest parents come in and make a special craft with the students. 

Spelling Words /schwa/

Test will be on Wednesday. The words are spelled with an 'a' or an 'e' to make the schwa shound
 

Dozen        Secure     Again        Taken      Enemy         Probably

Deposit      Bulletin    Ability        Company  Problem     Distance

Debate       Sentence    Area

 

Challenge: American

About Challenge: Independent

Elegant Content Word: Glistening

My artistic friend Ralph is making new labels for some of our book bins. He made them for Timmy Failure and The Babysitters Club - our new books donated by very generous parents!

Spelling List for 1/20/26

For this test, students will be required to sort the word into the proper column. These are all words with different ways to spell the /n/ sound. 
 
N
recently
nearby
understand
 
NN
skinny
flannel
manned
channel
annoy
 
GN
gnat
design
gnarly
campaign
 
KN
knotted
knighted
knobby
knowledge
knuckle
 
BONUS
very
vary
enough
astronomer

Lunch - Week of 1/12/26

Due to the Winter Show (2nd grade will not be performing, we will be in the spring musical) students will eat lunch in the classroom. The Gym will be set up for the show and unavailable for lunch. The lunch options will be limited. If you think your child may not like the bag lunch choices, please send one with your child!
 
Have a lovely weekend :)

Spelling Test - Tuesday 1/13

Welcome Back! I wanted you to get a jump on the spelling words for Unit 5 - Part 1. The test will be on Tuesday the 13th. As always, the bonus words can make up for a misspelled word on the test. 
 
Spellings of /j/
 
jellyfish
germy
digest
fringe
nudging
ridge
exchange
eject
budget
lodging
gymnasium
jewel
bridging
dodge
average
fudge
giraffe
 
Challenge Words
answer, great, grate, Jupiter