---

Learn More About Elizabeth's Experience:

elementary (k-6th) I hold a Master of Arts in Elementary Education and did my practicum teaching at Henry Barnard School in Providence, Rhode Island. My student teaching was done at Waddington School in Riverside, Rhode Island where I taught the first grade and received an excellent recommendation as a result. My experience includes the educational programs at the U. S. Postal Service where I traveled to various elementary schools helping the students to form "Ben Franklin Stamp Clubs" and mini post offices in the "Wee Deliver" program to promote literacy. At the YMCA I set up learning stations and curriculum for the "School's Out" program. grammar As an undergraduate, I minored in English maintaining a 3.6 cumulative index in that subject. All of my term papers and reports received at least a B+ in my English courses. During the past few years, I have been called upon to create reports at an insurance company and at the Veterans Hospital and have been successful at both. I am able to teach correct English grammar from the elementary level up to the adult level. phonics The teaching of phonics is essential at the elementary level in order to reach an acceptable level of literacy. There are those who believe that word recognition is the way to teach, however I believe this method of teaching must be only a corollary to the essential phonetic teaching. This is actually true when teaching any age group. Sounding out words is the only way to move ahead with building our vocabulary and phonetics is essential to do so. I am qualified to teach phonetics to any age student. sewing Sewing is my hobby of choice although I can also teach knitting and crocheting. I have been sewing for 45 years doing alterations and making clothing from scratch. I taught basic sewing classes at Joann's fabrics in East Providence, R.I. until that store was closed. Six students were in each class and they each brought their own sewing machines to class. I taught them how to buy fabric, cut out a pattern and use their machines to make an item for themselves or their children to wear. I prefer that my students be at least 10 years of age and I mainly teach adults. I have created numerous children's designs which I have sold privately and on EBay. study skills In my own experience of 19 years of education, I have been able to establish my own method of studying. Some of it is by rote; most of it is by outlining chapters and data to be learned so that the information will come back to the student as he/she recalls the main headings of the outline. Note-taking is really an art and can be taught so that the student can type or write only the essentials of the subject once he/she is taught how to get to the crux of the problem. Study skills in math involves reasoning at the upper levels and repetition at the lower levels. I do not believe that students under the mental age of 8 are generally cognitively mature enough to reason out the mathematical process. This is why I feel so many students in the early grades are struggling with the new math.