Welcome! The 2025-2026 school year will be my 13th year as a learning support teacher at Richland. I am graduate from Frostburg State University with a Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education and a Master's Degree in Special Education. I am extremely honored to work at Richland Elementary School and look forward to collaborating with you and your child! Feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns.

 

 

Weekly spelling words/homework will be introduced on Fridays for the following week. Spelling Pre-tests will be administered on Thursdays. If a student receives a perfect score during the pre-test, he/she does not need to take the spelling test on Friday. *I take the highest score between the spelling pre-test and spelling test. All spelling homework is due on Friday.

*5th Grade's spelling tests are hand written.

*6th Grade's spelling tests are multiple choice and are taken on the chrome books with Google Classroom. 

 

 

Some topics that we will cover this year are:

-Literary Genres 

-Fiction

     Characters & their traits, Setting, 4 types of literary conflicts, Plot elements, Theme, Point of

     View, Summarizing, Making inferences, Compare/Contrast, Author's Purpose

-Nonfiction

      Main Idea & Details, Problem & Solution, Cause & Effect, Text Features,

      Compare/Contrast, Sequencing 

-Poetry Terms

-Figurative Language

       Simile, Metaphor, Onomatopoeia, Alliteration, Hyperbole, Oxymoron, Personification

 

Grammar: Parts of a Sentence, Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs, Prepositions

Writing: Narrative, Persuasive, Informative, Opinion, Letter Writing

 

**Reading and Grammar quizzes and tests will be announced ahead of time. Each student will

receive a study guide that mirrors the assessment. All review games (Kahoot/Blooket/Gimkit) will be

posted on Google Classroom to help with studying. These review games contain the EXACT

CONTENT on the assessments.